J. F. Daube's "General-Bass in drey Accorden" (1756): A Translation and Commentary
Description:
General-Bass in drey Accorden (1756), the first of Johann Friedrich Daube's theoretical works, is a practical instruction manual in thorough-bass accompaniment. It consists of a sixteen page preface followed by 215 pages of text and musical examples. The twelve chapters begin with a presentation of interval classification and a discussion of consonance and dissonance. Daube then explains a theory of harmony in which all "chords" are derived from three primary chords. These are illustrated with …
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Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Wallace, Barbara Kees
Partner:
UNT Libraries