Music from the Age of Vermeer: The Sounds of the Netherlands - Music & Dutch Pronunciation
MP3 Audio-files:
Musicians in an Interior (detail)
Leonaert Bramer
c. 1660, 37.2 x 46.3 cm., Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
To fully appreciate the significance of music in Vermeer paintings it is not only important to understand related iconographical meaning however fascinating and informative it may be. We must also know something about the musical milieu of Vermeer's time, the musical instruments in his compositions, their history and playing technique and lastly, the particular sound made by each instrument and the music that was performed on them. The following MP3 audio files will hopefully make Vermeer's world come a bit more alive to the average reader who may not be familiar with the immense richness of early music.
Chiaccona in partite variate (1,70 MB)
by Alessandro Piccinini (1566–c.1638), from the book Intavolatura di Liuto, et di Chitarrone, Libro Primo (1623), p. 121.
performed by Robert Eklund
Tastegiata no. 2 (1,20 MB)
Bernardo Gianoncelli,
from: Il Liuto (1650), performed by David Rogers
Canarios (1,88 MB)
Gaspar Sanz (c.1640-c.1710)
performed by James Edwards
Prélude (780 KB)
Robert de Visée (c. 1655-1732/33)
performed by James Edwards
Folias d'Espagne (760 KB)
by Gaspar Sanz (c. 1640 - c. 1710)
performed by Roland Ferrandi
Menuet (730 KB)
Robert de Visée
performed by James Edwards
Toccata & Gigua
Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/21-1687)
performed by Gerard Rebours
Guitar Ground
Henry Purcell (1659-1695),
Arrangement by David van Ooijen for Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
from: Dido and Aeneas - Musica ad Rhenum (Brilliant Classics 92464) 2004.
Baroque guitar after Sellas by Stephen Barber, 1988, played by David van Oijen.
Engelsche Fortuyn (1,50 MB)
(Fortune my Foe) In late medieval times people thought fortuna to be their fate. Sweelinck used a fortuna piece by William Byrd (1543-1623) for three variations. The piece is played on a so-called "chest organ", a small organ for home using. performed by Roland Götz, 1986
The Voice of the Ghost
by Anthony Holborne (?-1602),
performed by Lee Santana
from: Classical.com
Sonata in b-minor (790 KB)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
performed by Valda Aveling,
harpsichord made by Thomas Goff
'Lilli' bolero
Henry Purcell ((1659-1695)
performed on a Flemish Single a petit ravalement after Moermans
by Hendrik Broekmann
Ciaconna in e-minor (930 KB)
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
performed by Lionell Rogg
on a Wittmayer and Feldberg pedal-harpsichord
Jacques Bittner (published 1682)
performed by Robert Eklund
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750),
lute-harpsichord, played by Gergely Sarkozy
for information about the lute-harpsichord see Anden Houben, The Lute-Harpsichord: a Forgotten Instrument in: The Baroque Music Home Page, Rare Baroque instruments
Giovanni Antonio Terzi (c.1580-1600),
Private recording David van Ooijen, 2004 (with Michiel Niessen, lute).
8-course lute after Hieber by Nico van der Waals, 1986.
Giovanni Antonio Terzi
Private recording David van Ooijen, 2004 (with Michiel Niessen, lute).
6-course lute by Stephen Barber, 1998.
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713),
Musica Amphion, David van Ooijen, archlute.
from: Corelli - Opera Omnia (Brilliant Classics 92403 10 cd box) 2004.
Archlute after Sellas by Hendrik Hasenfuß, 1991
lute & gittern (gitter is the Engish term of cittern)
performed by Renaissance Ensemble Pantagruel
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
The Leeds Chamber Orchestra, Martin Stevens
Vincent Lübeck (1656-1740),
played by Gosse Hulzinga
on the historic Hinsz organ (1738)
in the Broederkerk, Kampen, Netherlands
from: Baroque Music Sampler
[Ger. Nachbar = neighbour]
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
performed by recorder ensemble Flauto Dolce, Sweden
Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590-1657)
from Der Fluyten-Lusthof II,
performed by Marion Verbruggen
from Der Fluyten Lust-Hof II, by Jacob van Eyck, performed by Marion Verbruggen, 1996
Jacob Nozeman (1693-1745), recorder, David van Ooijen, archlute.
from: Recorders Recorded - Saskia Coolen (Globe GLO 5209) 2004. Archlute after Sellas by Hendrik Hasenfuß, 1991
Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589-1630)
from: Twelve Sonatas. - Icarus Ensemble (Claves Records CD 50-2203) 2002.
