Some musicologists have hypothesized that a piece in this genre in G minor is a musical hoax actually composed over a century later by Ferdinand David. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this genre of a piece for violin and continuo by Baroque composer Tomaso Antonio Vitali. The Second Book of Toccatas contains the first pieces in this syncopated genre, which is closely related to the passacaglia.
ANSWER: chaconne
[10h] The Second Book of Toccatas was written by this early Baroque organist at St. Peter's, who composed the liturgical organ collection Fiori musicali. This Ferrarese composer also wrote Il Primo Libro delle Canzoni.
ANSWER: Girolamo Frescobaldi [Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi]
[10e] This composer also wrote a chaconne in G minor that was arranged by Benjamin Britten. This English composer included the lament "When I am laid in earth" in his opera Dido and Aeneas.
ANSWER: Henry Purcell
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