Johannes Cornelius Mulders

Johannes Cornelius Mulders (1712-1770) was a Brunanter composer, one of the most renown of the baroque and classical period. Mulders was a highly prolific musician during his lifetime.

Early life
Cornelius Mulders was born in Grijzestad. The house of his birth (on Willem I Straat, nr. 4) is now occupied by a Grijzestad Bank branch, but the second floor has been recreated to when he lived there and is now open as a museum. Mulders' father, Philip, was an anatomy professor at Grijzestad University and had some wealth, as the family were able to move to a bigger house by 1715.

From a young age Mulders