Partimento and Continuo Playing in Theory and in Practice (Collected Writings of the Orpheus Institute) - Softcover

Christensen, Thomas; Gjerdingen, Robert; Lutz, Rudolf; Sanguinetti, Giorgio

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9789058678287: Partimento and Continuo Playing in Theory and in Practice (Collected Writings of the Orpheus Institute)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9058678288 ISBN 13: 9789058678287
Publisher: Leuven University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This volume reflects a multidisciplinary approach, with the accent on the interplay between music performance and music theory. Thomas Christensen, in his contribution, shows how the development of tonal harmonic theory went hand in hand with the practice of thoroughbass. Both Robert Gjerdingen and Giorgio Sanguinetti focus on the Neapolitan tradition of partimento. Gjerdingen addresses the relation between the realization of partimenti and contrapuntal thinking, illustrated by examples of contrapuntal imitation and combination in partimenti, leading to the "partimentofugue." Sanguinetti elaborates on the history of this partimentofugue from the early eighteenth until the late nineteenth century. Rudolf Lutz, finally, presents his use of partimenti in educational practice, giving examples of how reviving this old practice can give new insights to composers, conductors, and musicians.

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About the Author

Dirk Moelants is Assistant and Lecturer of Music Theory and Ethnomusicology at the Department of Musicology of Universiteit Gent.

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Publisher
Leuven University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9058678288
ISBN 13 
9789058678287
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
136
Editor
Moelants Dirk
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  • 4.83 out of 5 stars
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