10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROUND BASS»
Discover the use of
ground bass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ground bass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Anthology of Musical Forms -- Structure & Style: The Study ...
Ground motive— ground bass — passacaglia— chaconne he ostinato (from
Italian, meaning obstinate), also called ground or ground bass, is a recurrent
motive or theme which is repeated, usually in the same voice, throughout a
composition ...
Ground Bass and Bass Ostinato* Of all the variation types possibly the easiest to
recognize and hear is the ground bass, or bass ostinato. A short melodic motive
is repeated over and over in the bass part as a fixed framework, with new and ...
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The Cambridge Music Guide
252). Variation, Variation form has been used in all periods of music. The
principle behind it is ground bass simple: first state a theme, then embellish it and
elaborate it in various ways. The idea of varying a theme goes back, as we have
seen, ...
Stanley Sadie, Alison Latham, 1990
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The Music of Michael Nyman: Texts, Contexts and Intertexts
Greenaway requested a soundtrack similar in construction to In Re Don Giovanni
, but based instead on music appropriate to the Baroque parody period-drama
setting of the film. The initial plan was to compose a ground bass for each one of
...
5
Revisiting Music Theory: A Guide to the Practice
To the knowledgeable listener, the sections are discernable. Ground Bass A form
that bridges the gap between sectional form and continuous music is the ground
bass. In the ground bass a bass line is repeated many times while upper lines, ...
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Ostinato:
Ground Bass, Use in Jazz and R & B, Riff Driven, ...
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Purcell's first opportunity for a riposte was his welcome song for the king's return
to Whitehall after the summer remove that same year: Swifter Isis, swifter flow
duly contains a full-blown ground-bass air. But it is disappointing. Its bass,
imitated ...
8
Heinemann Advanced Music
The chaconne can be recognised by its strict ostinato ground bass and it is
usually in triple metre and at a slow tempo. The ground bass is relentlessly
repeated throughout the composition with little or no melodic variation. Chaconne
basses ...
Pam Hurry, Mark Phillips, Mark Richards, 2001
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Disruptive Divas: Feminism, Identity and Popular Music
"Mary Magdalene": Verse Music Given the context of a repetitive ground-bass
pattern, how could Ndegeocello achieve a feeling of dramatic movement or
directionality in the music? At a very immediate level, she achieves it with the
ground- ...
Lori Burns, Melisse Lafrance, 2013
10
O Let Us Howle Some Heavy Note: Music for Witches, the ...
“Ah! Ah! Ah!” she sighs over an oscillating ground bass figure, “Belinda, I am
press'd with torment.” The fourmeasure ground bass (mm. 1–4) that underpins
her exclamations of woe is perfectly chosen, simultaneously representing Dido's
...
Amanda Eubanks Winkler, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROUND BASS»
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ground bass is used in the context of the following news items.
US violinist has audience on their feet
... displayed the pure, full tone of her playing, as did the third movement, a Passacaglia, a theme and variations on an unvarying ground bass. «Independent Online, Jun 15»
Seven Hours of Grosse Orgel
... of the same composer's Praeludium in G Minor, an incredibly dense bit of counterpoint over an ominous, growling ground bass in the pedal; ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
Love Liquor and Lively Souls
“Su la cetra amorosa,” a lengthy ground bass of Tarquinio Merula's was a nice opening showcase for the entire ensemble. The instrumentation ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
Homeland Secure with BEMF Ulisse
Tasting victory, the suitors sing a joyful chaconne (ground bass aria). Each tries the bow and fails. Finally, the disguised Ulisse begs to be ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
Sydney Symphony Orchestra reviewed: Fresh life given to familiar …
... repeated with meditative variation in a manner that is sometimes reminiscent of baroque embellishments on a ground bass, even though the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
Music Review: Minimal, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
... before moving on to Michael Nyman's 'Chasing Sheep is Best Left to the Shepherds', which takes the ground bass from Purcell's opera King ... «Herald Scotland, May 15»
On Meredith Monk's Excellent Weirdness
They both strip music down to an agile descant over a ground bass, intimate meanings encrypted in stray syllables, and conjure up a vivid ... «Vulture, Apr 15»
Nelsons's Precision Locomotive
The double basses and contrabassoonist Gregg Henegar played way below the staff, but the growling repeated ground bass stayed ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Apr 15»
Cheeky Teeth at Stave Sessions
A repeated series of chords replaces the traditional ground bass of the final movement Passacaglia. Here LeWitt's words return in force, raising ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Mar 15»
Concert review: Melvyn Tan displays elan in final act as Artist-in …
What ensued was a continuous set of very short variations on this eight-note ground bass, which got increasingly complex as the work ... «The Straits Times, Mar 15»
