La Bergamasca

Composer: SCHEIDT, Samuel
  • Bergamasca SSWV 560 was originally composed for organ (or other keyboard). It consists of a charming four-bar melody followed by 22 short variations.
  • This work first appeared in a collection of Canzonas which Scheidt published in Hamburg in 1627.1

Sources

  1. Jean-Pierre Canihac, liner notes to La sacqueboute, Les Sacqueboutiers, Michel Becquet, Flora 2310, CD, 2002.

Cut IDs

19250