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Matthias Weckmann

Sonata No. 8  Play

Rook Ensemble

Recorded on 02/19/2014, uploaded on 07/29/2014

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

Matthias Weckmann was a German composer who studied under Heinrich Schütz.  Schütz had studied in Venice and brought the progressive Italian music of the early 17th century to Germany. Like Castello, Weckmann wrote a collection of Sonatas for a chamber ensemble of mixed winds and strings.

Rook:
Jakob Hansen, Violin
Paul Von Hoff, Trombone and Slide Trombone
Jeremy David Ward, Bass Violin
Mark Shuldiner, Harpsichord