The Art of Accompaniment from a Thorough-Bass: As Practiced in the XVII and XVIII Centuries, Volume II

by F. T. Arnold, Denis Stevens (Introduction)

Overview

A solid grounding in musical techniques of the 17th and 18th centuries is essential to a complete understanding of Baroque music. As scholar Denis Stevens says in his introduction to this work, "Full enjoyment will come only when the soloist learns the gentle art of tasteful embellishment of a melodic line, and when continuo players learn that their role is perhaps the most important in the entire ensemble." Arnold's legendary work is a comprehensive survey of its topic, covering every issue of significance to today's performer. The text is fully amplified with numerous musical examples, authoritative citations, scholarly interpretations and syntheses, and the author's own conclusions. An inexhaustible collection of source material for the musicologist as well as an indispensable companion for conductor, editor, or performer. Volume 2 of a 2-volume set.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486431956
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	09/19/2003
Series:	Dover Books on Music Series , #2
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.86(d)

Table of Contents

Volume II
Chapter V.	Forbidden Progressions	483
Chapter VI.	The Triad or Common Chord	497
Chapter VII.	The Diminished Triad	505
Chapter VIII.	The Augmented Triad	511
Chapter IX.	Chords of the Sixth	515
Chapter X.	6/4 Chords	535
Chapter XI.	Sevenths	541
Chapter XII.	6/5 Chords	601
Chapter XIII.	4/3 Chords	627
Chapter XIV.	6/4/2 Chords	647
Chapter XV.	Major Sevenths Resolving Upwards Over the Same Bass	673
Chapter XVI.	Chords with an Augmented Sixth	683
Chapter XVII.	Harmonies Due to the Retardation or Anticipation of One or more Intervals	691
Chapter XVIII.	Quick Notes in the Bass	715
Chapter XIX.	The Figuring of Transitional Notes	779
Chapter XX.	Pedal Points	797
Chapter XXI.	Incomplete Figuring	803
Chapter XXII.	Inversion and Transference of Discord. Transference of Resolution. Anticipatio Transitus. Catachresis	837
Chapter XXIII.	Varieties of Figuring	861
Chapter XXIV.	Varieties of Notation	883
Chapter XXV.	Practical Hints	891
	Appendix to Chapter I	899
I.	The Tenbury Syntagma	899
II.	Basso seguente	899
III.	Saint-Lambert's mythical Traite of 1680	900
	Appendix to Chapter V	901
A.	Corelli's consecutive 5ths	901
B.	An archaic usage of J. S. Bach	902
C.	Further rules of Marpurg	903
	Appendix to Chapter XVIII	903
	Treatment of quavers in 4/4 time	903