Gysbert Japiks
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Gysbert Japicx (Bolsward, Friesland 1603–1666) was a Frisian writer, poet, schoolteacher and cantor.
He admired Horace and Ovid and was a defender for the memmetaal (mother tongue) which elevated Frisian to a literature language. His poems are included in Fryske rijmlerye (1688) & Friessche tjerne (1640).
[edit] Songs
Japicx' Frisian songs were contrafacta to well known tunes by composers such as Goudimel, Bourgeois, and Pierre Guédron. A selection were recorded by Frisian singers and Camerata Trajectina in 2003.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Gysbert Japix (1603-1666), Frisian soloists: Tetsje van der Kooi, soprano; Femke de Boer, alto; Jaap Hoekstra, tenor; Siebren Kramer, baritone; Rozemarijn Palma, song; GLO 6055
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