Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, an outstanding master of improvisation, believed that keyboardists could best master the feelings of their audience through fantasias.
Composer Biography
George Frideric Handel, a cosmopolitan composer, was influenced by music from Germany, Italy, England, and France, synthesizing these styles into his own distinctive sound.
Composer Biography
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach's eldest son, was a highly regarded instrumentalist and improviser, though he did not achieve the same compositional fame as his brother.
Composer Biography
Silvius Leopold Weiss, a lutenist from Silesia, was a close friend of Johann Sebastian Bach and expanded the German lute from 11 to 13 strings.
Compositional Technique
Handel incorporated almost every form used in the harpsichord music of his time, including preludes, overtures, partitas, arias, passacaglias, and chaconnes.
Compositional Technique
The term 'fantasia' in the 16th century described a compositional form that was freely structured and highly improvisational, distinct from popular dance movements.
Compositional Technique
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Fantasia in F sharp minor, a late work, pushes the limits of tonality with obsessive repetition of a theme in different keys, accompanied by dramatic gestures and pauses.
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