Download or read book The Performance of the Basso Continuo in Italian Baroque Music written by Tharald Borgir and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the Italian Baroque period (1600-1730), dealing with basso continuo realizations, the use of bass line instruments and their terminology, and the functions of the various kinds of lutes. Borgir challenges the notion that the independent basso continuo is one of the hallmarks of the Baroque style. " . . . a major reconsideration of the sound of 17th-century Italian music . . . "