Jacob van Eyck: Engels Nachtegaeltje (the English Nightingale); Saskia Coolen, recorder

Jacob van Eyck s divisions on the tune Engels Nachtegaeltje the English nightingale), from Der fluyten lusthof. Performed by Saskia Coolen, as part of the Voices of Music van Eyck project, July, 2015. Jacob van Eyck was a Dutch carillonneur, bell expert, recorder player and composer. He inherited the noble title of joncker (or jonkheer), and was born blind. It was he who discovered the connection between a bell s shape and its overtone structure, which enabled bells to be tuned properly. In this he had the cooperation of the famous bellfounders François and Pieter Hemony. He was hired by the city of Utrecht as carillonneur of the Janskerk, the Jacobikerk and City Hall, and he was commissioned to entertain the passersby on the square in front of the St. Jans church with the sound of his The Janskerkhof was a park with small pathways and trees where the young people of Utrecht could meet and socialize. What was musical life in The Netherlands like in the 17th century The influx of many tale