Cornet - Aria del Granduca - Schnitger Organ, Norden, Hauptwerk

Peeter Cornet (ca. 1570-1633) was a Flemish composer and organist of the early Baroque period. Although few of his compositions survive, he is widely considered one of the best keyboard composers of the early 17th century. Very little is known about Cornet's life. Much of the information comes from a letter by his widow. From 1603 to 1606 Cornet worked as organist at the Church of St. Nicholas in Brussels. Around 1606 he became court organist to Albert VII, Archduke of Austria and his wife Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, the governors of the Southern Netherlands who maintained their court in Brussels. For one month, in March 1611, Cornet was a canon at Soignies, but he gave up his canonry to marry. Cornet is listed as chapel organist in the surviving court account books from 1612–1618.His colleagues included important English composers Peter Philips and John Bull. Apparently Cornet was also active as an organ consultant and builder. In 1615 he provided advice concerning the organ of the Sint-Romboutskathedraal in Mechelen and in 1624 he signed a contract to build a choir division for the same organ. Although this piece on this famous Italian dance Ballo del Granduca is often attributed to Cornet, it's authorship is uncertain. More famous is Sweelinck's Ballo del Granduca on the same theme, so it was a nice surprise to discover this piece. Not a North German baroque piece, but it works very well on the North German Norden organ model. In the first variation (and its reprise) I picked different reeds. In the second variation I went for a sort of Basse de Trompette. If you like this video, make sure to subscribe to this channel. You can support my channel here: https://buymeacoffee.com/ralphlooij Sample set of the Schnitger organ, Norden by Voxus Virtual Organs: https://voxusorgans.com/en/product/no... Sheet music by Maurizio Machella: https://www.free-scores.com/partition...