Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) is reputed to have been a major contributor to the N European choral & instrumental music of the period bridging the RENAISSANCE & the Baroque. The pieces represented here are those which seem to have been written by Sweelinck for either organ or various other types of keyboard instruments (clavichords, virginals, clavicembalos, harpsichords, spinets or whatever). I've tried to stay away from pieces or parts that seem to have been written by others, some of whom may have been students of Sweelinck. A bracketed question mark after the name of the piece indicates some question as to its authenticity. The printed scores are in "Works for Organ and Keyboard: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck" published by Dover Publications, Inc. If you find any errors in the transcriptions, I'd appreciate your notifying me at the address given below. The contents are as follows: WORKS FOR ORGAN OR OTHER KEYBOARD Fantasias & Ricercar 1 Fantasia Chromatica (Dorian mode) 8.00 minutes 2 Fantasia (Dorian mode) 16.93 3 Fantasia (G Dorian) 9.75 4 Fantasia (G Dorian) 4.28 5 Fantasia (A Phrygian) 15.33 6 (Hexachord) Fantasia super: Ut, Re, Me, Fa, Sol, La (F Ionian) 11.35 7 Fantasia (F Ionian) 7.93 8 Fantasia (Mixolydian) 14.98 9 Fantasia (Mixolydian) 10.03 10 Fantasia (Aeolian) 14.98 12 Fantasia ut sol fa mi (Ionian; 1st version) [?] 5.13 13 Fantasia (Ionian; 2nd version) 5.68 Echo Fantasias 14 Fantasia (Dorian) 8.93 15 Fantasia (Ionian) [?] 3.22 16 Fantasia (Aeolian) 3.58 17 Fantasia (Ionian) 7.92 18 Fantasia (Ionian) 5.68 19 Fantasia (Ionian) [?] 4.33 20 Toccata (Dorian) 3.62 21 Toccata (Aeolian) 4.62 22 Toccata (Aeolian) 5.77 23 Toccata (Dorian) [?] 4.03 24 Toccata (G Dorian) 2.87 25 Toccata (G Dorian) 2.72 26 Toccata (G Dorian) [?] 2.07 27 Toccata (Mixolydian) 2.47 28 Toccata (Mixolydian) 4.77 29 Toccata (Aeolian) 2.02 30 Toccata (Ionian) 4.20 31 Toccata (Ionian) 4.85 32 Toccata (Ionian) 3.18 Prelude & Chorale Variations 33 Praeludium; F Ionian 3.47 34 Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein (3 variations) [?] 4.68 35 Allein Gott in der Hoh Sei Ehr (4 variations) 4.87 36 Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (1 variation) [?] 2.55 37 Christe qui lux es et dies (3 variations) 4.02 38 Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris (4 variations) 7.07 39 Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot (2 variations) [?] 2.30 40 Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt (2 variations) [?] 3.48 41 Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott (6 variations) 13.55 42 Es ist das Heil Uns Kommen her (2 variations) [?] 3.05 43 Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl (1 variation) [?] 1.28 44 Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn (2 variations) [?] 3.70 45 Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (4 variations) 13.52 46 Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (4 variations) 9.72 47 Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein ("Was kann uns kommen an", "Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit"; 3 variations) [?] 4.33 48 Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein (original choral melody; 3 variations) 4.00 49 Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland (3 variations) [?] 2.68 50 O lux beata trinitas (2 variations) [?] 3.52 51 Psalm 116 ("J'ayme mon Dieu, car lors que j'ay cri"; 4 variations) 5.62 52 Psalm 140 ("O Dieu, donne moy delivrance"; 4 variations) 5.77 53 Puer nobis nascitur (4 variations) 2.52 55 Wie nach einem Wasserquelle ("Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire", "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele"; 1 variation) [?] 1.98 56 Wir glauben all an einen Gott (4 variations) 14.10 57 Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt (2 variations) [?] 2.52 {The a in halt should have an umlaut over it.} WORKS FOR KEYBOARD (done as for organ) 58 Est-ce Mars (7 variations) 4.52 59 Ich fuhr mich vber Rheine (6 variations) 5.35 60 Mein junges Leben hat ein End (6 variations) 8.07 62 Soll es sein (8 variations) 10.17 63 Unter der Linden Grune (4 variations) [The u in Grune should have an umlaut over it.} 6.18 64 Von der Fortuna werd' ich getrieben (3 variations) 2.95 VARIATIONS ON DANCE TUNES 65 Balletto del granduca (5 variations) 4.68 66 "Paduana Lachrimae" colorirt 4.92 67 Passamezzo (6 variations) 6.60 68 Pavana Hispanica (4 variations) 2.17 69 Pavana Philippe (2 variations) 7.85 SUPPLEMENT 70 Capriccio [?] 2.65 72 Toccata (unfinished) 2.02 73 Preaeludium pedaliter (another version of #33) 3.15 The "organ stops" were developed with Ad Lib's Instrument Maker v. 1.11 & are in a directory entitled INS. My suggestion would be to load the INS files into a specially made directory on your hard disc. YOU MUST HAVE A COMPUTER MUSIC SYSTEM WITH SYNTHESIZER TO REALIZE THE MUSIC FROM THIS INFO. Rumor has it that these files can be played by other computer music systems than Ad Lib, but I've no personal experience with them. The music files are all under the extension, .ROL, and the numbering schema follows the list of contents. Ad Lib's Visual Composer v. 1.25 was used for the transcriptions. I strongly suggest the use of high quality speakers or headset & appropriate electronics for auditing this material. If you wish to contact me about problems or about my interpretations (or, as mentioned above, corrections in the transcriptions) you may write to me at the following address (as of 1992): Roy V. Childs 17421 69th Ave., S.E. Snohomish, WA 98290-8359 I'm much more inclined to respond if you send an envelope with your name and address and correct US postage on it. IN THE USA ONLY--I can supply any of the pieces recorded on 90 minute analog audio cassette tapes with your choice of Dolby B or C noise reduction (or none) complete with ambience effects appropriate to a cathedral environment for $10 postpaid per tape. The timings of each piece are given in minutes and decimal fractions, not minutes and seconds. Be certain to give the numbers (for instance, 44.ROL) of the pieces you desire on the tape and give enough time for there to be about .17 minute between selection. Please give the information legibly and enclose either $10 cash or money order for each tape ordered.