Girotamo Fresconarpt (1583-1643) OG. Toceata No.3 (1637) © | Beara intl op io 1 Rome 637 pba I prin in Sint ‘ee nit ng 2 re os Ona Kiev 3 Kane Bcc i 1980p. 1113 oo392 a 67 wnowencen Lamentation ul mer de Fenn lime Gs Froberger, in his coceatas, betrayed she influence of his teacher Frescobald, Dut this piece demonstrates his mastery of the French clavecin style Iti ig. the genre of the tombeau, which French lutenists and haspsichordists ey tomurily wrote upon the death of one of thet colleagues. Froberger com. posed this combeau ("Lamentation on the very sad death of Hi Imperia) Majesty Ferdinand II, t9 be played slowly, with cizeamspection”) in 1657 to mourn the death of the emperor whose court in Vienna he served a8 organ. ist In keeping with the French tradition, this piece isa slow allemand, bug its hestations and impulsive rans remove it from the dance. The style brs, trough which Froberger was one of the frst to imitate lute musie on the harpsichord, dominates che texture. Both the rare key of F minor and the prominent threefold F% at the end allude to the emperor's name, Another progeammatie touch isthe arpeggio in the final two measutes fiom deep in the bass to the ueble, representing the ascent ofthe emperor's soul