(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 ...
level of virtuosity. He was especially resourceful in his harpsichord partite, or variations, usually on a chorale melody. He also composed harpsichord suites, following models established by Froberger, sacred cantatas, Passions and songs. Recommended Recording: Keyboard Works, Rinaldo Alessandrini (Astrée) Introduction | Early Baroque | Classical Personalities | Dietrich Buxtehude | Early Baroque | Classical ...
toccatas, dances and variations on popular melodies. Recommended Recording: Il primo libro di capricci, John Butt (Harmonia Mundi) Introduction | Early Baroque | Classical Personalities | Johann Jacob Froberger | Early Baroque | Classical ...
dances were published in Germany, England, France, Italy and elsewhere in the early seventeenth century. From around the 1650s, suites were written by composers such as Froberger and Buxtehude (for keyboard) in Germany; Denis Gaultier (1603–72) (for lute), Chambonnières and Couperin (for keyboard) in France; and William Lawes (strings), Purcell (keyboard) and Locke (strings, keyboard) in ...
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