Genre Categories | Fantasias; For 4 viols; Scores featuring the viol; |
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Contents |
Work Title | Fantasy in D minor |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Purcell, Henry |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Z.739 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IHP 119 |
Key | D minor |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Baroque |
Piece Style | Baroque |
Instrumentation | 4 viols / other instruments (see below, Comments) |
Although the fantasias are cornerstones of the modern viol consort repertory, it is not certain that Purcell would have been able to assemble a complete viol consort at that time; though the bass viol remained in use as a solo instrument and for continuo, treble and tenor viols were dropping out of use before he was born.