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J. J. Froberger
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Capriccio VII Click to Listen, [4:54] (a=460 Hz)
Multi-sectional. Fughetta in common meter, then 3/4, then common meter with a consistent rhythmic pattern of an eight followed by two sixteenths, then dotted eighth-sixteenths and dotted sixteenth-thirty-seconds, then 12/8 with its own unique rhythmic signature, finally an uncommon stretto-like passage in common meter, with some interesting cross relations. Registration: Var 1: P8 + P4 + SB + SD; Var 2: P8 + G3 + VH; Var 3: P8 + P4 + G3 + O2 + M4; Var 4: P8 + R8 + P4 + M4; Var 5: P8 + R8 + P4 + O2+ Q1; Var 6: P8 + R8 + P4 + G3 + O2 + Q1 + M4. Pedal S16 added capriciously. For a popup table of these abbreviations, click here. Instrument: Frans Caspar Schnitger Organ, Duurswoude/Frisland (1723) - Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier

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