Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and teacher. His vocal works are in the outgoing late Renaissance tradition; his keyboard works synthesize various traditions into the first great formulation of the baroque keyboard...

By Pieter Dirksen. (Muziekhistorische monografieen, 15.) Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 1997. [713 p. ISBN 90-6375159-1. Dfl. 150.] This volume will surely be the standard reference for years to come on the keyboard works of the Netherlands' principal late-Renaissance (or early-baroque)...