{"product_id":"new-treatise-on-accompaniment-with-the-harpsichord-the-organ-and-with-other-instruments-9780253345615","title":"New Treatise on Accompaniment: With the Harpsichord, the Organ, and with Other Instruments","description":"\u003cp\u003eSaint Lambert's \u003ci\u003eNouveau traité de l'accompagnement de clavecin, de l'orgue, et des autres instruments \u003c\/i\u003eof 1707 supplements his earlier harpsichord treatise, \u003ci\u003eLes Principes du clavecin \u003c\/i\u003eof 1702. The \u003ci\u003eNouveau traité\u003c\/i\u003e is a method book specifically designed for the accompanist rather than the solo performer. It offers practical suggestions to help the accompanist play the correct harmony without having to read all the notated parts at the same time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaint Lambert discusses accompanying from unfigured and partly figured basses, and his was one of the first attempts to codify bass progressions into specific formulas, for which he assigns appropriate harmonies. He describes possible departures from the usual rules of accompaniment and examines performance techniques used by tasteful accompanists in order to create not merely a correct but an artistic accompaniment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Powell presents Saint Lambert's text in a readable English translation with musical examples in modern notation. He compares Saint Lambert's text in a readable English translation with musical examples in modern notation. He compares Saint Lambert's concepts of realization with those of contemporaneous sources and traces the influence of this treatise on later authors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monsieur de Saint Lambert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253345615","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40322463891571,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_047b761f-1d9e-4471-a517-8b7b5c16d026.jpg?v=1659446173","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/new-treatise-on-accompaniment-with-the-harpsichord-the-organ-and-with-other-instruments-9780253345615","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}