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Announcing, ‘Partimento: A Beginner Method for Classical Improvisation’

Post author By Connor Gaydon
Post date February 17, 2023
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Title: Partimento: A Beginner Method for Classical Improvisation Author: Connor Gaydon Release Date: February 2023 (eBook) Price: £14 (or £2.50 per stage) Purpose: Provide beginner musicians a practical book to learn classical improvisation using the Partimento method. For over a century, classical improvisation has been a lost skill, until now. During the 17th-19th centuries, improvisation […]

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Così Fan Tutte: Context, Philosophy and Musico-Dramatic Relationships

Post author By Connor Gaydon
Post date June 18, 2019
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Così fan tutte was composed during somewhat of a compositional drought for Mozart. He had written only 4 major works in 1789, the year prior to the premiere of this opera (Steptoe, 1988, p.71). This, as well as Mozart’s financial difficulties and reputational difficulties for Da Ponte, meant that much was dependent on Così fan […]