Bach’s Continuo Group: Players and Practices in His Vocal Works

by Dreyfus

When Bach’s cantatas, masses, passions, and chorales were originally performed under the composer’s direction, which instruments played the basso continuo, the line that establishes the harmonic framework? Bach’s Continuo Group answers this and other fundamental questions and probes the rationale behind Baroque performance conventions.

Genres: Nonfiction, Music

278 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987