Interpreting and adorning the bass lines of Handel's Italian continuo cantata arias: a catalog of possibilities

This study explores the possibilities for violoncellists to embellish the Italian baroque aria bass. The invention of the wire-wound bottom string on the violoncello in Italy around the 1660s forged two diverging paths on the use of this novel instrument in aria accompaniment: 1) it is observed in t...

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Main Author: Fan, Ching Yi Denise
Other Authors: Coelho, Victor A.
Language:en_US
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/42618