Hilde de Wolf, recorder, David van Oijen, bass lute, made by Stephen Barber, 1999.
Brass
performed by:
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Denis Stevens, Conductor & Musical Director
from: Baroque Music Sampler
Orchestra
performed by:
The Accademia Monteverdiana Orchestra
Denis Stevens, Conductor & Musical Director
from: Baroque Music Sampler
Trio
performed by:
The Jaye Consort - Viols, Shawm, Bagpipes and Lute
Desmond Dupré, lute; Harold Lester, harpsichord
Denis Stevens, Conductor & Musical Director
from: Baroque Music Sampler
Edward Johnson (1560-1628)
performed by Renaissance Ensemble Pantagruel
Broadside Ballad
performed by Renaissance Ensemble Pantagruel
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sytse Buwalda, counter tenor, David van Ooijen, theorbo.
from: Sacred Arias - Sytse Buwalda (Buwalda Classics BCM 200401) 2004.
Theorbo by Stephen Barber, 1988
Servaes de Koninck (c.1655-1701),
['I can no longer miss your beautiful face'].
Liesbeth Houdijk, soprano, David van Ooijen, theorbo.
from: Ah! I wish I were a little dog! - Dopo Emilio (Emergo Classics EC 3961-2) 1993.
Theorbo by Stephen Barber, 1988
Pieter L. van der Goes, counter tenor (with Camerata Trajectina), David van Ooijen, lute.
From: Conformisten en rebellen (Amsterdam University Press ISBN 90 5356 618 X) 2003.
8-course lute after Hieber by Nico van der Waals, 1986
David van Ooijen
lute, baroque guitar, theorbo, archlute
http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/david/
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762):
played by The Milan Baroque Soloists
from: http://www.baroquecds.com/musamples.html
Henry Purcell (1659-1695),
performed on an English bentside spinet
by Hendrik Broekmann
Henry Purcell (1659-1695),
performed on an English bentside spinet
by Hendrik Broekmann
Heinrich I.F. Biber (1644-1704)
performed Baroque trumpet ensemble Clarino Consort
Heinrich I.F. Biber (1644-1704)
performed Baroque trumpet ensemble Clarino Consort
Trumpet Tune (500 KB)
Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707)
performed Baroque trumpet ensemble Clarino Consort
William Byrd (1546 - 1623),
performed by Barocktrompeten Ensemble Berlin
(consort)
from Les Goûts réunïs (1724) by François Couperin (1688-1733)
performed by the ensemble Duo Chelyum.
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
performed by Gail Ann Schroeder, viola da gamba, David van Ooijen, theorbo
from: Marais, Pièces de viole du troisièsme livre (TMD 89801) 1998. Theorbo by Stephen Barber, 1988.
François Couperin (1668-1733)
from: La manière magnifique - The Spirit of Gambo (Jubal CD ZV 92161-2) 1992.
David van Oijen, theorbo, made by Stephen Barber, 1988
Riccardo Rognioni (c.1550-1620)
Freek Borstlap, viol, David van Ooijen, lute.
from: The Spirit of Gambo and Friends (Stockfisch RTD 357.1015.2) 1996.
8-course lute after Hieber by Nico van der Waals, 1986.
Marin Marais (1656-1728),
Gail Ann Schroeder, viola da gamba, David van Ooijen, theorbo.
From: Marais, Pièces de viole du troisièsme livre (TMD 89801) 1998.
Theorbo by Stephen Barber, 1988
William Lawes (1602-1645)
Set à 5, in G',
performed by viol consort Phantasm
very likely Almande The Carpenter (anon.) from The Susanne van Soldt Manuscript (1599)
performed by Joop Klaassen
Silly Simon
(Jan Pzn. Sweelinck) from The Leningrad Manuscript (1646)
performed by Joop Klaassen
The popular melody "Daphne" as a French "Courante" dance (anon.) also from The Leningrad Manuscript (1646)
performed by Joop Klaassen
Henry Purcell ((1659-1695),
performed on a Flemish muselaer virginal
by Hendrik Broekmann
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
performed on a Flemish spinet virginal
by Hendrik Broekmann
