Composer and theorbo virtuoso Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger was an immensely popular figure in Rome in the early 17th century, a favorite of the powerful Barberini family but also an ally of Galileo Galilei, which caused him trouble for a time. In Italy, he was called "Il Tedesco" ("the German"), but when he was sent to Austria for school, he was called "Italus." Nowadays, he is best known for his instrumental music, but this fine release from the ensemble L'Escadron Volant de la Reine offers a more detailed appreciation of ...
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Composer and theorbo virtuoso Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger was an immensely popular figure in Rome in the early 17th century, a favorite of the powerful Barberini family but also an ally of Galileo Galilei, which caused him trouble for a time. In Italy, he was called "Il Tedesco" ("the German"), but when he was sent to Austria for school, he was called "Italus." Nowadays, he is best known for his instrumental music, but this fine release from the ensemble L'Escadron Volant de la Reine offers a more detailed appreciation of his output. The group's name means "The Flying Squadron of the Queen," and it refers to actual people of the time, ladies-in-waiting of Catherine de Medici, who served as her agents. Kapsberger's interaction with cultural currents of his time is reason enough to get better acquainted with his music, and here, one gets a survey of his works in various genres and from various phases of his career. There are Italian madrigals, at first in the polyphonic style of the 16th century; later,...
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