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Partimento and Continuo Playing in Theory and in Practice / Thomas Christensen ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Orpheus Academy for Music Theory.
- Series:
- Collected writings of the Orpheus Institute ; #9.
- Collected writings of the Orpheus Institute ; #9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Performance practice (Music).
- Music theory--History.
- Music theory.
- Counterpoint.
- Partimenti.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume is a collection of essays based on lectures given at the International Orpheus Academy for Music Theory on 'Music and Theory: Thoroughbass in Practice, Theory, and Improvisation''. Hence the point of departure was not 'Music Theory'' as such, but the interaction between music theory, music history, performance practice, aesthetics, and related sciences. This multidisciplinary approach, with the accent on the interplay between music performance and music theory, is reflected in the contributions to this book.Thomas Christensen, in his contribution, shows how the development of tonal
- Contents:
- Thoroughbass as music theory / Thomas Christensen
- Partimenti written to impart a knowledge of counterpoint and composition / Robert Gjerdingen
- Partimento-fugue : the Neapolitan angle / Giorgio Sanguinettti
- The playing of partimento / Rudolf Lutz.
- Notes:
- Collected essays based on lectures given at the 4th International Orpheus Academy for Music Theory in 2006.
- Series numbering on spine.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 94-6166-094-4
- OCLC:
- 873808658
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