Sweelinck: Fantasia Chromatica / M.M.Neerlandica

Monumenta Musica Neerlandica:
Sweelinck's Fantasia Chromatica played by ernst stolz on an Italian style harpsichord in meantone tuning

Sweelinck was born in Deventer (NL), in 1562, as the eldest son of Peter Swybbertszoon and Elske Jansdochter Sweeling. His mother's father, was a "chirurgyn". a well known doctor, perhaps that's why he chosed her family name. The family moved to Amsterdam, where from about 1564 Swybbertszoon served as organist of the Oude Kerk.
Jan Pieterszoon must have received first lessons in music from his father. Unfortunately, the latter died in 1573. He subsequently received general education under Jacob Buyck. He was probably influenced to some degree by the organists of St.-Bavokerk, Claas Albrechtszoon van Wieringen and Floris van Adrichem, both of whom improvised daily in the Bavokerk.
According to Cornelis Plemp, a pupil and friend of Sweelinck's, he started his 44 year career as organist of the Oude Kerk in 1577, when he was just 15.

Category:

Music

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• harpsichord
• cembalo
• klavecimbel
• sweelinck
• early
• dutch
• music
• oude
• muziek
• chromatische
• fantasie
• clavecin
• church
• interior

[OceanderTethyseus]

it is very similar to parts of the Musical Offering.

the article on Sweelinck in Wikipedia states that Bach *may* have been influenced by Sweelinck, and thereby it implies that there is no concrete evidence for Bach's having been so influenced.

if anyone has evidence of such, please post a reference to it in reply to this comment.

[ernststolz]

yes but don't forget that the theme of the musical offering was not Bach's

[gonrolgonrol]

Great playing.

[ernststolz]

Thanks!

[rubenrombouts]

welke stemming is hier gebruikt?

[ernststolz]

middentoon

[room128]

First heard this in my first semester of musicology. I fell in love with it. Even though it's played on an instrument with no ability to create dynamic effect, it manages to impart that quality through its pacing. Beautiful peace.

[patr2can]

Very nice.

Will you perhaps be doing the A Phrygian Fantasia as well at some point? That seems to be lacking altogether on YouTube, which is a pity - it's a very bold piece of music.

[VampilaAtelier]

&&& Beautiful ,fragrances comings from aromatics elixirs from brilliance perfumer as that intimate ...level perform ...adorable ,Lord Ernst !

[OceanderTethyseus]

^^descending

it seems so similar, i can't imagine that Bach was unaware of it, though perhaps there was a succession of intermediate influences, e.g., Sweelinck directly influences X, and X directly influences Bach, where X is one or more composers or a succession of composers.

since i've been broadening my exposure to Baroque composers, i've found that Bach is quite the imitator.

[OceanderTethyseus]

@ernststolz

yes, of course. i am not referring to the theme, but, rather, the harmonic treatment of decending chromatic lines.

[godblessiowa]

thank you