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Author: Serebrennikov, Maxim Title: The Keyboard Thorough-bass Fugue of the Baroque Era Institution: The State Institute of Art Studies, Moscow Begun: December 2006 Completed: October 2013 Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine a long-forgotten, but very popular and fascinating keyboard genre of the first half of the 18th century — \"partimento\"-fugue or thorough-bass fugue. See: http://www.openthesis.org/documents/Keyboard-Thoroughbass-Fugue-Baroque-Era-601665.html Keywords: thorough-bass, figured bass, \"partimento\", fugue, counterpoint, improvisation, keyboard music TOC: Table of Contents Volume I: Text Notes to the text ... p.4 Notes to the musical examples ... p.4 Introduction ... p.5 Chapter 1. The thorough-bass fugue: historical issues 1.1. Of the history of existence ... p.16 1.2. The primary sources ... p.31 1.3. Of the history of studying ... p.93 Chapter 2. The thorough-bass fugue: theoretical issues 2.1. The forms of embodiment ... p.108 2.2. Interaction between the polyphonic and harmonic principles ... p.123 2.3. Thematic work ... p.146 2.4. \"Partimento\"-fugue or thorough-bass fugue? On terminology ... p.166 Chapter 3. From reading signatures to fugue improvisation 3.1. The thorough-bass fugue in the context of the historically informed movement ... p.178 3.2. On mastering of signatures ... p.179 3.3. On the chord texture elaboration ... p.189 3.4. Training in thorough-bass: the school of J. S. Bach ... p.200 3.5. On fugue improvisation ... p.206 Chapter 4. The thorough-bass fugue: the issues of realization 4.1. On the way to authentic realization ... p.230 4.2. Of practice of the baroque masters ... p.232 4.3. Of experience of the modern musicians ... p.236 Conclusion ... p.253 Appendix 1. Lexical entries on \"partimento\" in the 19th century editions ... p.260 List of illustrations, musical examples, tables and schemes ... p.263 List of samples of the thorough-bass fugue ... p.271 List of sources and literature ... p.274 Index of names ... p.303 Volume II: Score supplement ... p.1-66 Contact: max.sereb@mail.ru |