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The Art of Partimento: History, Theory, and Practice
Giorgio Sanguinetti
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Description for The Art of Partimento: History, Theory, and Practice
Hardback. In The Art of Partimento, performer and historian Giorgio Sanguinetti provides students and scholars of composition and music theory an historical chronicle as well as a practical guide, offering them the opportunity not only to understand the life of this fascinating tradition, but to participate in it as well. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 800.
At the height of the Enlightenment, four conservatories in Naples stood at the center of European composition. Maestros taught their students to compose with unprecedented swiftness and elegance using the partimento, an instructional tool derived from the basso continuo that encouraged improvisation as the path to musical fluency. Although the practice vanished in the early nineteenth century, its legacy lived on in the music of the next generation. In The Art of Partimento, performer and music-historian Giorgio Sanguinetti chronicles the history of this long-forgotten Neopolitan art. Sanguinetti has painstakingly reconstructed the oral tradition that accompanied these ... Read more
At the height of the Enlightenment, four conservatories in Naples stood at the center of European composition. Maestros taught their students to compose with unprecedented swiftness and elegance using the partimento, an instructional tool derived from the basso continuo that encouraged improvisation as the path to musical fluency. Although the practice vanished in the early nineteenth century, its legacy lived on in the music of the next generation. In The Art of Partimento, performer and music-historian Giorgio Sanguinetti chronicles the history of this long-forgotten Neopolitan art. Sanguinetti has painstakingly reconstructed the oral tradition that accompanied these ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195394207
SKU
V9780195394207
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About Giorgio Sanguinetti
Giorgio Sanguinetti is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Rome - Tor Vergata.
Reviews for The Art of Partimento: History, Theory, and Practice
Sanguinetti's book is a comprehensive and highly organized account of an exceedingly complex musical art.
David Chapman, Notes
This wonderful book explores the rules of this multifaceted compositional shorthand.
Music Teacher
Giorgio Sanguinettis The art of partimento is a very impressive accomplishment, not only for its groundbreaking effort to sketch the history of this largely uncovered ... Read more
David Chapman, Notes
This wonderful book explores the rules of this multifaceted compositional shorthand.
Music Teacher
Giorgio Sanguinettis The art of partimento is a very impressive accomplishment, not only for its groundbreaking effort to sketch the history of this largely uncovered ... Read more