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Improvising fugue : a method for keyboard artists / John J. Mortensen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mortensen, John J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Keyboard instruments--Methods (Canons, fugues, etc.).
- Keyboard instruments.
- Canons, fugues, etc--Instruction and study.
- Canons, fugues, etc.
- Keyboard instruments--Instruction and study.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Improvising Fugue: A Method for Keyboard Artists is a guide for those who aspire to the highest levels of fluency as inventors of spontaneous music at the piano, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, or digital keyboard.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Improvising Fugue
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prelude
- 1. Introduction to Furno
- 2. Furno's Ten Partimenti
- 3. Bass Diminution
- 4. After Furno
- 5. Partimento Practice
- 6. Partimento Imitation and Fugue
- 7. Bicinium
- 8. Bass Motions in Invertible Counterpoint
- 9. Introduction to Improvised Fugue
- 10. Improvising a First Fugue on Handel
- 11. Exposition
- 12. Episode
- 13. Presentation
- 14. Stretto
- 15. Pedal Point, Cadenza, Ending
- 16. Improvising Fugue
- Glossary of Persons and Terms
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mortensen, John J. Improvising Fugue
- ISBN:
- 9780197645277
- 0197645275
- 9780197645260
- 0197645267
- 9780197645253
- 0197645259
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