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Oct 31, 1812 Wilp, Gelderland, Netherlands Died on 16 Feb 1875 (aged 62)
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About Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans
- Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans (31 October 1812, Wilp - 16 February 1875, Haarlem) was a Dutch organist, composer and music theorist.
- Bastiaans was educated in organ playing from the age of ten in Deventer.
- He studied to become a watchmaker and settled in Rotterdam.
- There he meet C.F.
- Hommert, who introduced him to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He moved to Germany where he studied with amongst others Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and F.
- Becker.
- In 1839 he became organist for the Mennonite congregation in Deventer.
- In 1840 he became organist at the Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam, and between 1858-1878 he was cityorganist at the Grote Kerk in Haarlem. He was one of the driving forces behind the growing attention for J.S.
- Bach in the Netherlands.
- Bastiaans wrote several chorales and works for the organ and piano.
- He also wrote several melodies for the church book Vervolgbundel op de Evangelische Gezangen.
- The church song book Liedboek voor de Kerken lists 9 songs that are accompanied by his melodies.
