The Performance of the Basso Continuo in Italian Baroque Music

The Performance of the Basso Continuo in Italian Baroque Music PDF Author: Tharald Borgir
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Book Description
Covers the Italian Baroque period (1600-1730), dealing with basso continuo realizations, the use of bass line instruments and their terminology, and the functions of the various kinds of lutes. Borgir challenges the notion that the independent basso continuo is one of the hallmarks of the Baroque style. " . . . a major reconsideration of the sound of 17th-century Italian music . . . "