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Contents: Preface
Introduction
The principal characteristics of Restoration organ books
Alteration and addition of material
Distinctions between different genres and sections
Incomplete right-hand parts and figured-bass parts
The unusual case of Matthew Locke
Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.

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This is the first study to provide a systematic and thorough investigation of continuo realization styles appropriate to Restoration sacred music, an area of performance practice that has never previously been properly assessed. Rebecca Herissone undertakes detailed analysis of a group of organ books closely associated with the major Restoration composers Purcell, Blow and Humfrey, and the London institutions where they spent their professional lives. By investigating the relationship between the organ books' two-stave arrangements and full scores of the same pieces, Herissone demonstrates that the books are subtle sources of information to the accompanist, not just short or skeleton scores. Using this evidence, she formulates a model for continuo realization of this repertory based on the doubling of vocal parts, an approach that differs significantly from that adopted by most modern editors, and which throws into question much of the accepted continuo practice in modern performance of this repertory.

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refreshingly undogmatic... The comparisons with the parallel full scores are invaluable here, and the presentation is commendably clear in the music examples given in the text... This is a fascinating study, well presented, and should be read by anyone involved with performing Restoration sacred music

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