Jan Albert van Eijken, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Albert van Eijken

composer

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1823

Place of Birth: Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

Date of Death: 24-Sep-1868

Profession: composer, organist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jan Albert van Eijken (Amersfoort, April 29, 1823 - Elberfeld, September 24, 1868) was a Dutch composer and organist.
He studied with his father, the town organist and then at the Leipzig Conservatorium in 1845-46.
His younger brother was the better known Gerrit Jan van Eijken who later lived in London.
Eijken's 1853 book of organ chorales was one of the first Dutch organ books to include introductions to psalms.