Joachim van den Hove

Joachim van den Hove (Antwerp, 1567? - The Hague, 1620) was a Flemish/Dutch composer and a lutenist. He composed works for lute solo and for lute and voice. Moreover, he wrote many arrangements for lute of Italian, French, and English vocal and instrumental music, and of Flemish/Dutch folk music.

For the larger part of his life van den Hove lived in Leiden. There he was a lutenist and also lute teacher. His most famous pupils were the young Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.

From 1613 until 1616 van den Hove travelled around France and Italy, after which he moved to The Hague. In 1620 he went bankrupt and died.

Publications of his hand are:
*"Florida" (Utrecht, 1601)
*"Delitiae Musicae" (Utrecht, 1612)
*"Praeludia" (Leiden, 1616)

References

*T. Willemze (1981). Componistenlexicon, Deel 2. Het Spectrum, Utrecht. "(in Dutch)"
*Rudolf Rasch (1991). Lute music from the Netherlands. CD booklet, BFO Centre Netherlands Music.