Johann Jacob Froberger was one of the best composers of dance suites for keyboard during the mid-seventeenth century. His work was heavily influenced by the French, but he worked so well in the French style that his suites apparently had a great deal of influence on French keyboard composers such as Louis Couperin. Froberger and other keyboard players in Paris during the mid-seventeenth century sought to imitate the playing style of the French lutenists by rolling chords on their instrument without proceeding from bottom to top in a rolled chord, but instead breaking back and scrambling the order in a sweetly chaotic arpeggiation of the chord. This style was known as the stile brisé. Froberger often used this style to create very tender and moving effects on the harpsichord. This manner of playing also tends to minimize the prickly sound that can come from the harpsichord and to create a more supple tone on the instrument. This allemande in this suite is among Froberger's best in his use of the stile brisé. In one source the allemande is identified as a "Meditation on my own future death." Another source includes an inscription that reads, "Are you mindful of your death Froberger." Many of Froberger's allemandes lament the death of a friend, or a particularly sad event, and this meditation is no exception. This suite is also very similar to FbWV 611. Apparently FbWV 620 is a later version of FbWV 611/1.

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