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Der Fluyten Lust-hof: Introduction Jacob
van Eyck's recorder compositions were published during his lifetime
in a two-volume collection called Der Fluyten Lust-hof ('The
Flute's Garden of Delight'). With about 150 pieces - the exact
number depending on how repeated pieces, for example, are counted -
it is the largest solo collection for one single instrument ever
printed. Van Eyck's output consists mainly of sets of variations on tunes
that were popular during the Dutch 'Golden Age'. All contemporary editions
of Der Fluyten Lust-hof were published by the Amsterdam
book printer Paulus Matthysz, who was a composer himself and probably
played the recorder as well.
The
first volume (1644) initially appeared as Euterpe oft Speel-goddinne
I. Two years later a second volume was published, entitled Der
Fluyten Lust-hof II. The appearance of two volumes with different
titles was undoubtedly regarded as unsatisfactory. An enlarged second
of Euterpe that appeared in 1649 was therefore called Der Fluyten
Lust-hof I. On its title page we read that it was 'the second edition,
enlarged and 'reheard' by the composer.'
A
third edition of this first volume was published ca. 1656. A second
edition of the second volume came out in 1654.
All editions were printed with movable types, which means that every printing should be considered as a separate source. In the following chart they are represented in chronological order:
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