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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BASSO CONTINUO

Italian, literally: continuous bass.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BASSO CONTINUO

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BASSO CONTINUO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Basso continuo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BASSO CONTINUO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Figured bass

Figured bass, or thoroughbass, is a kind of musical notation in which numerals and symbols indicate intervals, chords, and non-chord tones, in relation to the bass note they are placed above or below. Figured bass is closely associated with basso continuo, a historically improvised accompaniment used in almost all genres of music in the Baroque period, though rarely in modern music. Other systems for denoting or representing chords include plain staff notation, used in classical music; Roman numerals, commonly used in harmonic analysis; macro symbols, sometimes used in modern musicology; and various names and symbols used in jazz and popular music.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BASSO CONTINUO

basser
Basses-Alpes
basset
basset horn
basset hound
Basseterre
bassi
bassinet
bassist
bassness
basso
basso buffo
basso profundo
basso rilievo
bassoon
bassoonist
bassos
basswood
bassy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BASSO CONTINUO

Chiang Ching-kuo
continuo
duo
in vacuo
Jiang Jing Guo
Luo
Manchoukuo
Manchukuo
moto perpetuo
quid pro quo
status quo
terminus a quo
the status quo

Synonyms and antonyms of basso continuo in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «basso continuo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BASSO CONTINUO

Find out the translation of basso continuo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of basso continuo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «basso continuo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

数字低音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bajo continuo
570 millions of speakers

English

basso continuo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Basso continuo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الباس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

-баса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

baixo contínuo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বসো continuo
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

basso continuo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Basso continuo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Basso continuo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

通奏低音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통주 저음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Basso continuo
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

basso continuo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிப்படை தொடர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुढील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Basso continuo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

basso continuo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

basso continuo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

-баса
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

basso continuo
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μπάσο κοντίνουο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

basso continuo
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

generalbas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

basso continuo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of basso continuo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BASSO CONTINUO»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BASSO CONTINUO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about basso continuo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASSO CONTINUO»

