Willem Kroesbergen

Willem Kroesbergen (born June 5, 1943 in Utrecht ) is a Dutch harpsichord maker.

life and work

Willem Kroesbergen was born in Utrecht in 1943. He studied psychology at the University of Utrecht . During his student years he built a virginal . He later specialized in making replicas of historical instruments. Instruments from the Ruckers family served as models for him. After completing his studies, he built harpsichords for over forty years. In 2007, Kroesbergen retired from making harpsichords and moved to Cape Town , South Africa. There he tries to reconstruct the original piano and harpsichord tunings and temperatures in Johann Sebastian Bach's time.

Kroesbergen's instruments have an excellent sound and outstanding structural quality. They were regularly used in concerts by soloists such as Ton Koopman and Masaaki Suzuki as well as by groups such as the Bach Collegium Japan and the Musica Antiqua Köln .

In 1991 Kroesbergen received the Casper Hogenbijl Prize for his contribution to making harpsichord to early music.

literature

Oxford Academic: Early Music: Harpsichord building in Holland: Willem Kroesbergen discusses his craft with Ton Koopman. October 1, 1976, accessed August 21, 2019 . Preview of the magazine article.
peoplepill: Willem Kroesbergen. Accessed August 21, 2019 .
Willem Kroesbergen, Andrew Cruickshank: 18th century quotations relating to JS Bach's temperament . Ed .: academia.edu. October 2015 ( academia.edu ).
Huygens-Fokker: 18th century quotations relating to JS Bach's temperament. October 2015, accessed August 21, 2019 .

Individual references and comments

↑ The article is based on the article of the same name on the Italian-language Wikipedia. The history of the Italian article is integrated into the version history of the German article.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Early Music. 1976. Willem Kroesbergen.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Peoplepill. Willem Kroesbergen.
↑ Willem Kroesbergen, Andrew Cruickshank: JS Bach's temperament.
↑ Hogenbijl Fund (web archive): Winnaars Hogenbijl Fund. Retrieved August 21, 2019 (Dutch).

personal data
SURNAME	Kroesbergen, Willem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch harpsichord maker
DATE OF BIRTH	June 5, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Utrecht

[1] The article is based on the article of the same name on the Italian-language Wikipedia. The history of the Italian article is integrated into the version history of the German article.

[:0-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Early Music. 1976. Willem Kroesbergen.

[:1-3] Peoplepill. Willem Kroesbergen.

[4] Willem Kroesbergen, Andrew Cruickshank: JS Bach's temperament.

[5] Hogenbijl Fund (web archive): Winnaars Hogenbijl Fund. Retrieved August 21, 2019 (Dutch).