Partimento

 

MM 203 

 

Readings discussed:

 

Robert Gjerdingen, Chapter 2, The Romanesca, Music in the Galant Style (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), 3-24.

 

Fedele Fenaroli, Partimenti Ossia Basso Numerato, Book III, English translation, first published Naples, 1775.

 

Early Music.com, Partimento, video with footnotes.

 

Additional Reading and Listening

 

Robert Gjerdingen, Chapter 1, Music in the Galant Style (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), 3-24.

 

Robert Gjerdigen's Partimento website

 

Early Music Sources, with youtube tutorials

 

Basic introduction to Partimento

 

The Learn Partimento Podcast, audio; The Learn Partimento Podcast youtube

 

Explanatory videos on improvisation and Partimento by En blanc et noir

 

Vasili Byrons improvises on schemas