Girolamo Frescobaldi

Girolamo Frescobaldi (September, 1583 – March 1, 1643) was one of the most important composers of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.

Frescobaldi was born in Ferrara. He studied under t

Girolamo Frescobaldi (September, 1583 – March 1, 1643) was one of the most important composers of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.

Frescobaldi was born in Ferrara. He studied under the organist and famous madrigalist Luzzasco Luzzaschi at Ferrara and is also considered to have been influenced by Carlo Gesualdo, who was in Ferrara at the time. His patron Enzo Bentivoglio helped him get the position as an organist at the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome in the spring of 1607. Together with him he travelled to the Low Countries before he became organist of St Peter's in Rome in 1608, a post he held until his death. From 1628 to 1634 he was organist at the court of the Medicis in Florence.