Arnoldus De Fine

1530 - 1586  (56 years)

• Name	Arnoldus De Fine
  Birth	1530	Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Nov 1586	Helsingør, Frederiksborg, Denmark
  Burial	Saint Mikkels Kirke, Slagelse, Vest Sjælland, Denmark
  Person ID	I906	Master
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 1	Annike Pedersdatter Schildig,   b. 1540, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium d. 5 Aug 1576, København, København, Sjælland, Denmark (Age 36 years)
  Children	+ 1. Anne Cathrine De Fine,   b. 1566, København, København, Sjælland, Denmark d. 9 May 1601, Tikøb, Helsingør, Frederiksborg, Denmark (Age 35 years)   2. Peter Arnoldsen De Fine,   b. 1575   d. 1620, Stillinge, Vest Sjælland, Denmark (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F1185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Barbara Hieronymusdatter Knoff,   b. 1555, Friedland, Gottingen, Niedersachsen, Germany d. 1 Nov 1609, Århus, Jutland, Denmark (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1579
  Children	+ 1. Hans Arnoldsen De Fine,   b. 1579, København, København, Sjælland, Denmark d. 9 Jun 1637, Helsingborg, Skåne, Sweden (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F3228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1530 - Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium Death - 13 Nov 1586 - Helsingør, Frederiksborg, Denmark Burial - - Saint Mikkels Kirke, Slagelse, Vest Sjælland, Denmark  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Arnold de Fine Composed: Wann Mein Stündlein Vorhanden Ist Source: Royal music from the courts of king Fredrik II and Christian IV. Denmark: Society for udgivelse af dansk musik on phonograph records and videograms. Listen here==> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wann-Mein-Stundlein-Vorhanden-arnoldus/dp/B002RBCLK2 Arnold de Fine, 1530-13 Nov 1586, was a Flemish/Danish organist and conductor, who from 1556 lived and worked in Denmark for King Christian the 3rd and Frederik 2. He is believed to come from Antwerp, possibly with the name van Eynde or von End, and died in Helsingør. He is believed to be buried in St. Mikkels kirke i Slagelse, because he allegedly possessed a beneficie there (løngivende but labor-free office). His descendants occupied many public offices in Denmark and Norway, for example as priests, bishops or royal officials, and now known under various derivations of the name (de Fine Olivarius, de Fine Licht and de Fine Skibsted). Many of them bore the first name Arnold. 1556-1560 and again from 1563 he was employed by King Christian 3. In the intervening years he was organist to the Queen. In 1565 he got a stand in the Roskilde Cathedral (temporarily beneficie). Since the chapel after the Nordic Seven needed a reorganization was appointed to de Fine fifth June 1571 to the conductor (for the Royal Chapel), replacing Amsfortius. That same year he renewed his stand in Roskilde, and given his long and faithful service he received a 1583 kannikedømme in Aarhus. These fictitious offices (counsel or præbender) was a tradition from Catholic times, and the king used them as wages to his employees, without any ecclesiastical duties attached to them. The following document from Kjøbenhavns Diplomatarium says that Arnold de Fine on November 24 in 1578 sheep ejendomret to a house in København: "Wij Frederich thend anden etc. giøre alle witterligt, at wij aff wor synderlige gunst och naade haffue wnt, skiøt och giffuet och nu med thette wort obne breff wnde, skiøde och giffue os elskelige Arnoldus de Fine wor capellmester och hans arffuinge ett wort och kronens hus och woning wdj wor kiøpsted Kiøpnehaffn ligendis wdj Leerstredet wd med algaden, østen op till Claus Wit guldsmed, westen op thill Willom apoteckers stald, och strecker sig samme gaard norden ther fran lige emod thuende huse paa Amagerthorre, Hans Thuesen och Thommes Badskier iboer, huilcken forskrefne gaard osv. Actum Koldinghus thend 24 nouembris aar etc. mdlxxviij. Wij Fredrich thend second etc. giøre all Witter that Wij aff hau sins equal favor och mercy haffue WNT, skiøt och giffuet och now Thet wort obne bref wnde, skiøde och giffue us lovable Arnoldus de Fine hau capellmester och his arffuinge a wort och crown house och Woning wdj hau kiøpsted Kiøpnehaffn ligendis wdj Leerstredet wd with Algade east up till Claus Wit goldsmith, Westen up Thill Willom apoteckers barn och Strecker on the same farm north ethers fran just emod thuende houses on Amagerthorre Hans Thuesen och Thommes Badskier iboer, huilcken forskrefne yard etc. actum Koldinghus thend nouembris 24 years etc. mdlxxviij." Transcription: We Frederik 2 publish that we of our grace through this open letter conveyed and provides our highly sat Arnoldus de Fine, our conductor, and his heirs one of ours and crown houses in our town Copenhagen located in Læderstræde toward Algade (now Kobmagergade) between dragonfly Claus Wits house and barn Willom pharmacies and extent up to two houses at Amager Torv, where Hans Thuesen and Thommes Badskier live ... Signed on Koldinghus the 24th november 1578. One source claims that he is giving more from 1581 showed revenues of a little tavern and garden just outside Nørreport in Copenhagen. As a bandleader, he had a boys choir under his special care. Of his contemporaries he is mentioned as a significant writer ( Hans Mikkelsen Ravn in Heptachordum Danicum ). A composition by him: Wann mein Stündlein vorhanden is available on CD Royal music from the courts of King Frederik II and Christian IV at the publisher Dacapo. Arnold de Fine was married 2 times: with Anniken Pedersdatter (d. 1576) and then with Barbara Hieronymidatter Knoff. His son of the first marriage Petrus Arnoldi de Fine (d. 1620) was a singer in the chapel. A son of the second marriage Arnoldus de Fine (Arnold, Arnoldii Arnold v. End) was a pupil of particular Melchior Borchgrevinck and was hired as an instrumentalist in the chapel 1603, but dismissed along with several other 1627 when the chapel diminished as a result of war events. From 1613, he heads with chapel instruments and in 1620 he stand in Roskilde. Sources * Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 1979 Danish Biographical Encyclopedia 1979 * Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 1905 Danish Biographical Encyclopedia 1905 * Fra en 12. From a 12th generations efterkommer generation descendant * Skødebrevet fra 1578 Shot letter from 1578