Lodeweijk Theewes

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Lodeweijk Theewes also Lodevyke Tyves; Theeus; Theeuwes ( bl. 1560–1585) was a Flemish harpsichord maker . He was born in Antwerp and was a member of the Guild of St. Luke from 1561 . His father was the master Jacob Theewes (bl. 1533–1557), who built lutes and harpsichords, his mother Anna Ghijs. Theewes settled in London around 1565 . He is mentioned in the church book of the parish of St. Martin's Le Grand in 1565 and for the last time in 1585. His claviorganum from 1579 is considered the oldest preserved harpsichord built in England.

Preserved instruments

Claviorganum 1579, Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Claviorganum 1579, Victoria and Albert Museum ; a fragmentary single-manual harpsichord part with an 8'-8'-4 '. Traces of a metal keel were found on at least one register, and the instrument apparently also had an arpichordum pull, as is usually found in Flemish Muselar virginals . The instrument had a continuous chromatic range from C – c '' ', at a time when on the European continent almost only keyboard instruments with a short bass octave were built. The instrument was built for Anthony Roper . The instrument is signed: LODOWICUS THEEWES ME FESIT 1579 . The body is made of oak and covered with processed and dyed leather.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The History and Significance of the Lodewijk Theewes Claviorgan . In: Early Music . tape 32 , no. 4 , 2004, p. 577-593 , JSTOR : 3519397 (English).
  2. ↑ Edward L. Kottick: A History of the Harpsichord . Indiana University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-253-34166-3 , pp. 48 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ a b The Harpsichord and Clavichord: An Encyclopedia . Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978-1-135-94978-5 , pp. 479 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ The Theewes Claviorgan. In: collections.vam.ac.uk. Victoria and Albert Museum, accessed August 4, 2017 .
  5. ↑ John Harper: Continuity, Discontinuity, Fragments and Connections: The Organ in Church, c. 1500-1640 . In: Emma Hornby, David Nicholas Maw (Eds.): Essays on the History of English Music in Honor of John Caldwell: Sources, Style, Performance, Historiography . Boydell & Brewer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84383-535-6 , pp. 225 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
personal data
SURNAME Theewes, Lodeweijk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Theewes, Lodeweijk; Theeuwes, Lodeweijk; Theeuwes, Lodevyke; Tyves, Lodeweijk; Tyves, Lodevyke; Theeus, Lodeweijk; Theeus, Lodevyke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish harpsichord maker
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH 16th century or 17th century