Composer

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Johann Jacob Froberger

Genre

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Keyboard

Style

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Keyboard

Compose Date

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before 1649

Publication Date

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1649

Average_duration

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3:39

Johann Jacob Froberger was a German Baroque composer and keyboard player who lived from 1616 to 1667. He was one of the most important keyboard composers of his time, and his music had a significant influence on later composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach. Froberger's Toccata No. 4 in C major, FbWV 104, is a keyboard work that was composed in the mid-17th century. The exact date of composition is not known, but it is believed to have been written sometime between 1649 and 1656. The Toccata No. 4 is a single-movement work that is characterized by its virtuosic keyboard writing and its use of imitative counterpoint. The piece begins with a lively and energetic toccata section that features rapid arpeggios and runs in both hands. This section is followed by a more lyrical and expressive middle section that features a series of imitative entries between the hands. The Toccata No. 4 is notable for its use of chromaticism and dissonance, which were relatively new techniques in keyboard music at the time. Froberger was one of the first composers to use these techniques extensively, and his music had a significant influence on later composers such as Bach and Handel. The Toccata No. 4 was first published in 1693, long after Froberger's death. It was included in a collection of his keyboard works that was edited by his student, Johann Philipp Krieger. The piece has since become a popular work in the keyboard repertoire, and it is frequently performed and recorded by pianists and harpsichordists today.

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