Johann Jacob Froberger
Germany, 1637–1667
German keyboard composer (1616-1667). Sent from the imperial court in Vienna to study with Frescobaldi in Rome, he carried the Italian toccata north and, travelling as far as London and Paris, fixed the shape of the keyboard suite.
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Who influenced Johann Jacob Froberger?
- Girolamo Frescobaldi — 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.