Joachim van den Hove was a Flemish/Dutch

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 composer

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 and a lute

Lute

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nist. He composed works for lute solo and for lute and voice. Moreover, he wrote many arrangements for lute of Italian, French, and English vocal and instrumental music, and of Flemish/Dutch folk music.

Van den Hove was born Antwerp, and for the larger part of his life he lived in Leiden. There he was a lutenist and also lute teacher. His most famous pupils were the young Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange

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 and Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange

Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange

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.

From 1613 until 1616 van den Hove travelled around France

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 and Italy

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, after which he moved to The Hague

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, where in 1620 he went bankrupt and died.

Published collections of his works are:

• Florida, sive cantiones (Utrecht, 1601)
• Delitiae Musicae (Utrecht, 1612)
• Praeludia testudinis (Leiden, 1616)