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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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