At 08:24 AM 7/13/2008, Christopher Stetson wrote:
Well, I would think the first question would be what your (or your
instructor's) definition of "fantasy" is. The term seems to have fallen
out of favor early in the 17th c.
I see your point that many rhapsodic bits could be considered as "fantasy"
in spite of title, and that the term was perhaps not so commonly used later
as it was in the era when purely instrumental music first began moving away
from dance forms, but I'm not so certain I would contend that the term fell
out of favor in the early 17th c; "fantasy", "fantasia", "phantasie",
"phantasiestücke", etc. found occasional use throughout. Consider the
occasional lute works by Weiss or Kellner; the fortepiano works of C.P.E.
Bach, Mozart, or Schumann; the guitar works by Sor, Coste, Legnani,
etc. They're there.
Best,
Eugene
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