Nicolaus à Kempis

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Nicolaus à Kempis [Nicolaes a Kempis] (c.1600-1676) was a composer active in Brussels in the middle of the seventeenth century. Not much is known about him. He was born around 1600, but it is unknown where. Some musicologists think that he came from northern Italy, perhaps from Florence. The earliest extant piece of biographical information about him is his nomination as organist of the cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudule in Brussels around 1626 (to which post his son, Joannes Florentius, succeeded him in 1670). Between 1644 and 1649, he published in Antwerp several volumes of Symphoniae amounting to ninety-eight short instrumental pieces and eight motets. He wrote sonatas ranging from pieces for solo instrument and continuo to pieces in six parts. Nicolaus à Kempis was the first musician to import the Italian viol style and techniques of Girolamo Frescobaldi, Marco Uccellini, Giovanni Battista Fontana, and Dario Castello into the southern Low Countries. He died in 1676. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Chamber Music: London Baroque - Rosenmuller, J. / Hacquart, C. / Buxtehude, D. / Biber, H. I. F. (The Trio Sonata in 17Th Century Germany)

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Kempis: Symphoniæ

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Chamber Music: London Baroque - Rosenmuller, J. / Hacquart, C. / Buxtehude, D. / Biber, H.

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Chamber Music: London Baroque - Rosenmuller, J. / Hacquart, C. / Buxtehude, D. / Biber, H. I

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Musicae belgicae: L'atelier de Rubens

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Cornet Music - Merula, T. / Rore, C. / Gabrieli, A. / Frescobaldi, G.A. / Palestrina, G.P. / Crecquillon, T.

The Trio Sonata Through Two Centuries

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Bellissimo Splendore: Early 17th Century Music At the Court of Brussels

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Chamber Music (17Th Century) - Picchi, G. / Corradini, N. / Piccinini, A. / Marini, B. / Troilo, A. / Fontana, G.B.

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Quel Lascivissimo Cornetto

Lagrime

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Nicolaus à Kempis: Symphoniae

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