Born in 1583, Girolamo Frescobaldi would grow up to be one of the most famo… Read Full Bio ↴Born in 1583, Girolamo Frescobaldi would grow up to be one of the most famous representatives of the early Italian Baroque. He was known for expressive and extravagant improvising and composition. In 1608, he took the organist post of St. Peter's in Rome. Although he held this highly-regarded job that won him many patrons, the pay was never more than a small fraction of his income.
He obsessively edited his own work, to the point where many of his major works were changed several times, and some added or dropped in different versions of the same publication! One can't call these changes superfluous, though, as they often help the flow in the various parts. His prowess at the keyboard was balanced by an obvious lack of formal education to the point that it was actually suggested that he did not understand his own lyrics and indeed that his own rough drafts were incoherent. Any lack of education he had was definitely accounted for by the innate harmonic and rhythmic sense which defines his work. His playing technique involved frequent changes of pace and dynamic, and a careful attention to the smallest nuances is imperative to appreciating the flow in his music.
He obsessively edited his own work, to the point where many of his major works were changed several times, and some added or dropped in different versions of the same publication! One can't call these changes superfluous, though, as they often help the flow in the various parts. His prowess at the keyboard was balanced by an obvious lack of formal education to the point that it was actually suggested that he did not understand his own lyrics and indeed that his own rough drafts were incoherent. Any lack of education he had was definitely accounted for by the innate harmonic and rhythmic sense which defines his work. His playing technique involved frequent changes of pace and dynamic, and a careful attention to the smallest nuances is imperative to appreciating the flow in his music.
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01In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XXXVI, "La Capponcina"2:46Girolamo Frescobaldi
03In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XXVII, "La Lanciona"2:46Girolamo Frescobaldi
04In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona II, "La Bernardinia"3:49Girolamo Frescobaldi
05In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XVI, "La Samminiata"2:57Girolamo Frescobaldi
06In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XXIII, "La Franciotta"3:18Girolamo Frescobaldi
08In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XV, "La Lievoratta"3:58Girolamo Frescobaldi
10In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XXXIII, "La Rovellina"2:32Girolamo Frescobaldi
11In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XI, "La Plettenberger"2:51Girolamo Frescobaldi
12In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzon Ultima per Spinettina sola, detta la Vittoria1:35Girolamo Frescobaldi
13In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XXXIV, "La Sandoninia"2:49Girolamo Frescobaldi
14In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona V, "La Tromboncina"3:14Girolamo Frescobaldi
15In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XII, "La Todeschina'2:48Girolamo Frescobaldi
16In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XXV, "La Garzoncina"2:39Girolamo Frescobaldi
18In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XVIII, "La Masotti"3:34Girolamo Frescobaldi
19In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XXIX, "La Boccellina"2:36Girolamo Frescobaldi
21In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XXVI, "La Moricona"3:42Girolamo Frescobaldi
22In partitura, il primo libro delle 38 canzoni: Canzona XX, "La Lipparella"2:32Girolamo Frescobaldi
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Frescobaldi: Il primo libro delle canzoni, Vol. 2
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