Composer of the Week: Frescobaldi

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Composer of the Week: Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643): Bread and circuses: Rome

Bread and circuses: Rome

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

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Pope Urban VIII’s reign fostered a vibrant period of music.

Donald Macleod looks at how Pope Urban VIII’s reign fostered a vibrant period of music in Rome in the early 17th century.

Girolamo Frescobaldi established the keyboard style that would dominate Europe in the Baroque era. His life throws a light on the nepotism and patronage at the heart of Italy in the 17th century, and how it created extraordinary music and spectacle.... breaking the bank in the process.

Donald Macleod and his guest Robert Quinney, Director of the Choir of New College, Oxford, explore Frescobaldi's story alongside some of the other great musicians of his time, who fell into his orbit.

Today, Donald and Robert look at how Pope Urban VIII’s reign fostered a vibrant period of music in Rome in the early 17th century.

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Composer of the Week: Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

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Donald Macleod surveys the life and work of Italian Baroque composer Girolamo Frescobaldi.

Donald Macleod surveys the life and work of Italian composer Girolamo Frescobaldi, who established the keyboard style that would dominate Europe in the Baroque era.

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