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Ensemble Cordate

Description:

In 1650, Athanasius Kircher, a scholar known for his work on "universal music," referred to the outpouring of inspiration from the musician that propelled him to express himself beyond the rules of compositional theory, calling it "stillus fantasticus phantasticus. This was a trend that had been observed since around 1600, when violin music began to flourish in Italy, and it had already become a common form of expression. This is a dazzling piece of music in which the violin plays a large part, and the brilliant technique is dazzling. King International