Girolamo Frescobaldi

Italy, 1607–1643

Italian keyboard composer (1583-1643), organist of St Peter's in Rome. His toccatas move in sudden shifts of affect and tempo rather than a single pulse, and the liturgical organ collection Fiori musicali (1635) became the century's model of strict keyboard writing.

MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Girolamo Frescobaldi and 2 artists Girolamo Frescobaldi influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Girolamo Frescobaldi?

• Luzzasco Luzzaschi — Frescobaldi studied with Luzzaschi at Ferrara — the organist whose keyboard writing and chromatic ear he took over.

Which artists did Girolamo Frescobaldi influence?

• Johann Sebastian Bach — Bach copied out the Fiori musicali by hand — one of only two foreign publications he treated that way — and its strict organ writing stands behind Clavier-Ubung III.
• Johann Jacob Froberger — Froberger left the imperial court for three years to study with Frescobaldi in Rome, and then carried the Italian keyboard style through Germany and France.