| Series |
Studies in the history of music (Cambridge, Mass.) ; 3
Studies in the history of music (Cambridge, Mass.) ; 3. ^A281106
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| Contents |
The organ and the harpsichord. Keyboard accompaniment in the sacred works ; The harpsichord controversy ; Evidence of harpsichords in churches ; Harpsichord participation during Bach's tenure at Leipzig ; Cembalo parts ; Harpsichord parts in performances of other composers' works ; Figured cammerton continuo parts ; Tacet-indications in organ parts ; Performance of cantatas with solo organ ; Dual accompaniment as convention -- The accompaniment of recitatives. The convention of short accompaniment in secco recitatives ; Witnesses to the convention: 1711-1750 ; Later witnesses: 1750-1810 ; The convention in historical perspective ; Evidence in Bach's continuo parts ; Bach's recitatives and their performance -- The bassoon. Two views of the bassoon ; The original parts and the question of participation ; The pitch of Bach's bassoons ; Weimar parts ; Leipzig parts ; The bassoonist as adjunct continuo player -- The string instruments in the continuo group. The violoncello ; The problematic identity of the violone ; Definitions of the German violone: 1697-1752 ; Case study: the Brandenburg concertos ; Violone parts from Muhlhausen, Weimar, and Cothen ; Leipzig violone parts ; Bach's violone types ; The viola da gamba ; The lute ; The violoncello piccolo and the viola pomposa ; The bass players in perspective -- Appendix A. Catalog of original performance parts for Bach's vocal works -- Appendix B. Bach's continuo parts arranged by date of performance. |
| Abstract |
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? This book answers this and other fundamental questions and probes the rationale behind Baroque performance conventions. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-258) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 86029593 |
| ISBN | 0674060202 (alk. paper) |
