Stigtelijke digtstukjes van Mr. H. van Alphen, op muziek gebragt door F. Nieuwenhuysen, Organist te Utrecht - Nieuwenhuysen, Frederik 1758-1841 (Utrecht Terveen Van den Brink, 1788)
The preface mentions three songs, to be the first installment of a set of twelve, but this volume contains all twelve songs.
At the start of the staff is printed 'Canto' and 'Cembalo'. The cembalo part has a combination of a figured bass and both normal and smaller printed notes in the right hand, suggesting some 'obligato' parts and some parts to be left to the interpretation of the harpsichordist.
Frederik Nieuwenhuysen was organist and carillonneur of the Utrecht Dom Church. He composed cantatas and grand occasional works, but also set poems to music like this set of religious poems by Hieronymus van Alphen.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Song; Religion; Domestic music-making; Netherlands