Bach's Continuo Group Players and Practices in His Vocal Works |
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| Author:
| Dreyfus, Laurence |
| Series title: | Studies in the History of Music Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-06030-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1990 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $43.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.