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Continuo Realization in Handel's Vocal Music
Patrick J. Rogers
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Examines aspects of figured bass notation and continuo realization in the High Baroque, especially with respect to the operas and oratorios of G. F. Handel. This pioneering study examines aspects of figured bass notation and continuo realization in the High Baroque, especially with respect to the operas and oratorios of G. F. Handel. Contemporary treatises, Handel's manuscripts, original performance material, and other early sources provide clarification and guidance for the modern performer. Part one is an overview of figured bass in Handel source materials: autograph manuscripts, performing scores, original keyboard parts, 18th century scribal copies, ... Read more
Examines aspects of figured bass notation and continuo realization in the High Baroque, especially with respect to the operas and oratorios of G. F. Handel. This pioneering study examines aspects of figured bass notation and continuo realization in the High Baroque, especially with respect to the operas and oratorios of G. F. Handel. Contemporary treatises, Handel's manuscripts, original performance material, and other early sources provide clarification and guidance for the modern performer. Part one is an overview of figured bass in Handel source materials: autograph manuscripts, performing scores, original keyboard parts, 18th century scribal copies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580463614
SKU
V9781580463614
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99-15
Reviews for Continuo Realization in Handel's Vocal Music
A major contribution to the study of Handel's music [which] illuminates an important area of performance practice...[written] with the force of one who knows the music, recent trends in performance, the sources and the treatises well.
William Gudger
THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
Thorough and well-written . . . a study [of] depth. clarity, and elegance. . .
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William Gudger
THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
Thorough and well-written . . . a study [of] depth. clarity, and elegance. . .
... Read more