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Giovanni Luca Conforti and Vocal Embellishment: From Formula to Artful Improvisation

Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: "Considers Conforti's treatise Breve et facile maniera d'essercitarsi... (1593) and his Salmi passaggiati (1601-03), revealing the vast gulf between the etude-like exercises in the treatise and the actual embellished music--a difference similar to that between the exercises of Hanon and the piano etudes of Chopin. The embellishments of this period were far more than mere displays of virtuosity; they sprang from a desire to express the deepest meanings of the text."
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2992768173
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