Froberger-Suite VI, Lamento; David Clark Little, harpsichord

Описание: Froberger-Suite VI, Lamento;
David Clark Little, harpsichord

recording, video and production by:
David Clark Little
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Harpsichord built by Robert Wilson, 1986, after Blanchet, 1733. The tuning is lower than present-day concert pitch (A is at 415 Hz instead of 440 Hz). Vallotti temperament was used to tune the harpsichord.

Artwork credit:
Frans Luyckx, c. 1647-48: Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans

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Johann Jakob Froberger (1616 – 1667) was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. Among the most famous composers of the era, he was influential in developing the musical form of the suite of dances in his keyboard works. His harpsichord pieces are highly idiomatic and programmatic.

Full title: "Lament over the painful loss of the Royal Majesty of Ferdinand IV King of the Romans."

Ferdinand IV was born in 1633, and was crowned in Germany on 18 June 1653. However, he unexpectedly died of smallpox in Vienna on 9 July 1654.

Froberger uses some obvious musical symbolism at the end of the piece; an ascending C major scale: Ferdinand IV ascending into heaven.