Discover the use of basso continuo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to basso continuo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Performance of Italian Basso Continuo: Style in Keyboard ...
Giulia Nuti provides both a scholarly account of the history of basso continuo and a performance-driven interpretation of how this music might be played.
Giulia Nuti, 2007
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The performance of the basso continuo in Italian baroque music
Covers the Italian Baroque period (1600-1730). Borgir rejects the notion that the basso continuo line is doubled by bass instruments and shows how these have an independent musical function in ensemble music.
Tharald Borgir, 1987
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Continuo Playing on the Lute, Archlute, and Theorbo
In this extraordinarily broad survey, Nigel North discusses the history of the lute, the archlute, and the theorbo and gives practical advice on technique, the choice of instrument for particular music, and the preparation of scores.
Nigel North, 1987
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Complete sonatas for violoncello and basso continuo
Basso continuo figures present in the sources are generally retained in the edition. The few that have been omitted or altered are listed below in the critical notes. The sources containing the Sinfonía per Camera and Sonatta à Violoncello Solo ...
Antonio Maria Bononcini, Lowell Lindgren, 1996
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Twelve solos for a violin or oboe with basso continuo
William Babell Charles Gower Price. 42 Antonio Cesti: Il porno â'oro (Music for Acts III and V from Modena, Biblioteca Estense, Ms. Mus. E. 120) 43 Tomaso Albinoni: Pimpinone: Intermezzi comici musicali 44-45 Antonio Lotti: Duetti, terzetti, ...
William Babell, Charles Gower Price, 2005
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Sonatas for violin and basso continuo, opus 3
Giovanni Battista Somis Glenn Burdette. xu Sonate n Û)a, Gm*ra:r ff Ú)t£uJf Mcnríco ЮисФ (Di (ßorbcwu. 18. In only rare cases, as in the second of the cello sonatas or in the third movement of opus 6, no. 3, he dispenses with parallel ...
Giovanni Battista Somis, Glenn Burdette, 1998
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Op. 1
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764) wrote four books of sonatas for violin and basso continuo (opp. 1, 2, 5, and 9), with twelve sonatas in each book. A-R Editions has already published modern editions of the second, third, and fourth books and ...
Jean Marie Leclair, Robert Elwyn Preston, 1995
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Sonatas for violin and basso continuo, opus 3
Notes. ix FONDS ANCItM -J, т 4о*р> ?ч С-/Л1ЧГ А Т ïT. Gaviniés has written in which the stroke is indicated. Because many of these passages require a fast but individual up- and down-bow motion, an on-the-string, smooth bow stroke would  ...
Pierre Gaviniés, Anthony F. Ginter, 2002
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Suite No. 4 in E Major: Basso Continuo, Score & Parts with Piano
M m Gratioso ^Original VIOLINE Suite IV in E major for flute, violin and basso continuo it- Te lern an г ir г г Р 22 А Auszierung - i ir m ir F J i ...
‎1985
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Sonatas for one, two, and three parts with basso continuo
Giovanni Battista Fontana Thomas D. Dunn. بنم«ع رتهلل«»يم»«هكيههميم» » هيملهآل (بي لآ ملته« بق ٠ين .( » بهه»ي«هح سهام« ةاقأ»ح« لملا-قع مل يهاتلم« ءرههآله، يهاا» ك عوة « يهلمهأ» م(إ،عإ عميهبهأالميه٧) يمبي»هتلته«لآلم يمر«» تهلأبههآق « تهيهآ»لهتهس ...
Giovanni Battista Fontana, Thomas D. Dunn, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASSO CONTINUO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term basso continuo is used in the context of the following news items.
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“Venice, The Golden Age” – Oboe Concerti by VIVALDI, PORTA …
The first, RV134 in E Minor, is called a ripieno concerto (from the word for “full”) wherein the strings and basso continuo all contribute, with no ... «Audiophile Audition, Jul 15»
2
I Musici's chamber music a Queensland festival highlight
“You can see it in the enrichment of the basso continuo section, the different use of vibrato, the enhancement of ornamentation and of course ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
3
Why Angela Merkel Is Wrong On Greece
The demand for a haircut as the basso continuo of their negotiations is, either way, insufficient to arouse confidence on the opposite side that ... «Social Europe, Jun 15»
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Brook Street Band: Tatty Theo (Baroque cello) Carolyn Gibley …
The 'filler' is a gamba sonata by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the latest (1759) of his three (the earlier two are scored with basso continuo). «The Strad, Jun 15»
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Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar illuminates two sides of Bach
In the Sonata in G major, for violin and basso continuo, and the Sonata in C minor, for violin and harpsichord, we were immediately in another ... «OCRegister, Jun 15»
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FMS launches 49th Indianapolis Early Music Festival
The program ended with Vivaldi's Sonata in F for Flute and Basso continuo, with Maute substituting a small, high-pitched recorder. Yet earlier ... «NUVO Newsweekly, Jun 15»
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Musica Pacifica: “Dancing in the Isles”
The remainder of pieces in the set called for recorder with basso continuo; Judith Linsenberg led the performance of Robert Johnson's The ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
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One Hit Wonders?
Johann Pachelbel's Canon is a part of a larger piece, his Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo and he also wrote a large number ... «Jefferson Public Radio, Jun 15»
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Booming Chorus almost put Haydn's The Creation in jeopardy
The basso continuo line, partnering the solo cello in Adam's recitative in Part 3, was weak and could not sustain itself. Nevertheless, the ... «South China Morning Post, May 15»
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Mepkin Abbey to host concert of Bach's Cantata 51, Rachmaninoff's …
The Rachmaninoff piece will feature the basso continuo, a distinctive Baroque bass accompaniment, with Moryl's cello doubling a bass line that ... «Charleston City Paper, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Basso continuo [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/basso-continuo>. Apr 2024 ».
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