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Richard Egarr

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[The Master Who Nurtured the North German Organ School: The Little-Known Art of the Harpsichord, Performed by Virtuoso Eger]Along with recorder composer Jacob van Eyck, Sweelinck was one of the leading composers of the early 17th century in the Netherlands. During his lifetime, he served as organist at the Old Church in Amsterdam and nurtured numerous outstanding disciplesincluding later generations such as Scheidemann, J. Praetorius, and Scheidtthereby making a significant contribution to the development of North German organ art, an achievement that ultimately influenced even the great Bach several generations later. Like his Italian contemporary Frescobaldi, he left behind numerous works suitable not only for the organ but also for the harpsichord; however, aside from a few pieces found in manuscripts from other countries, opportunities to hear them together are not particularly frequent to