Composers

Jan Albert van Eijken

Jan Albert van Eijken

(29.04.1823 - 24.09.1868)
Country:Denmark
Period:Neoclassicism
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Biography

Jan Albert van Eijken (Amersfoort, April 29, 1823 - Elberfeld, September 24, 1868) was a Dutch composer and organist. He studied with his father, the town organist and then at the Leipzig Conservatorium in 1845-46. His younger brother was the better known Gerrit Jan van Eijken who later lived in London. Eijken's 1853 book of organ chorales was one of the first Dutch organ books to include introductions to psalms.

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Composers

Jan Albert van Eijken

Jan Albert van Eijken
29.04.1823 - 24.09.1868
Country:Denmark
Period:Neoclassicism

Biography

Jan Albert van Eijken (Amersfoort, April 29, 1823 - Elberfeld, September 24, 1868) was a Dutch composer and organist. He studied with his father, the town organist and then at the Leipzig Conservatorium in 1845-46. His younger brother was the better known Gerrit Jan van Eijken who later lived in London. Eijken's 1853 book of organ chorales was one of the first Dutch organ books to include introductions to psalms.

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