Cornelis Floriszoon Schuyt (1557 – 9 June 1616) was a Dutch

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 organist

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 and Renaissance

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 composer

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Cornelis Floriszoon Schuyt was born in Leiden in 1557. He was the son of Floris Corneliszoon Schuyt (1529/30–1601), the organist of two churches in Leiden, the Pieterskerk

Pieterskerk, Leiden

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 and the Hooglandse Kerk

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Schuyt made a study journey to Italy, where he was introduced to Renaissance music

Renaissance music

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In 1593, Schuyt became an organist in the Pieterskerk and the Hooglandse Kerk, alongside his father. In 1601, after his father's death, he became the main organist in the Pieterskerk.

Schuyt published four volumes with compositions, with three volumes of madrigals

Madrigal (music)

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. None of his organ music has survived.

Schuyt died on 9 June 1616 and was buried in the Pieterskerk

Pieterskerk, Leiden

The Pieterskerk is a late-Gothic church in Leiden dedicated to Saint Peter. It is best known today as the church of the Pilgrim Fathers where John Robinson was buried.-History:...

, a church in Leiden.

Remembrance

His name is written in the main hall of the Concertgebouw

Concertgebouw

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 in Amsterdam

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, Netherlands

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In Amsterdam-Zuid

Amsterdam-Zuid

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, (52.355215°N 4.87123°W) is a street named after him.

Works

• Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (1600)
• (1603)
• Hymeneo, overo Madrigali nuptiali et altri amorosi (1611)
• Dodeci Padovane, et altretante Gagliarde Composte nelli dodeci modi (1611)