Two Schools of 17th c. Chamber Music
The Chapel at West Parish 210 Lowell Street, Andover, MA, United StatesVirtuosic chamber music with specified instrumental parts flourished in Italy in the early 1600s, especially in the cities of Venice and Rome, as shown in the dramatic works of Cavalli, Frescobaldi, Picchi, and Riccio. This was echoed later in the century in the Germanic lands to the north, especially in the Habsburg Empire and the …