Jan Pieterszoon-Sweelinck: Works For Organ & Keyboard: Piano: Instrumental Album

Jan Sweelinck (1562-1621) was among the most famous organists of seventeenth century Europe and an influential composer in the Dutch and North German tradition. Bridging both Renaissance and Baroque styles the Dutch composer is best remembered for the inventive sparkling music he wrote for organ and other keyboard instruments. This remarkable treasury includes nearly all of Sweelinck's brilliant keyboard works most of which have survived only in widely scattered seventeenth century manuscripts. In Sweelinck's day these were some of Europe's most popular pieces for organ and keyboard. Nowadays they retain every bit of their original intensity and vigour. Reproduced inthis authoritative complete-resource edition they will be welcomed by serious keyboard artists who will find them as praiseworthy today as they were when first known and played in Europe over three hundred years ago.

Johann Jacob Froberger (1617-1667) was a composer of considerable significance during his lifetime, his compositional style representing a synthesis of Italian, French and English influences. Increasingly, musicians and scholars are growing aware of Froberger?s importance for keyboard music of the 17th century, an importance comparable to that of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.

Each volume of the complete edition of Froberger?s organ and keyboard music is published in German and English with a critical commentary as well as a detailed foreword explaining the scope and subdivision of the edition and the editorial techniques. Also, information on performance practice, on instruments of the time and on ornamentation is included, as well as details on Froberger?s biography. / Classique / Partitions /

The importance of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562?1621) to the clavier music of the baroque era can hardly be overestimated. This scholarly performance edition by Siegbert Rampe is the first to present all of his keyboard works while distinguishing between?works of certain authenticity?, ?works of uncertain authenticity? and ?works of doubtful authenticity.?

The seven volumes of this edition, with commentary in German and English, stand at the cutting edge of musical scholarship. Volumes III.1 and III.2 contain, for the first time, all the chorale settings attributed to Sweelinck or handed down under his name.

Volume III.1 presents ten additional chorale and psalm settings and many facsimiles.

A detailed preface covers the sources, the music, the choice of instruments, and questions related to performance practice.


- Definitive complete Urtext edition in seven volumes
- Based on the latest findings of scholarship
- Detailed prefaces and critical report (German and English) as well as list of sources in each volume
- Notes on ornamentation


?All eight volumes inclu de commentaries in German and English and reflect the latest scholarly research. Highly recommended.?
(The American Organist August 2010)

?Anyone interested in scrutinizing the musical text, scouring for alternative versions, and thoroughly examining the sources should buy Rampe?s edition.?
(Musik und Kirche)

?? Bärenreiter?s offering will provi de you with an authoritative treasury of Sweelinck?s work.?
(Church Music Quarterly, 3-2007)

??a must for even serious organ student .?
(The Organ no. 336 ? May?June 2006) / Classique / Partition / Broché /

Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 5 2-At the cutting edge of scholarship.Detailed explanatory notes.Johann Jacob Froberger who lived from 1617 to 1667 developed a style of composition representing a synthesis of Italian French and English influences thereby setting new standards at that time. Only Jan Peterszoon Sweelinck can match Froberger in terms of significance for 17th century keyboard music.The text to each volume of the complete edition of Froberger?s Organ and Keyboard music is published in German and English comprising a critical commentary as well as a detailed foreword explaining the scope and subdivision of the edition and the editorial techniques.Also information on performance practice on instruments of the time and on ornamentation is included as well as details on Froberger?s biography.Volume V.2 like the previously published volume V.1 contains the musical text from an anonymous 17th century copy which was returned to the Berlin Singakademie from Kiev in 2001. It is divided into works of definitive authenticity new readings and two appendices containing works of doubtful authenticity and spurious arrangements.

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