Pieter Dirksen

Harpsichordist - Musicologist - Organist

   
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BOOKS & EDITIONS

 

Books

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - De Orpheus van Amsterdam (Culemborg: Uitgeverij Caecilia, 2021)
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De geheimen van de Matthäus-Passion. Handwerk en mystiek van een meesterwerk ed. Pieter Dirksen (Amsterdam: Balans, 2010).
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Scheidemann's Keyboard Music – Transmission, Style and Chronology (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).
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Sweelinck Studies – Proceedings of the International Sweelinck Symposium Utrecht, 1999, ed. Pieter Dirksen (Utrecht: STIMU, 2002).
The volume contains fourteen essays by twelve authors, devoted to various aspects of the life and music of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1561-1621).
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The Keyboard Music of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Its Style, Significance and Influence (Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 1997).
The published version of my dissertation (Utrecht University, 1996).
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Studien zur Kunst der Fuge von Johann Sebastian Bach – Untersuchungen zur Entstehungsgeschichte, Struktur und Aufführungspraxis (Wilhelmshaven: Florian Noetzel Verlag, 1994).
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The Harpsichord and its Repertoire – Proceedings of the International Harpsichord Symposium Utrecht 1990, ed. Pieter Dirksen (Utrecht: STIMU, 1992).
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - The Orpheus of Amsterdam [IN PREPARATION, 2024)

Sweelinck Compendium [IN PREPARATION, 2024]

Froberger the Harpsichordist - Six Studies [IN PREPARATION, 2025]

The North German Chorale Fantasia, 1620-1720 [IN PREPARATION]

 

Editions


Johann Jakob Froberger: Suites for Harpsichord (München: Henle Verlag HN 1091, 2023)
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Heinrich Scheidemann: Chorale Fantasias for Organ (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf 8938, 2022)
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe BWV 197.1 (reconstruction). (Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben; Stuttgart: Carus Verlag, 2022 - Carus 31.402).
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich habe meine Zuversicht BWV 188 (Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben; Stuttgart: Carus Verlag, 2017 - Carus 31.188).
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works vol. 3 – Fantasias, Fugues (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2016).
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in G minor after BWV 76/8 and 528 for Oboe (Oboe d'amore), Viola (Viola da gamba] and Continuo (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2013).
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Samuel Scheidt: Keyboard Music Transmitted in Manuscript Form (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2011).
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works vol. 5 – Sonatas, Trios, Concertos (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2010).
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Leipziger Choralfughetten (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2007).
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Complete Keyboard Music vol. 2 – Fantasias (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2007).
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Dieterich Buxtehude (?): Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein [first edition] (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2007).
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Johann Adam Reincken: Complete Organ Music – Chorale Fantasias and Toccatas (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2005).
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Complete Keyboard Music vol. 4 – Song and Dance Variations (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2004).
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VI Suittes, divers airs avec leurs variations et fugues pour le clavessin (Amsterdam, 1710) (Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 2004).
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Johann Christoph Bach: Werke für Clavier (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2002).
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The ‘Lynar’ Virginal Book (London: Stainer & Bell, 2002).
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Peeter Cornet: Complete Keyboard Music (with Jean Ferrard; Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 2001).
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Vincent Lübeck: Keyboard Music from Swedish Sources (Stockholm: Runa Nototext, 2000).
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Heinrich Scheidemann: Complete Harpsichord Music (Wiesbaden: Edition Breitkopf, 2000).
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Organ Works by the Düben Family (Stockholm: Runa Nototext, 1997).
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Psalm Variations from Lynar B 7 (Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 1996).

Eight Chorale Settings for Organ by Jan P. Sweelinck and his School (Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 1991).
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George Frideric Handel: Twenty Pieces for a Musical Clock (Utrecht: Diapason Press, 1987).
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Francesco Durante: Concerto "Le Quattro Stagioni dell'Anno" (reconstruction; 2024)
[IN PREPARATION]

Nicolaus Adam Strunck: Sacred Concertos and Sonatas
[IN PREPARATION]

Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge – Fassung 1742.
[IN PREPARATION]

Johann Sebastian Bach: Franz sische Suiten.
[IN PREPARATION]

Johann Sebastian Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, reconstructed after BWV 35, 1056 and 1059.
[IN PREPARATION]

Johann Jakob Froberger: Toccatas for Harpsichord and Organ
[IN PREPARATION]