Jacob van Eyck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacob van Eyck

Dutch composer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1590

Place of Birth: Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1657

Profession: composer, organist, flautist, carillonneur

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jonkheer Jacob van Eyck (c.
1590 – 26 March 1657) was a Dutch nobleman and musician.
He was one of the best-known musicians in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century, working as a carillon player, organist, recorder virtuoso, and composer.
He was an expert in bell casting and tuning, and taught the Hemony brothers how to tune a carillon.
Van Eyck is credited with developing the modern carillon together with the brothers in 1644, when they cast the first tuned carillon.