Jan Albert van Eijken

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Jan Albert van Eijken (born April 29, 1823 in Amersfoort , † September 24, 1868 in Elberfeld ) was a Dutch composer and organist .

Life

Jan Albert van Eijken's father Gerrit van Eijken was organist at the Grote Kerk in Amersfoort and gave him his first lessons. From 1845 to 1846 he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and in 1848 became organist at the Remonstrantenkirche in Amsterdam . From 1853 he was organist at the Zuiderkerk in Rotterdam . After the death of the Elberfeld organist Johannes Schornstein , he received his position as organist of the Reformed Church in Elberfeld in April 1854 . On April 21, 1854 he gave his farewell concert in Rotterdam.

One of his admirers was Robert Schumann , who heard him on December 9, 1853 in Rotterdam. On March 10, 1855, Schumann wrote to Joseph Joachim : “He plays wonderfully; in Rotterdam I heard him fugues by Bach, also BACH fugues [by Schumann], the first and the last, on an organ that was worthy of him. "

Jan Albert van Eijken was the brother of the composer and organist Gerrit Jan van Eijken (1832–1879), who mainly worked in London .

Works (selection)

  • Three organ sonatas , 1854

Literature (selection)

  • Friedrich Schnapp : Robert Schumann and Jan Albert van Eijken opstel ter aanvulling van Schumann's "Verzameling over Muziek en Musici". In: Tijdschrift der Vereeniging voor Noord-Nederlands Muziekgeschiedenis. Vol. 11, No. 3 (1924), pp. 135-141. ( Digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Signals for the Musical World , Vol. 12, No. 22 of May 25, 1854, p. 182: “At the deceased organist [Johannes] Schornstein's place in Elberfeld, the Dutchman JA van Eyken, a student at the Leipzig Conservatory, appears. On April 21st he gave his farewell concert in Rotterdam. "( Digital copy)
  2. ^ Robert Schumann: Diaries. Volume 2. Edited by Gerd Nauhaus . Leipzig 1987, p. 442.
  3. ^ Letters from and to Joseph Joachim. Edited by Johannes Joachim and Andreas Moser. Volume 1. Berlin 1911, p. 268. ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Eijken, Jan Albert van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eyken, Jan Albert van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Amersfoort
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1868
Place of death Elberfeld