Abraham van den Kerckhoven

The sources to Kerckhoven begin in 1633 when he became the organist of Ste Catherine in Brussels. Kerll still left in 1648 and Abraham got his place as organist for Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. He became the initial organist by 1659 and kept the positioning until at least 1673 and perhaps 1684 whenever a last musical guide was produced about him. His compositions had been ready for the body organ and predicated on the ricercare. Fantasies and fugues confirmed his capability to end up being forward searching with tranquility and structure. There is nothing known from the organs which Kerckhoven will need to have performed at Ste Catherine’s but there have been possible signs of registration in the torso of his music.