jan 1, 1614 - Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

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Huge collected volume of English keyboard pieces, containing examples of the chorale partita, a partita set on a chorale theme, in which through the variations the theme gets moved throughout the texture (in contrast with a secular partita, where the tune stays in the upper register)

Chorale concerto = mixed vocal-instrumental genre.

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