Camerata Trajectina is a Dutch

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ensemble (in English, the word, " camerata," generally means a choir or small chamber orchestra). The ensemble was founded in

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(hence Latin ''trajectina''; of Utrecht) in 1974 by

Jos van Veldhoven Josephus Maria Martinus van Veldhoven (born 1952 in Den Bosch) is a Dutch choral conductor. He studied musicology at the Rijksuniversiteit of Utrecht, and choral and orchestral conducting at the Royal Conservatory, the Hague. He was artistic di ...

and Jan Nuchelmans. Following the departure of Veldhoven in 1976 to lead the Utrechts Barok Consort, leadership of the ensemble passed to the current director, the musicologist Louis Peter Grijp (b. 1954). The ensemble has specialised in recovering and sometimes reconstructing Dutch vocal music from the

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, and much of its discography are of Dutch-language songs which have not been recorded. The ensemble has particularly concentrated on domestic, middle-class, and Dutch-language church music which—unlike the Latin language church music of the Spanish Netherlands—is little known and little researched. The lyrics of the recovered songs often illustrate cultural history, as in the case of the ensemble's two recordings of Dutch

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.Geoffrey Parker ''Europe in crisis, 1598-1648'' 2001 p281 "A record, ''Die tyranny verdrijven: politieke liederen uit de tachtigjarige oorlog,'' sung by the Camerata Trajectina (Eurosound, 1979), includes 23 of the best 'Sea Beggar' and Valerius songs." They have cooperated twice with the poet Gerrit Komrij; the first time in reconstruction of

Jacob Obrecht Jacob Obrecht (also Hobrecht; 1457/8

's secular works. The original texts to Obrecht's Dutch songs had been lost, leaving only Dutch

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s as titles of instrumental versions. Komrij wrote new texts in the style of lyrics of Obrecht's time. A second project based on

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set new Dutch texts to 16th Century melodies.

Selected publications and discography

* ''Muziek uit de Gouden Eeuw'' – Music of the Golden Age. LP 1986 and 1987, CD 1992 (GLO 6013) * ''Pacxken van minnen – Middeleeuwse muziek uit de Nederlanden'' - medieval Dutch music. 1992 (GLO 6016) * '' Souterliedekens'' 1540 – Clemens non Papa. 1994 (Globe 6020) * ''Muziek uit de Muiderkring'' – Music of the

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Circle, songs of and for

Maria Tesselschade Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, also called Maria Tesselschade Roemersdochter Visscher or Tesselschade (25 March 1594 – 20 June 1649) was a Dutch poet and glass engraver. Life Tesselschade was born in Amsterdam, the youngest of three ...

1994 (GLO 6026) * '' Jacob van Eyck, painter and storyteller'' 1994

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, Amsterdam. 2007 (Philips) * ''Bavianen en slijkgeuzen'' – Baboons and Mud Beggars, Songs of

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and Counter-Remonstrants. 1995 (GLO 6031) * ''Cantiones natalitiae'' – Christmas Songs from the time of

Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition ...

. 1995 (Globe) * ''Genade ende Vrede (2CD set) – Grace and peace;

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songs. 1996 (GLO 6038) * ''The Musical World of Jan Steen'' 1996 (Globe 6040) * ''Hollandse Madrigalen'' – Dutch-language Madrigals by

Cornelis Schuyt Cornelis Floriszoon Schuyt (1557 – 9 June 1616) was a Dutch organist and Renaissance composer. Life Cornelis Floriszoon Schuyt was born in Leiden in 1557. He was the son of Floris Corneliszoon Schuyt (1529/30–1601), the organist of two churc ...

, Cornelis Tymanszoon Padbrué and

Joan Albert Ban Joan Albert Ban (1597–1644) was a Dutch Catholic priest and composer. Life From 1628-42 he was canon priest of the Haarlem chapter (Kapittel). In 1630 he became priest of the Begijnhof in Haarlem, across the street from the Janskerk (Haarlem). M ...

