Variations on Mein junges Leben hat ein End

Sweelinck, informally known during his lifetime as the "Orpheus of Amsterdam," might be considered one of the great pre-J.S. Bach masters of keyboard development. A deep understanding of contrapuntal writing, grown from the composition of more than 250 works for voices, underscores Sweelinck's keyboard innovations: the developed fugue, the organ pedal as a full fugal voice, the level of variation form reached, and the new levels or richly contrapuntal keyboard writing that incorporated various styles and ornamentations of the day.