Girolamo Alessandro #Frescobaldi (1583-1643) #prodigy studied under Luzzasco Luzzaschi, later became organist of St Peter's Basilica #virtuoso
"Toccata Prima" from Book II
#ColinBooth plays one of Frescobaldi's classic toccatas on an octave #spinet of his own manufacture.
Girolamo #Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
"Toccata Prima" from Book II (1637)
#ColinBooth plays on an octave #spinet of his own manufacture. www.colinbooth.co.uk
https://youtu.be/gzDjI_vFdZY?si=iLSD38Hx4QBTprPV 3:54
Frescobaldi's pupils included numerous Italian composers, but the most important was a German, Johann Jakob Froberger, who studied with him in 1637–41. Frescobaldi's work was known to, and influenced, numerous major composers outside Italy, including Henry Purcell, Pachelbel, & Bach. wiki
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