Van Noordt: Tabulatuurboeck van Psalmen en Fantasyen

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Léon Berben
Anonymous
Anthoni van Noordt

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Anthoni van Noordt's Tabulatuurboeck was intended to promote the 'development of the art of playing' and for learning how to improvise, functioning as a textbook and source of examples.

Compositional Technique

The music in Anthoni van Noordt's collection was partly written in the Dutch-English system, using two six-line staves for the hands and letters for the pedal, similar to German tablature.

Composition History

Anthoni van Noordt's Tabulatuurboeck van Psalmen en Fantasyen, published in 1659, was the first significant collection of organ music to appear in the Netherlands since Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's death in 1621.

Composer Biography

Anthoni van Noordt was not only an organist but also an expert in all matters dealing with the instrument, succeeding his brother Jacobus as organist at the Nieuwezijds Kapel in Amsterdam.

Composer Biography

Anthoni van Noordt, the composer, was born around 1619 in Schagen and likely received his musical education from his father and brother.

Interpretation

The recording includes psalm variations from the Lübbenau tablature and Camphuysen manuscript, which provide insight into contemporary ornamentation practices.

Instruments

The van Hagerbeer organ in the Pieterskerk, Leiden, used for this recording, is a large 17th-century Dutch city organ with a wide range of stops, particularly suited to van Noordt's music.