Jacob van Eyck en de anderen : Nederlands solorepertoire voor blokfluit in de Gouden Eeuw

Jacob van Eyck (c1589/90-1657) was one of the most remarkable figures in Dutch musical life during the Golden Age. The blind nobleman was city carillonneur of Utrecht and gained international renown as the greatest bell expert of his time. In addition, he played the 'handfluyt', the instrument known today as the soprano or descant recorder. About 150 solo pieces for this instrument have survived in the two volumes of Der Fluyten Lust-hof, which were published during Van Eyck's lifetime by Paulus Matthijsz in Amsterdam. This repertoire forms the main subject of the study. The dissertation opens... Mehr ...