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Two editions of psalm arrangements by the Amsterdam musician Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) appeared in Berlin in 1616 and 1618. A selection of his compositions was accompanied by Ambrosius Lobwasser’s German translations. To ensure that the translated texts matched the music, occasional rhythmic changes were made, while the pitches were kept in tact. In the nineteenth-century search for Sweelinck’s musical heritage, the Berlin editions were found earlier than the original ones; therefore, the two new reconstructions of Sweelinck’s psalm arrangements published in 1876 and 1883 were based on these Berlin editions. Shortly thereafter, the part-books with the original texts were found in England. Since then, little note has been taken of the Berlin editions, but their history deserves our attention.
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