Constantijn Huygens - Air de cour and two Dutch songs

Sir Constantijn Huygens (September 4, 1596, The Hague - March 28, 1687, The Hague) was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.

In 1647 a number of Huygens' musical creations, Pathodia sacra et profana, was published in Paris. It contained some compositions in Latin on the words of psalms in French, and Italian amorous worldly texts. The work was dedicated to the pretty niece, Utricia Ogle, of an English diplomat.

The present air de cour and Dutch songs, are not part of the Pathodia. The Dutch songs were composed on the tune of popular songs, while the air de cour has probably been composed by Huygens himself.

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Music

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• Constantijn Huygens
• Christiaan Huygens
• Baroque music
• Barokmuziek
• Dutch song
• Nederlandse lied
• air de cour
• Jasper Schweppe
• Willem Mook
• Harry van Berne
• Psalm
• Psaume
• Goudimel

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