1996 (GLO 6042) 1996 * ''Maastrichts Liedboek'' – Polyphonic songs from the ''Niewe Duytsche Liedekens'' (

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1554). Clemens non Papa, Ludovicus Episcopius (+ sampler CD) (GLO 6046) * ''De Vrede van Munster'' – The

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1648, Dutch music from the Reformation. 1997 (GLO 6048) * '' Japix Gysbert'' 1603–1666 – Frisian Songs to tunes by

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, Pierre Guédron. (GLO 6055) * ''Zingende Zwanen – Heiligenliederen uit de Gouden Eeuw'' Singing Swans - Sacred songs of the Golden Age, contrafacta to Dutch texts of Johannes Stalpaert van der Wiele and Guillelmus de Swaen. (GLO 6053) * ''Liederen van varen en vechten'' – Songs of sailing and fighting; Songs of the Dutch East India Company (GLO 6054) * ''

Peeckelharing Peeckelhaeringh, or Pekelharing, refers to an old Dutch word for pickled herring. Today it is best known as the name of a comic theatrical character who was the subject of a painting by Frans Hals. A stock character in 17th-century comic plays, M ...

'' – Pickled herring; Music around the painter

Frans Hals Frans Hals the Elder (, , ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of individual and group portraits and of genre works, who lived and worked in Haarlem. Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century gro ...

. (Globe 6056) * ''De Kist van Pierlala'' – The coffin of Pierlala; Dutch street songs from the broadside ballads collection of the Koniklijke Biliotheek in Den Haag and the

Meertens Instituut The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam is a research institute for Dutch language and culture within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (''Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen'' or KNAW). ...

in Amsterdam (18-20C). (GLO 6057) * ''Het Antwerps Liedboek 1544'' – The

Antwerp songbook The Antwerp songbook (Dutch: and on the cover (A ''nice songbook in which you will find several songs'') was published in Antwerp in 1544 by printer Jan Roulans. History The songbook includes lyrics of some 221 'old' and 'new' Dutch songs () to ...

(2CD) 2004 (GLO 6058) Edison Klassiek award 2006 in the category Middle Ages and Renaissance. * Obrecht - Secular songs with reconstructed texts by Gerrit Komrij (Globe 6059) * ''

Jacob Cats Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. Early years Jacob Cats was born on 10 November 1577 in Brouwershaven as son of Adriaen Cornelisz. ...

1577-1660'' – Mourning Maidens and other songs to moral texts (Globe 6063) * ''Theatermuziek uit de Gouden Eeuw'' – Theatre music from the Golden Age - to plays by

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (16 March 1581 – 21 May 1647) - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright who lived during the Dutch Golden Age in literature. Life Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, often abbrevia ...

Jan Harmenszoon Krul Jan Harmenszoon Krul (1601–1646) was a Dutch Catholic playwright. His portrait was painted in 1633 by Rembrandt. Krul founded the Amsterdamsche Musijck Kamer, devoted to the cultivation of music drama. Works *The emblem book ''Minne-spiegel ter ...

Vondel Joost van den Vondel (; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch poet, writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still mos ...

, and Jan Janszoon Starter. (Globe 6062) *

Johan Schenck Johannes Schenck (or Johan Schenk, 3 June 1660–after 1712) was a Dutch musician and composer. Schenck was born in Amsterdam and baptized in a Catholic hidden church. He became a renowned virtuoso viola da gamba player. His compositions includ ...

: '' Bacchus, Ceres en Venus'' – The first Dutch opera reconstructed. (Globe) * '' Calvijn in de Gouden Eeuw'' – Psalm settings of

Sweelinck Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ( ; April or May, 1562 – 16 October 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard com ...

, Claude Le Jeune and

2009 (Globe 6064) * ''De Zeven Zonden van Jeroen Bosch'' – texts by Gerrit Komrij 2010 (Globe 6065) *

– Madrigali, Padovane & Gagliarde 2011 (Globe 6068) *

Carolus Hacquart Carolus Hacquart (the latinised form of his original name: Carel Hacquart) (c. 1640 - after 1686) was a Flemish composer and musician. He became one of the most important 17th-century composers in the Dutch Republic and possibly also worked in Engla ...

- ''The Triumph of Love'' Camerata Trajectina 2013 With books * Dirk Coigneau. ''Een zoet akkoord.'' (CD to accompany book). In series of the

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