Upon a ground
Subtitle: improvisation on ostinato basses from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries
By: Martin Erhardt ; translated from the German by Milo Machover
Contributors: Machover, Milo, translator
Publisher: Edition Walhall
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Magdeburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Improvisation (Music); Ground bass; Continuo; Instruction and study; Music; History and criticism
Work titles: Improvisation mit Ostinatobässen aus dem 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert
Notes: The accompanying compact discs (66 min., 59 sec. total) contain musical examples recorded with instruments tuned to A=415 Hz (CD 1) and A=440 Hz (CD 2); contents of discs listed on p. 148, with key to page numbers in book for examples.

Includes bibliographical references and discography (p. 139-144) and indexes.

Performers on the compact discs: Martin Erhardt, harpsichord/organ ; Benjamin Dressler, viola da gamba ; Nora Thiele, percussion.