The single greatest source of solo recorder music is the mid seventeeth century Der Fluyten Lust-hof by the blind Utrecht carillonneur Jacob van Eyck. The heart and bulk of this book is a tune by tune examination of the medlodies which underpin the Lust-hof's virtuosic variations. The discussion of each melody includes its origin, history, origninal and or adopted text (all with English translations), extent of its distribution in the Netherlands, musical examples, and lists of settings of the same tune by other composers and for other instruments. This central work is garnished by chapters covering Van Eyck's life and printed works; the Lust-hof's variation style and intended instrument; appendices including a Lust-hof bibliography and discography; and more than 50 figures and 75 musical examples.