| LC control no. | sh 85134980 |
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| LC classification | ML442 History MT49 Instruction and study |
| Topical heading | Continuo |
| Variant(s) | Basso continuo Figured bass Thorough bass Thoroughbass Through bass |
| See also | Musical accompaniment |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on continuo. Musical compositions with continuo accompaniment are entered under headings that include the term "continuo" as a medium of performance, e.g. Trio sonatas (Violins (2), continuo). |
| Found in | New Grove, 2nd ed. WWW site, Mar. 27, 2002 (Thoroughbass: the Italian and more original term "basso continuo" has now largely replaced "thoroughbass" as (1) the English term for the art of accompaniment from a figured bass line, and (2) the name or label for such a bass line when issued as an instrumental part. Basso continuo: see Continuo) New Harvard dict. mus. (thoroughbass, figured bass (Italian: basso continuo)) Web. 3 (thorough bass: continuo) Amer. heritage dict., 3rd ed. (thoroughbass or thorough bass: see continuo) |
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