Studies in Historical Improvisation: From Cantare super Librum to Partimenti

Author:   Massimiliano Guido
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367230685


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   07 February 2019
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Author:   Massimiliano Guido
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780367230685


ISBN 10:   0367230682
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   07 February 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Preface Introduction part I ‘con la mente e con le mani’: Music and the art of memory 1 The Improvisatory Moment Thomas Christensen 2 Musical Inventio, Rhetorical Loci, and the Art of Memory Stefano Lorenzetti 3 Climbing the Stairs of the Memory Palace: Gestures at the Keyboard for a Flexible Mind Massimiliano Guido part II Improvising vocal Music 4 Towards a Stylistic History of ‘Cantare super Librum’ Philippe Canguilhem 5 Contrapunto and Fabordón: Practices of Extempore Polyphony in Renaissance Spain Giuseppe Fiorentino 6 Discovering the Practice of Improvised Counterpoint Jean-Yves Haymoz part III Improvising Keyboard Music 7 Composing at the Keyboard: Banchieri and Spiridion, Two Complementary Methods Edoardo Bellotti 8 Partimento Teaching According to Francesco Durante, Investigated Through the Earliest Manuscript Sources Peter van Tour 9 Partimento and Incomplete Notations in Eighteenth-Century Keyboard Music Giorgio Sanguinetti part IV Nova et vetera: Pedagogy 10 Teaching Theory Through Improvisation Peter Schubert 11 Learning Tonal Counterpoint Through Keyboard Improvisation in the Twenty-First Century Michael R. Callahan Bibliography Index

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The book 'offers a first systematic exploration of the tight relationship between improvisation, music theory and practical musicianship from the late Renaissance to the Baroque period' (though one of the most interesting chapters, by the Italian scholar Giorgio Sanguinetti, extends to an examination of 'incomplete notation' in Mozart's keyboard music, and how this might be 'realised'). -Tom Cooper, The Consort Early Music Journal, vol.74, Summer 2018 The rich panorama of historical techniques and traditions illuminated by Guido's collection will be of interest to scholars, instructors, and practitioners alike. Indeed, it is the counterpoint among philological work, active music-making, and old teaching made new that generates such insight; the treatment of these traditions under one cover highlights connections between scholarship and practice on the one hand, and among different styles within the book's chronological window (1500-1750) on the other hand. ... The collection demonstrates that the project of historical improvisation can indeed succeed through the ongoing collective efforts of, and the dialogues between, scholars and practitioners. - Gilad Rabinovitch, Music Theory Online, vol. 23, no. 4, December 2017


The book `offers a first systematic exploration of the tight relationship between improvisation, music theory and practical musicianship from the late Renaissance to the Baroque period' (though one of the most interesting chapters, by the Italian scholar Giorgio Sanguinetti, extends to an examination of `incomplete notation' in Mozart's keyboard music, and how this might be `realised'). -Tom Cooper, The Consort Early Music Journal, vol.74, Summer 2018 The rich panorama of historical techniques and traditions illuminated by Guido's collection will be of interest to scholars, instructors, and practitioners alike. Indeed, it is the counterpoint among philological work, active music-making, and old teaching made new that generates such insight; the treatment of these traditions under one cover highlights connections between scholarship and practice on the one hand, and among different styles within the book's chronological window (1500-1750) on the other hand. ... The collection demonstrates that the project of historical improvisation can indeed succeed through the ongoing collective efforts of, and the dialogues between, scholars and practitioners. - Gilad Rabinovitch, Music Theory Online, vol. 23, no. 4, December 2017


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Massimiliano Guido is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage of Pavia University, Italy, where he teaches courses in history of music theory and history of musical instruments. Previously he served as a Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Canada, working with Peter Schubert on a project about the art of memory at the keyboard as a tool for teaching counterpoint (2012–14). He was the principal investigator of the research project Improvisation in Classical Music Education: Rethinking our Future by Learning our Past, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2013–14). He holds degrees in musicology (Pavia Univ. Doctorate and Laurea, Göteborg Univ. Master of Music Research), organ (Parma Conservatory, Italy), and harpsichord (Como Conservatory, Italy). He combines musicological research with organ teaching and performance.

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