Partimenti and Lessons in Counterpoint
Artikelnummer
202625
Kompositör
Porpora Nicola
Redaktör
Van Tour Peter
350 kr
Nicola Porpora (1686–1766) var en högt ansedd sångpedagog i Europa och en av få tonsättare som kunde utmana Händel i Londons italienska opera. I dag är han främst känd för sitt inflytande på Joseph Haydn, som under 1750-talet i Wien arbetade som ackompanjatör vid Porporas lektioner och lärde sig mycket av honom.
Nicola Porporas Partimenti and Dispositions ger en unik inblick i hans undervisning, med kadenser, skalor, sekvenser och bevarade partimenti. Den innehåller även övningar där elever omformar tvåstämmiga fraser genom att variera över- eller basstämma. Metoden, som troligen kommer från Gaetano Greco, återfinns också hos Bach, där elever skapade nya baslinjer (the multiple-bass tradition).
Materialet visar hur solfeggio, partimento och kontrapunkt integrerades i praktiken. Utgåvan avslutas med en solfeggio av Francesco Durante som Porpora byggde en basstämma till. Samlingen är både ett viktigt pedagogiskt dokument och en inspirationskälla, med tydliga kopplingar till Haydns och den tyska kompositionstraditionens utveckling.
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Nicola Porpora (1686–1766) was a highly respected vocal teacher across Europe and one of the few composers able to rival Handel in Italian opera in London. Today he is best known for influencing Joseph Haydn, who in 1750s Vienna accompanied Porpora’s lessons and learned extensively from him.
Nicola Porpora’s Partimenti and Dispositions offers a rare insight into his teaching, including cadences, scales, sequences, and preserved partimenti. It also presents exercises where students reshape two-part phrases by altering either the upper or bass voice. This method, likely inherited from Gaetano Greco, also appears in Bach’s teaching, where students created new bass lines (the multiple-bass tradition).
The material demonstrates how solfeggio, partimento, and counterpoint were integrated in practice. The edition concludes with a solfeggio by Francesco Durante, to which Porpora added a newly composed bass line. It serves both as a valuable pedagogical source and an inspiration, with clear links to Haydn and the development of the German compositional tradition.
Nicola Porporas Partimenti and Dispositions ger en unik inblick i hans undervisning, med kadenser, skalor, sekvenser och bevarade partimenti. Den innehåller även övningar där elever omformar tvåstämmiga fraser genom att variera över- eller basstämma. Metoden, som troligen kommer från Gaetano Greco, återfinns också hos Bach, där elever skapade nya baslinjer (the multiple-bass tradition).
Materialet visar hur solfeggio, partimento och kontrapunkt integrerades i praktiken. Utgåvan avslutas med en solfeggio av Francesco Durante som Porpora byggde en basstämma till. Samlingen är både ett viktigt pedagogiskt dokument och en inspirationskälla, med tydliga kopplingar till Haydns och den tyska kompositionstraditionens utveckling.
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Nicola Porpora (1686–1766) was a highly respected vocal teacher across Europe and one of the few composers able to rival Handel in Italian opera in London. Today he is best known for influencing Joseph Haydn, who in 1750s Vienna accompanied Porpora’s lessons and learned extensively from him.
Nicola Porpora’s Partimenti and Dispositions offers a rare insight into his teaching, including cadences, scales, sequences, and preserved partimenti. It also presents exercises where students reshape two-part phrases by altering either the upper or bass voice. This method, likely inherited from Gaetano Greco, also appears in Bach’s teaching, where students created new bass lines (the multiple-bass tradition).
The material demonstrates how solfeggio, partimento, and counterpoint were integrated in practice. The edition concludes with a solfeggio by Francesco Durante, to which Porpora added a newly composed bass line. It serves both as a valuable pedagogical source and an inspiration, with clear links to Haydn and the development of the German compositional tradition.
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