FROBERGER, Johann Jacob

FROBERGER (Johann Jacob).Germanorg., Halle [1606]. Court org. at Vienna, 1637. S. under Frescobaldi, 1637–41. Left employment of Ferdinand III. of Austria, 1657. Appeared in London, 1662. Played in Westminster Abbey. in France [1667]. He was a remarkable performer, and carried on the traditions of Frescobaldi, which ultimately culminated in the grandeur of J. S. Bach. The dates of his birth and death are matters of dispute. He wrote music for the organ, the harpsichord, and the voice.