Jaap van Benthem (2022)

During the General Members' Meeting of May 14, 2022, in Utrecht, Jaap van Benthem has been named an honorary member because of his special services to the association.

In the 56 years that Jaap has been a member of the (K)VNM, his involvement with the association has been and continues to be intense. In addition, Jaap has  committed himself to putting the KVNM on the international map.

Jaap is one of the 'permanent' authors of the TVNM. Jaap had already written his first article about Josquin when he started teaching music theory at the musicology department in Utrecht in 1972. His contributions to the TVNM followed with great regularity, reaching a peak in the 1990s. Quite a few of his articles on Ockeghem and Josquin quickly found their way into international literature.