FROBERGER, JOHANN JACOB German organist and composer, was born at Halle and died near Montbel liard on May 7, 1667. He was appointed court organist at Vienna in 1637, but did not immediately enter on his functions as he spent the years 1637-41 at Rome studying under the great master Frescobaldi. He was in Vienna from 1641 to 1645, and again from 1653 to 1657, when he left the emperor's service. After this time he seems to have fallen into extreme poverty, for it is said that Christopher Gibbons offered him the post of organ blower at Westminster Abbey in 5662. Froberger is important as being the link between the 17th century Italian school of organ playing and Buxtehude and others who led on to the Bach school. His organ and piano works were collected by G. Adler in Denkmdler der Tonkunst in Oesterreich (1903) .
See Franz Beier, Uber J. Frobergers Leben and Bedeutung (1884).