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Beschreibung
Improvising Fugue: A Method for Keyboard Artists is a guide for those who aspire to the highest levels of fluency as inventors of spontaneous music at the piano, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, or digital keyboard. Written for professional performers, conservatory students, and devoted amateurs, this book leads the reader along the arduous journey from score dependency to improvisational freedom.

Improvising Fugue begins with a comprehensive course in 18th century Italian partimento, the system of musicianship training that simultaneously strengthens improvisation, counterpoint, harmony, keyboard skills, and audiation. The reader then encounters fugue improvisation in a gradual, methodical, and rigorous manner. Every concept is accompanied by extensive and clear explanation, examples from music literature, and practical exercises. The book covers every aspect of fugue improvisation in depth, including subjects, countersubjects, tonal and real answers, episodes, presentations, pedal points, and stretti.

Author John J. Mortensen draws on experience as a concert improviser on the international stage; the book's pragmatic, real-world instruction comes from a seasoned performer who knows firsthand exactly what is required to improvise fugues in the presence of a live audience.
Improvising Fugue: A Method for Keyboard Artists is a guide for those who aspire to the highest levels of fluency as inventors of spontaneous music at the piano, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, or digital keyboard. Written for professional performers, conservatory students, and devoted amateurs, this book leads the reader along the arduous journey from score dependency to improvisational freedom.

Improvising Fugue begins with a comprehensive course in 18th century Italian partimento, the system of musicianship training that simultaneously strengthens improvisation, counterpoint, harmony, keyboard skills, and audiation. The reader then encounters fugue improvisation in a gradual, methodical, and rigorous manner. Every concept is accompanied by extensive and clear explanation, examples from music literature, and practical exercises. The book covers every aspect of fugue improvisation in depth, including subjects, countersubjects, tonal and real answers, episodes, presentations, pedal points, and stretti.

Author John J. Mortensen draws on experience as a concert improviser on the international stage; the book's pragmatic, real-world instruction comes from a seasoned performer who knows firsthand exactly what is required to improvise fugues in the presence of a live audience.
Über den Autor
John J. Mortensen is a leader in the revival of historic improvisation. He is noted for his ability to improvise entire concerts. He frequently teaches and performs internationally. He is the author of The Pianist's Guide to Historic Improvisation, now in use as a course text at many leading conservatories. He is the creator of Improv Planet, an online school of historic improvisation, where his students include concert artists and conservatory faculty from across the world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgements
  • Dedication
  • Prelude
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to Furno
  • Chapter 2 Furno's Ten Partimenti
  • Chapter 3 Bass Diminution
  • Chapter 4 After Furno
  • Chapter 5 Partimento Practice
  • Chapter 6 Partimento Imitation and Fugue
  • Chapter 7 Bicinium
  • Chapter 8 Bass Motions in Invertible Counterpoint
  • Chapter 9 Introduction to Improvised Fugue
  • Chapter 10 Improvising a First Fugue on Handel
  • Chapter 11 Exposition
  • Chapter 12 Episode
  • Chapter 13 Presentation
  • Chapter 14 Stretto
  • Chapter 15 Pedal Point, Cadenza, Ending
  • Chapter 16 Improvising Fugue
  • Glossary of Persons and Terms
  • Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Musiktheorie & Musiklehre
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Oxford University Press
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780197645246
ISBN-10: 0197645240
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Mortensen, John J. (Professor of Pian. . .
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 278 x 213 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: John J. (Professor of Pian. . . Mortensen
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.03.2023
Gewicht: 0,86 kg
Artikel-ID: 125730770

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