Girolamo Frescobaldi

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Girolamo Frescobaldi was a prominent early Baroque Italian composer and virtuoso keyboardist, renowned for his innovative and expressive works for organ and harpsichord.

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Girolamo Frescobaldi canonical 3
Frescobaldi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composer
Italian composer
composer
harpsichordist
human
organist
activeYearsEnd mid 17th century
activeYearsStart early 17th century
birthCountry Italy
birthDate 1583-09-13
birthPlace Ferrara
burialPlace Rome
deathDate 1643-03-01
deathPlace Rome
employer St. Peter’s Basilica
familyName Frescobaldi
genre instrumental music
keyboard music
sacred music
givenName Girolamo
influenced Bernardo Pasquini
Dieterich Buxtehude
Italian Baroque keyboard music
Johann Jakob Froberger
Johann Sebastian Bach
instrument harpsichord
organ
knownFor development of Baroque keyboard style
expressive organ music
innovative keyboard toccatas
languageOfWork Italian
Latin
movement early Baroque
name Girolamo Frescobaldi
nationality Italian
notableWork Capricci fatti sopra diversi soggetti
Fiori musicali
Il primo libro di toccate
Il secondo libro di toccate
Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo
occupation composer
keyboardist
organist
positionHeld organist of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
studentOf Luzzasco Luzzaschi
workLocation Ferrara
Florence
Rome

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Toccata associatedWithComposer Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi name Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi familyName Frescobaldi
linked to: Girolamo Frescobaldi
Claudio Merulo influenced Girolamo Frescobaldi