Jacob Vredeman de Vries

He was a son of Hans Vredeman de Vries, originally from Leeuwarden, and a brother of Paul, and Salomon.

Vredeman received his musical education in Mechelen but moved to the north around 1588, after many cities in the Southern Netherlands were occupied by Alexander Farnese.

Only two publications by his hand survived: The book "Musica miscella o mescolanze di madrigali, canzoni, e villanelli in lingua Frisica a quatro & cinque voci" was published in Franeker by Gilli van den Rade, who was one of the major Calvinistic publishers of Antwerp; he also worked as a legal printer in Friesland.

Only with Gysbert Japix did this appreciation come into existence, and was the language seen as suitable for subjects such as serious love poetry, political chants, and psalms.

Vredemans’ "Isagoge musicae, dat is corte, perfecte instructie van de principale musycke" was published in 1618.