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Download or read book The Performance of the Basso Continuo in Italian Baroque Music written by Tharald Borgir and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the Italian Baroque period (1600-1730), dealing with basso continuo realizations, the use of bass line instruments and their terminology, and the functions of the various kinds of lutes. Borgir challenges the notion that the independent basso continuo is one of the hallmarks of the Baroque style. " . . . a major reconsideration of the sound of 17th-century Italian music . . . "

Download or read book Catalog of Rare Old Violins Violas and Violoncellos Bows of Rare Makes Classic Reprint written by Lyon And Healy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalog of Rare Old Violins, Violas and Violoncellos, Bows of Rare Makes Our Violin Department was inaugurated in 1888, and it was the ambition of the late P. J. Healy (founder of the house), that it should be a leading factor in the musical development of America by supply ing violins of highest quality, so that every violin offered in this department should be the best possible value in its class, musically and commercially. The violin occupies a unique position in the musical life of the country. It forms the foundation of the orchestra, around which the other instruments are grouped, as well as being the principal solo instrument of our concert stage, and the favorite instrument of a large portion of our people. It follows, therefore, that the question of quality is most important to any one contemplating a purchase. The necessity of owning a good instrument becomes obvious to every violin player before he progresses very far in his studies. Musical quality comes to be appreciated as the musical faculties are cultivated. To violin students this is of supreme importance because it invariably, sooner or later, reflects itself in the playing. The late Theodore Thomas used to say that he could tell the kind of violin a soloist had used in his younger days, after hearing him play a few measures. By this he meant that the quality of tone possessed by the artist was a sure index of the violin he had used in his student days. If the tone of that instrument had been hard, stiff and non-elastic, that of the mature player took on the same quality; and although it might be very much improved by the instrument used in his concert work, yet there always remained that lack of beautiful tone color - that musical feeling which identifies the true artist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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