On 3 Aug 2007 at 10:03, dhbailey wrote: > Martin Banner wrote: > > I am preparing a modern performing edition of an 18th Century sacred > > Latin piece for chorus and orchestra, including continuo. As I am > > preparing the keyboard realization of the figured bass, I think back > > to the continuo keyboard parts I have played from (mostly European > > publications, Baerenreiter, Breitkopf, etc), where the naming of the > > part is "Cembalo". For an edition such as mine that will be > > published here in the US, what would be an appropriate substitute > > term in English to use in place of Cembalo. "Keyboard" is the first > > thing that comes to mind, but is there something clearer than that > > to indicate that this is the keyboard realization of the continuo > > figured bass? > > To be accurate in a single word, I'd use "Continuo"
Precisely my thought, and my usual practice. -- 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
