works were found in 1905 in a hand-written volume of organ pieces dated 1741 and compiled by Jacobus Ignatius Josephus Cocquiel, organist and priest of the Saint Vincentius Church in Soignies. This manuscript is sometimes referred to as the Cocquiel manuscript and is currently in possession of the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels, catalogue number Ms II 3326. Van den Kerckhoven's works were published for the first time in 1933 by J. Watelet as the second volume of the Monumenta musicae Belgicae series; in 1982 a facsimile of the Cocquiel manuscript was published with an introduction by Godelieve Spiessens, and this edition is commonly used now. Van den Kerckhoven's surviving oeuvre consists mostly of organ pieces: fantasies, fugues, preludes, mass settings and other works. His music is influenced by Italian and French styles; fugues and fantasias are reminiscent of Johann Jakob Froberger and quite a few pieces contain typical French registration indications: pieces for plein-jeu, fantasies pour cornet, for cromorne or dessus de tierce. Sectional preludes with alternating free and imitative counterpoint, harmonically rich and expansive, are reminiscent of the northern German organ tradition. References Orgelmuziek van Abraham van den Kerckhoven e.a in facsimile uitgegeven naar het handschrift in de Koninklijke Bibliotheek te Brussel. Introduction by Godelieve Spiessens. "Documentatiecentrum voor Orgel", Vleeshouwersstraat 23, B-8480 Veurne (Belgium), Veurne 1982. Willi Apel. The History of Keyboard Music to 1700, pp. 768–70. Translated by Hans Tischler. Indiana University Press, 1972. . Originally published as Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700 by Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel. External links 1610s births 1700s deaths Musicians from Mechelen Flemish organists Male organists 17th-century classical composers Male classical composers Flemish Baroque composers 17th-century male musicians