Bach's Continuo Group: Players and Practices in His Vocal Works (Studies in the History of Music)

Dreyfus, Laurence Dana

ISBN 10: 0674060202 / ISBN 13: 9780674060203

Published by Harvard University Press, 1987

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Harvard University Press, 1987; First Printing with full number line. Very good- hardcover in very good- dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Front board is bowed, else only minor wear to edges/corners of pale-yellow cloth boards. Previous owner's name and date at bottom edge of front end page, otherwise interior appears free of markings. Small closed tears at top edge of rear jacket panel and edge of front flap, else wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket is very minor; jacket toned over spine; jacket arrives wrapped in protective Mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges to apply for international shipping.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bach's Continuo Group: Players and Practices in His Vocal Works (Studies in the History of Music)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674060202
• ISBN 13: 9780674060203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- Dust Jacket
• Weight: 36 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

When Bach's cantatas, masses, passions, and chorales were originally performed under the composer's direction, which instruments played the basso continuo, the line that establishes the harmonic framework? Bach's Continuo Group answers this and other fundamental questions and probes the rationale behind Baroque performance conventions.