Hendrik Focking (1747-1796)
- Sonata in D-Dur des
'VI Sonates pour la flûte traverse solo avec une basse continuo ... œuvre première'
Performers: Wilbert Hazelzet (traverso); Amsterdams Barok Ensemble
Further info: Music from the Netherlands
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Dutch composer, organist and carillonneur. His parents were Mennonites
from Haarlem who lived in Danzig from 1739 to 1752, when they moved to
Amsterdam. He was blind, and it may be assumed that he received his
musical instruction from the blind organist Jacob Potholt. From 1769
until his death he was carillonneur at the Oude Kerk and the
Regulierstoren (now Munttoren), Amsterdam. In 1780 he became organist of
one of the Mennonite communities in Amsterdam, the one usually called
‘bij het Lam en bij de Toren’, after the locations of its churches.
Focking taught the well-known blind Amsterdam organist and carillonneur
Daniël Brachthuyzer (1779-1832). His only known compositions are the 'VI
sonates pour le flute traverse solo, avec une basse continuo, oeuvre
première'. They follow the pattern of the mid-18th-century
three-movement solo sonata and their style resembles that of North
German composers. They were published privately by the composer, lack a
dedication and are undated. His son Cornelis Focking (1770-?) was also
an organist.
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