Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #559107 in Books
• Published on: 1948-11
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 449 pages

Customer Reviews

Chapter 2 - Embellishment
I recently consulted this book - Chapter 2 - and found it helpful to me in interpreting ornamentation/embellishment in flute music written during the early Classical period (after 1750).

In this context, embellishment is defined as a note or notes written around a main note which ornaments a melody, rhythm or harmony. In the words of C.P.E., a musical ornament/embellishment "joins notes . . . enlivens them . . . gives them emphasis and accentuation, and . . . brings out their expression."

interesting
Interesting to see how J.S. Bach's perhaps most important composer son, who had a large influence on Mozart, viewed the art of figured bass and counterpoint. Apparently the Bachs were aware of Rameau's theory of harmony and root progressions, but preferred the contrapuntal approach to harmonization. This book bears serious study by those interested in music theory and composition.

Great reference for Bach figures/embellishments
The previous reviewer is referring to "part two" of this text, the portion which deals with counterpoint, etc. However, players of J. S. Bach will especially appreciate the first part of the text, which has a large chapter explaining the various embellishments which one finds in J. S. Bach's works; it is a fine reference for anyone playing music with Baroque markings for trills, turns, mordents, etc.