Thoroughbass Method / / Hermann Keller; ed. by Carl Parrish.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Keller, Hermann,
• HerausgeberIn: Parrish, Carl,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1965]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 1965
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (98 p.)

Looks at the meaning of the figures and of their use in four part, note against note writing. Also looks at examples from 17th and 18th century compositions of the Baroque Era.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword to the Fourth Edition -- Translator's Preface -- The Literature About Thoroughbass Playing -- What is Thoroughbass? -- Part I. The Foundations of Thoroughbass Playing -- 1. Summary Of Chord Principles -- 2. Thoroughbass Playing in Simple Four-Part Style, Note-Against-Note -- Part II. Thoroughbass Playing in the Practice of the 17th and 18th Centuries -- 3. The Early Period (Until c. 1650) -- 4. Thoroughbass in the Second Half of the 17th Century -- 5. Thoroughbass in the 18th Century -- 6. Thoroughbass in the Sacred Music of the 18th Century -- 7. Thoroughbass in Keyboard Music of Two Parts; Unfigured Basses -- Summary