Sweelinck

American  

[svey-lingk] / ˈsveɪ lɪŋk /

Or Swelinck

noun

1. Jan Pieters or Jan Pieterszoon 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.

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Sweelinck British  

/ ˈsweːlɪŋk /

noun

1. Jan Pieterszoon (jɑn ˈpiːtərˌzoːn). 1562–1621, Dutch composer and organist, whose organ works are important for being the first to incorporate independent parts for the pedals

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Example Sentences

The Sweelinck pieces, a toccata and the “Fantasia chromatica,” were luminous, their wandering into distant keys tastefully pointed up, but unmistakable.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2017

His thoughtfully conceived program was devoted to English keyboard masters of the late 16th and 17th centuries, with the Dutchman Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck thrown in for good measure.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2017

The very title of the program, “Clogg’d in the English Vein,” took no account of that “bit of Dutch-ness,” as he called the opening Sweelinck segment.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2017

The program was all original viol music, other than arrangements of keyboard works by John Bull and Jan Sweelinck.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2016

This house, until then, had been inhabited by the celebrated musician Sweelinck and his descendants.

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