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Fantazia No. 9 for strings in A minor, Z. 740, is a piece of chamber music composed by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell in 1680. It belongs to a collection of 15 fantasias written for viol consort, a traditional English instrumental ensemble format that was already falling out of fashion a...
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Fine Purcell fantasia, admired for contrapuntal sophistication and expressive intensity within English viol tradition.
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Composed around 1680, Henry Purcell's "Fantazia No. 4 in G minor" (Z. 735) is a significant piece of English Baroque chamber music written for a viol consort. The work is distinguished by its complex polyphony and dark harmonic language, characteristics that Purcell used to masterfully navigate the...
Why this score
Strong Purcell viol fantasia, historically admired, though less individually famous than later quartet fugues.
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