Continuo Playing According to Handel: His Figured Bass Exercises

by David Ledbetter (Editor)

This book is an edition, with commentary, of Handel's exercises for continuo playing, which he wrote for the daughters of George II. These exercises have not until now been available in a form designed for instructive use. The take the learner in a clear and logical progression from the most basic chords to advanced realisation, including fugal improvisation. But unlike the examples and exercises provided in the majority of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century continuo tutors they are also unfailingly stimulating musically, and very gratifying to play.
The exercises are admirably supplemented by Ledbetter’s clear and concise commentary, and an appendix provides suggested realisations.

Genres: Music

106 pages, Paperback

First published December 13, 1990

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[Evan Hurley O'Dwyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

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