Gysbert Japiks

Gysbert Japicx (Bolsward, Friesland 1603–1666) was a Frisian writer, poet, schoolteacher and cantor.

He admired Horace and Ovid and was a defender for the memmetaal (mother tongue) which elevated Frisian to a literature language. His poems are included in Fryske rijmlerye (1688) & Friessche tjerne (1640).

Songs

Japicx' Frisian songs were contrafacta to well known tunes by composers such as Goudimel, Bourgeois, and Pierre Guédron. A selection were recorded by Frisian singers and Camerata Trajectina in 2003.^[1]

References

^ Gysbert Japix (1603-1666), Frisian soloists: Tetsje van der Kooi, soprano; Femke de Boer, alto; Jaap Hoekstra, tenor; Siebren Kramer, baritone; Rozemarijn Palma, song; GLO 6055

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Name	Japiks, Gysbert
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Date of birth	1603
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Date of death	1666
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