Artist
Jacob van Eyck
Personb. 1590 · Heusden, Netherlands, Netherlands
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Bio
Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590–1657) was a Dutch nobleman, carillonneur, and composer based in Utrecht. He served as director of the city carillons and is best known for his monumental collection Der Fluyten Lust-hof, containing over 140 sets of variations for solo recorder. His work represents one of the largest surviving bodies of 17th-century music for a single instrument and remains central to the recorder repertoire. Van Eyck drew on popular tunes, psalms, and dance forms, transforming them through intricate divisions and ornamentation. Though active in the Dutch Golden Age, his music bridges Renaissance and early Baroque styles.
Popular tracks
- 11:50
Der Fluyten Lust-Hof, Pt. 2: No. 105, Bossons
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- 22:06
van Eyck: Der fluyten lust-hof, Vol. I: No. 56, Pavane lachryme: Modo 4
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- 31:57
Der Fluyten Lust-Hof, Pt. 1: No. 58, Derde, Doen Daphne d’over
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- 44:09
Est-ce Mars du Ballet pour Madame / Courantes Mars / Had ick duysend ijsere tongen / Aujourd'huy la musique céleste
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- 52:17
Onder te linde groene
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- 64:22
Doen Dafne over de schoene maeght
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- 72:14
Engels Nachtegaeltje (for Solo Recorder)
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- 82:41
Excusemoy
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- 94:43
Amarilli mia bella
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- 104:11
Doen Daphne d'over schoone Maeght
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- 112:56
Boffons
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- 122:20
Myn siele wilt den Herre
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Albums
Flute Music of the 16th & 17th Centuries
Album · 1989
Early Birds, Works for Recorder by Georg Friedrich Händel, Jacob Van Eyck, François Couperin, Louis-Claude Daquin, Johann Adolph Hasse, Christoph Graupner and Georg Philipp Telemann
Album · 2013
Jacob van Eyck: A Wonder for All the Ages in His Flute and Bell-Playing
Album · 2006