L Dreyfus, "Bach's Continuo Group: Players and Practice in His Vocal Works"
1990 | ISBN-10: 067406030X | 280 pages | PDF | 45 MB
1990 | ISBN-10: 067406030X | 280 pages | PDF | 45 MB
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.