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Book SynopsisIn 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.
Trade ReviewGiorgio Sanguinettis The art of partimento is a very impressive accomplishment, not only for its groundbreaking effort to sketch the history of this largely uncovered repertory, but also for the very useful list of sources on the companion website and for the beautiful linearity of many of his realizations in the third part of the book. This book will benefit not only keyboardists but also advanced players of the lute and theorbo, at least those who have acquired skills in playing without tablature. Sanguinettis monograph has the potential to enrich deeply the study of harmony, counterpoint and fugue, as it enables the reader to reconstruct a unique and historically founded synthesis between practical playing and theoretical learning, using teaching material from some of the most distinguished masters of the 18th century. * Peter van Tour, Early Music *
This wonderful book explores the rules of this multifaceted compositional shorthand. * Music Teacher *
Sanguinetti's book is a comprehensive and highly organized account of an exceedingly complex musical art. * David Chapman, Notes *
Table of ContentsPart One: History ; 1. Of Some Odd Musical Manuscripts ; 2. What are Partimenti? ; 3.The Partimento in Italy and in Naples ; 4. The Neapolitan Conservatori: an Historical Outline ; 5. Teaching Methods in the Conservatories of Naples ; 6. Partimento Sources: Transmission and Typology ; 7. A Genealogy of Masters ; Part Two: Theory ; 8. Partimento as Composition Theory ; 9. The Rules: a Synoptic View ; Part Three: Practice ; 10. Prelude to Realization ; 11. The Unfigured Partimento ; 12. The Art of Diminution ; 13. Imitation ; 14. Motivic Coherence ; 15. "Authentic" Realizations ; Part Four: A Guide to Realization ; 16. Lezione, Prelude, Modular Etude ; 17. Tutti/solo: Concerto and Toccata ; 18. Sonata ; 19. Fantasia, Variation, Dance ; 20. Imitative Genres ; 21. Fugue ; Epilogue ; List of Souces ; Bibliography ; Index.
