Summary

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Foreword VII
4. Foreword to the Fourth Edition IX
5. Translator's Preface X
6. The Literature About Thoroughbass Playing XI
7. What is Thoroughbass? XIV
8. Part I. The Foundations of Thoroughbass Playing
9. 1. Summary Of Chord Principles 3
10. 2. Thoroughbass Playing in Simple Four-Part Style, Note-Against-Note 15
11. Part II. Thoroughbass Playing in the Practice of the 17th and 18th Centuries
12. 3. The Early Period (Until c. 1650) 29
13. 4. Thoroughbass in the Second Half of the 17th Century 36
14. 5. Thoroughbass in the 18th Century 42
15. 6. Thoroughbass in the Sacred Music of the 18th Century 65
16. 7. Thoroughbass in Keyboard Music of Two Parts; Unfigured Basses 78
17. Summary 91