On 15 May 2007 at 20:53, Barbara Touburg wrote: > Wouldn't many Baroque bass arias more or less be in unison or octaves > with the b.c.?
Eh? No, of course not. The bass has a melody line, and it's accompanied by a bass line that is played and harmonized by the continuo group. The thing that is out of the ordinary about "The people that walked in darkness" is that bass line is the in unison or octave with the violin line and the melody line sung by the bass. This is not the most unusual texture in baroque music, but it's not nearly as ubiquitous as your question would suggest. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
