# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-pieterszoon-sweelinck
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:34:07.932Z

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name: "Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck"
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description: "Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ tradition."
tagline: "Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue in the Renaissance-Baroque eras"
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birthDate: "1562"
deathDate: "1621-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump