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The number of musicians needed to perform a Baroque basso continuo is?
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∙ 9y ago
It is too simplistic to give a single answer to this question. The answer strongly depends on the time period.
At the dawn of the continuo era (approximately 1600), the first continuo players were organists. The organ was the instrument expected to realize the continuo, which was at first designed to support the performance of sacred vocal music. Shortly afterwards, Giulio Caccini published his "Le nuove musiche", in which the theorbo (a kind of large lute) was clearly the intended continuo instrument for this collection of secular love songs. Indications in the score of one of the earliest operas (Claudio Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" in 1607) show a large and colourful continuo section, consisting of organs, harpsichords, theorbos and harps.
Present research strongly suggests that no bass-line reinforcement (such as the cello or viola da gamba) was used in very early 17th-century music that was accompanied by continuo alone. In this time period, the continuo instruments were chord-playing instruments such as lute, guitar, harpsichord, organ and harp.
Later in the 17th century, reinforcement of the bass line itself became desirable. This role was filled by both string and wind instruments: the cello, bass viol and violone; and the dulcian, bassoon and sackbut could serve this purpose.
By the 18th century it was likely that a combination of a bass-line instrument and a chord-playing instrument was the usual norm, although it was still possible for a single keyboard instrument (harpsichord or organ) to serve satisfactorily. Earlier instruments like the dulcian and sackbut were unlikely to have been used by this point in time.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoBasso continuo is usually one keyboard instrument (organ or piano).
The object of the "continuo" part is to give support ... "continuing" the underlying music in a way, and it should not be heard above the other instruments or choir.
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∙ 9y agoTo perform a baroque basso continuo two musicians are needed. The two instruments most likely used to perform a baroque basso continuo are the cello and the harpsichord.
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∙ 12y agoBasso continuo is the performance of a figured bass by a lute, harpsichord, or organ, reinforced by a cello, bassoon, or other low instrument.
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∙ 12y agoit may be called a trio sonata but it consists of four musicians
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