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The art of partimento : history, theory, and practice / by Giorgio Sanguinetti.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library MT49 .S26 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sanguinetti, Giorgio.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Partimenti.
Partimenti--Italy--Naples--History.
History.
Italy--Naples.
Physical Description:
xii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Contents:
Part 1 History
1 Of Some Odd Musical Manuscripts 5
2 What are Partimenti? 9
3 The Partimento in Italy 19
4 The Neapolitan Conservatori 29
5 Teaching Methods in the Neapolitan Conservatories 41
6 Partimento Sources: Transmission and Typology 47
7 A Genealogy of Masters 57
Part 2 Theory
8 Partimento as Theory of Composition 95
9 The Rules 99
Part 3 Practice
10 A Prelude to Realization 167
11 The Unfigured Partimento 175
12 The Art of Diminution 183
13 Imitation 191
14 Motivic Coherence 206
15 "Authentic" Realizations 214
Part 4 A Guide to Realization
16 Lesson, Prelude, Modular Étude 241
17 Tutti-Solo: Concerto and Toccata 255
18 Sonata 275
19 Fantasia, Variation, Dance 294
20 Imitative Genres 305
21 Fugue 316.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780195394207
0195394208
OCLC:
714113369

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