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(Ji-ro’-la’mo Fres-ko-bal’-de) 1583–1643 Italian composer Frescobaldi was appointed organist at St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, in 1608, and he remained in the post for the rest of his life. The composer did take occasional leaves of absence, however. The longest of these was taken between 1628 and 1634, during which time Frescobaldi travelled to Florence, where he ...

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for his Well-Tempered Clavier (1720), and Musicalischer Parnassus (‘Musical Parnassus’, 1738). Recommended Recording: Musical Parnassus: Harpsichord Suites, Luc Beauséjour (Naxos) Introduction | Early Baroque | Classical Personalities | Girolamo Frescobaldi | Early Baroque | Classical ...

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(Yo’-han Ya’-kop Fro’-bâr-ger) 1616–67 German composer Johann Jacob Froberger was the most important German harpsichord composer of the first half of the seventeenth century. In about 1637, he was appointed as imperial court organist at Vienna, and there he benefited from a sympathetic patron in Emperor Ferdinand III, who was himself a gifted musician. Soon after his appointment, Froberger ...

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, most notably George Frideric Handel. ‘Have faith that the modern composer builds on foundations of truth.’ Claudio Monteverdi Leading Exponents Giulio Caccini Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Claudio Monteverdi Girolamo Frescobaldi Heinrich Schütz Samuel Scheidt Giacomo Carissimi Louis Couperin Jean-Baptiste Lully Henry Purcell Early Baroque Style Baroque music is characterized by the addition of a definite bass line underlying a melodic ...

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and Carlo Farina (c. 1600–c. 1640) were experimenting with new techniques in their aim to introduce an element of extravagant display into their violin writing. Later, composer-performers like Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) on the harpsichord, Reincken and J. S. Bach on the organ, and Corelli, Geminiani, Vivaldi, Locatelli and Leclair on the violin, developed the ...