Table of Contents

Part One: History
1. Of Some Odd Musical Manuscripts
2. What are Partimenti?
3.The Partimento in Italy and in Naples
4. The Neapolitan Conservatori: an Historical Outline
5. Teaching Methods in the Conservatories of Naples
6. Partimento Sources: Transmission and Typology
7. A Genealogy of Masters

Part Two: Theory
8. Partimento as Composition Theory
9. The Rules: a Synoptic View

Part Three: Practice
10. Prelude to Realization
11. The Unfigured Partimento
12. The Art of Diminution
13. Imitation
14. Motivic Coherence
15. "Authentic" Realizations

Part Four: A Guide to Realization
16. Lezione, Prelude, Modular Etude
17. Tutti/solo: Concerto and Toccata
18. Sonata
19. Fantasia, Variation, Dance
20. Imitative Genres
21. Fugue
Epilogue
List of Souces
Bibliography
Index.

About the Author

Giorgio Sanguinetti is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Rome - Tor Vergata.

Reviews

"I suspect AoP will generate much speculation and discussion regarding its theoretical, pedagogical, historical, and philosophical-aesthetic merits and implications. For this, and for its powerful practical application and Sanguinetti's unique and passionate approach to the subject-matter, it will become a watershed in the community of music theory and in studies
of eighteenth-century music more generally in the years to come." --Music Theory Online
"[A] revelatory book...Recommended." --Choice
"[A] fascinating book...Sanguinetti's writing style is clear and eminently readable, and he
guides the reader with skill and patience through the intricacies of an important but almost forgotten system used to great advantage by students, teachers, and some of the great composers of the Baroque and early Romantic eras." --Early Music America
"Equally functional as an encyclopedic reference tool and a textbook on partimenti -- [it] appeals to a wide range of readers, including music educators, music theorists, musicologists, ethnomusicologists, and other interdisciplinary scholars." --Journal of Historical Research in Music Education
"In sum: The Art of Partimento is a groundbreaking study that vividly illuminates musical learning in and beyond eighteenth-century Italy. On top of this, it transforms a historical tradition into a current practice - something that twenty-first century musicians can learn to do. As such, the rediscovered art of partimento stands to serve as a nexus between historical and current theories about, instruction in, and making of music."--Music
Theory Spectrum