18th century continuo playing; a historical guide to the basics

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In this figured bass tutor the author shows readers how to produce stylistically accurate figured bass realizations, whether written beforehand or improvised in performance. The author has taken an unusual approach: the various figured bass manuals of the early eighteenth century - by Dandrieu, St Lambert, Heinichen, Telemann and others - are clearly organised and logically structured and contain practical tips for playing from a figured bass. Christensen has put these sources together and added comments and written-out examples of his own. The tutor not only shows how musicians played at the time, but summarises the way figured bass was taught and studied, thereby creating models for players today.