Jose De Torres's Treatise of 1736
Subtitle: General Rules for Accompanying on the Organ, Harpsichord, and Harp, by Knowing Only How to Sing the Part, or a Bass ... (Publications of the Early Music Institute)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: October 2000
Language: eng; spa
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780253213853
Subjects: Theory of music & musicology; Musical Instruments And Their Music; Music/Songbooks; Music; Instruction & Study - Techniques; Instruction & Study - Voice; Musical Instruments - Keyboard; Genres & Styles - Classical; Musical Instruments - General; Continuo; Early works to 1800; Musical accompaniment
First sentence: IN THE FIRST PART ARE TAUGHT THE FUNDAMENTALS THAT must precede accompaniment; in the second part, the method for accompanying using only consonant intervals; and in the third part, the method for using the dissonant intervals, both within, and outside the suspension.