Great Composers - Paul Hofhaimer: the Renaissance master of organ improvisation

Renaissance musician Paul Hofhaimer was an Austrian organist and composer celebrated throughout Europe for his exceptional talent at improvisation. Renaissance commentators, including the physician Paracelsus, praised him as the greatest organist of his entire generation. Hofhaimer was historically rare among German-speaking musicians of his era, as only he and Heinrich Isaac achieved widespread international fame outside their native lands. Belonging to a group of composers known as the Colorists, his innovative keyboard mastery helped define the early sixteenth-century organ tradition across central Europe.

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