Sweelinck

or Swe·linck

[ svey-lingk ]

noun

1. Jan Pie·ters [yahn , pee, -t, uh, r, s] or Jan Pie·ters·zoon [yahn , pee, -ter-sohn], 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.

Sweelinck

/ ˈsweːlɪŋk /

noun

1. SweelinckJan Pieterszoon15621621MDutchMUSIC: composerMUSIC: organist 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

Example Sentences

Louis Andriessen, perhaps the leading Dutch composer since the death of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck in the 17th century and an embodiment of the international avant-garde since the 1960s, died July 1 in Weesp, a suburb of Amsterdam.

From Washington Post

The Opus 101 sonata was to meet with the “Fantasia Chromatica” by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and a set of canonic preludes written by George Benjamin for Mr. Aimard in 2001; the penultimate Beethoven sonata would have followed Berg’s Piano Sonata, his Opus 1.

From New York Times

He is Holland’s leading composer — easily the best and most important composer since Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck died nearly 400 years ago — and far and away the most radical of any major composer on the scene today.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

From Washington Post