Girolamo Frescobaldi Flashcards

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Date of birth

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1583-1643

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Composers in Italy

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Francesco Landini (codex Faenza) 
Girolamo Cavazzoni 
Claudio Merulo (Toccatas: the first to contrast contrapuntal writing with passageworks, very free melodies)
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Œuvres

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1608: 12 fantasias (variety and contrapuntal mastery)
1615 et 1627: two books of toccatas and partitas
1626: published several ricercare, canzone, and capriccios : preface contains a lot of informations
1635: Fiori Musicali (organ music for liturgical use, monothematic writing the first)

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Genres de Frescobaldi

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Ricercare 
Canzone 
Capriccios 
Fantasias 
Partitas 
(Most of his work is for harpsichord)
Toccatas
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Life

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Born in Ferrara.
Child prodigy.
Santa Maria church in Tsartevere
St.Peter basilica in Rome until his death (expect Florence)
Master of Froberger, he influenced a lot German baroque music

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