Gerrit Jan van Eijken

Gerrit Jan van Eijken (Amersfoort, 5 May 1832 - Dalston, London, 22 March 1879) was a Dutch composer.

He studied first under his father, Gerrit van Eijken, who was organist and bell-ringer at the Grote Kerk in Amersfoort.

His elder brother Jan Albert van Eijken was also a composer.

[1][2] In 1859 the organist Karl Emanuel Klitzsch commented favourably in the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik on his works.

5; Performed by Bob van der Ent (violin), René Rakier (piano).