E. Adriaenssen - Almande Prince

Musique Renaissance
Emmanuel Adriaenssen (Antwerpen, ca 1554-1604)
Almande Prince, from Pratum musicum 1584.
arr. Arnold den Teuling / Jan Kok :
"This almand is one of the old versions of the later (1932) Dutch national anthem Wilhelmus (prince of Orange). Originally the ong was a militant song praisin William of Orange-NAssau, leader of the revolution of the NEtherlands in the freedom war against Spain. The heart of the revolution originally was Flanders, but it shifted to the Northern parts of the NEtherlands after the reconquest of Antwerp by the Spanish kind in 1586. The song was included in the Pratum musicum (meant for the lute), printed in Antwerp in 1584, but was removed from the reprint in 1592, obviously for political reasons. The song has always been very popular. Young Mozart made piano variations (K25) on a changed melody with changed rhythm, the so called Prince's March."
Rebecq, 2016.08.31