Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue in the Renaissance-Baroque eras

Date of Birth: 01-May-1562

Place of Birth: Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1621

Profession: composer, teacher, organist, harpsichordist, musicologist, music theorist

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ( YAHN PEE-t?r-sohn SWAY-link; April or May, 1562 – 16 October 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras.
He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ tradition.



Alternative names	Gerrit Pietersen, Gerrit Pietersz., Gerrit Sweelinck, Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelinck, Gerrit Sweelink
Description	Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker
Date of birth/death	1 November 1566	after 1612 date QS:P,+1612-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1612-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death	Amsterdam	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1590 and circa 1610 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1610-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Amsterdam
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