Camerata Trajectina is a Dutch

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...

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 dire ...

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

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

, 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 Gerrit Jan Komrij (30 March 1944 – 5 July 2012) was a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s writing poetry that sharply contrasted with the free-form poetry of his ...

; 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 The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things of

Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (, ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/Netherlandish painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on oa ...

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 The ''Souterliedekens'' (literal: Psalter-songs) is a Dutch metrical psalter, published in 1540 in Antwerp, and which remained very popular throughout the century. The metrical rhyming psalms were, probably, arranged by a Utrecht nobleman: Willem ...

'' 1540 –

Clemens non Papa Jacobus Clemens non Papa (also Jacques Clément or Jacob Clemens non Papa) ( – 1555 or 1556) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance based for most of his life in Flanders. He was a prolific composer in many of the current styles, and ...

. 1994 (Globe 6020) * ''Muziek uit de

Muiderkring The Muiderkring (Muiden Circle) was the name given to a group of figures in the arts and sciences who regularly met at the castle of Muiden near Amsterdam during the first half of the 17th century, or the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic. The ce ...

'' – Music of the

Muiden Muiden () is a city and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It lies at the mouth of the Vecht and is in an area called the Vechtstreek. Since 2016, Muiden has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren ...

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 Jacob van Eyck ( , ; 26 March 1657) was a Dutch nobleman and blind musician. He was one of the best-known musicians of the Dutch Golden Age, working as a carillon player and technician, an organist, a recorder virtuoso, and a composer. He was ...

, painter and storyteller'' 1994

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

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

Remonstrants The Remonstrants (or the Remonstrant Brotherhood) is a Protestant movement that had split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century. The early Remonstrants supported Jacobus Arminius, and after his death, continued to maintain his ...

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 traditio ...

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

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songs. 1996 (GLO 6038) * ''The Musical World of

Jan Steen Jan Havickszoon Steen (c. 1626 – buried 3 February 1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century. His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour. Life ...

'' 1996 (Globe 6040) * ''Hollandse Madrigalen'' – Dutch-language Madrigals by Cornelis Schuyt,

Cornelis Tymanszoon Padbrué Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given ...

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

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

1554).

Ludovicus Episcopius Lodewijk de Bisschop, latinised as Ludovicus Episcopius (c. 1520 in Mechelen – 29 April 1595 in Straubing) was a Flemish Roman Catholic priest and composer of the late Renaissance and one of the first to compose secular songs in the Dutch langu ...

(+ sampler CD) (GLO 6046) * ''De Vrede van Munster'' – The

Peace of Münster The Peace of Münster was a treaty between the Lords States General of the Seven United Netherlands and the Spanish Crown, the terms of which were agreed on 30 January 1648. The treaty, parallelly negotiated to but not part of the Peace of We ...

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

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Pierre Guédron Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 in Châteaudun – c. 1620 in Paris), was a French singer and composer known for writing ''Airs de cour'' (including ''Cessés mortels de soupirer''). Guédron's ''Est-ce Mars'' (1613) was especially popular and is known i ...

. (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'' – 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 group ...

. (Globe 6056) * ''De Kist van Pierlala'' – The coffin of Pierlala; Dutch street songs from the

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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 (2CD) 2004 (GLO 6058)

Edison Klassiek award The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is comparable to the American Grammy Award. The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison, designed ...

2006 in the category Middle Ages and Renaissance. *

Obrecht Obrecht is a patronymic surname. Obrecht was a Germanic given name derived from Od-brecht, meaning "famed for his heritageNotable people with the surname include: * Jacob Obrecht (c. 1457/58 – 1505), Flemish Renaissance composer *Hermann Obrecht ...

- Secular songs with reconstructed texts by

(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 Cornelis ...

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 abbreviat ...

, Jan Harmenszoon Krul,

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 most ...

, and Jan Janszoon Starter. (Globe 6062) * Johan Schenck: ''

Bacchus, Ceres en Venus ''Bacchus, Ceres en Venus'' is a 1686 Dutch-language pastoral opera by Johan Schenck. It is one of the earliest surviving Dutch-language operas, 8 years after with Carolus Hacquart's '' De triomfeerende Min'' (1678). The libretto was by Govert ...

'' – The first Dutch opera reconstructed. (Globe) * '' Calvijn in de Gouden Eeuw'' – Psalm settings of Sweelinck,

Claude Le Jeune Claude Le Jeune (1528 to 1530 – buried 26 September 1600) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was the primary representative of the musical movement known as '' musique mesurée'', and a significant composer of the "Par ...

and Goudimel 2009 (Globe 6064) * ''De Zeven Zonden van Jeroen Bosch'' – texts by

2010 (Globe 6065) * Cornelis Schuyt – Madrigali, Padovane & Gagliarde 2011 (Globe 6068) * Carolus Hacquart - ''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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