Jacobus Van Eynde
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Jacobus van Eynde or van den Eynde (
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1696–1729; died 17 January 1729) was a Flemish organ builder.


Biography

Both place and date of van Eynde's birth are currently unknown. He was likely the son of Pierre van Eynde, organist of the Church of Saint-Éloi in
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, then part of the
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). Pierre was an organist in Saint-Éloi from 1684 to 1718. It is not known where Jacobus learned his art, but he probably studied with Jan and Guilielmus . He was renowned for the quality of his instruments and was referred to as the pinnacle of the West Flemish Baroque. He can be regarded as the most important organ builder in the
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until the beginning of the 18th century. His work was the pinnacle of the school, via Nicolaas Helewoudt and Jan and Guilielmus van Belle. From 1696 van Eynde lived in
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. His organ building can be divided into three periods: Franco-Flemish (until 1707),
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(1707–1719), and Ypres (1719–1729). In 1718 he completed the organ for the Cathedral of Bruges. Van Eynde's style is part of the line of continuity that can be discerned in the 17th-century South Flemish organ building, heralded by Matthys Langhedul and further spread by the Ypres Jan and Guilielmus Van Belle and the Bruges residents Nicolaas Helewout and Boudewijn Ledou. There are several characteristics from the school of Nicolaas van Hagen - passed on to Van Belle 's work through his companion François van Isacker.


List of organs

* 1696: Sint-Aldegondiskerk,
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, now in
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* 1701: Sint-Jan-Baptistkerk,
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* 1703:
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* Church of Saint-Éloi,
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* 1707: Sint-Annakerk,
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* 1710: Sint-Maartenskerk * 1711: St. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges * 1714: Abbey Church of Lo * 1715: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk,
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, destroyed during the
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* 1716: Klooster Engelendale, transferred to the parish church of Stalhille and kept there almost intact * 1717: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Onbevlekt-Ontvangenkerk, Ver-Assebroek * 1717: Sint-Pietersbandenkerk,
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* 1717–1719:
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Bruges (perhaps his biggest instrument) *
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* Sint-Pieterskerk,
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* 1718: Sint-Wandregesiluskerk, Bollezeele * 1728: Sint-Pieterskerk,
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, destroyed during the First World War


Further reading

* A. Deschrevel, ''Het orgel in de Sint-Pieterskerk te Ieper. De Ieperse orgelbouwer Jacobus van Eynde'', In: De Schalmei, vol. 4, no. 1, January 1949 * A. Deschrevel, ''Historische terugblik op het orgel in West-Vlaanderen'', in: West-Vlaanderen, 1962. * Ghislain Potvlieghe, ''Eynde, van'', in: Winkler Prins Encyclopedie van Vlaanderen, vol. 2, Elsevier Sequoia, Brussels, 1973, p. 446 * Ghislain Potvlieghe, ''Jacobus Van Eynde: leven, invloedssfeer en werk'', in: Luister van het orgel in Vlaanderen, Leuven, 1974. * Flor Peeters, Maarten Albert Vente, Ghislain Potvlieghe, et al., De orgelkunst in de Nederlanden van de 16de tot de 18de eeuw, Gaade/Amerongen, 1984. * Luc Lannoo & Kamiel D'Hooghe, ''West-Vlaamse Orgelklanken'', Bruges, 1997.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eynde, Jacob Van Year of birth unknown 17th-century births 1729 deaths People from Dunkirk Flemish pipe organ builders