Bach in the Chromatic Fantasia-be not deceived by its classical contours, it is music hot from the soul-Beethoven in the first movement of the C sharp minor Sonata, the arioso of the Sonata op.
"Chopin: The Man and His Music"
James Huneker
But on the other hand it is impossible to be blind to its relationship to the more metrical arioso of Monteverde's earlier work or perhaps to the canzone of Caccini's "Nuove Musiche."
"Some Forerunners of Italian Opera"
William James Henderson