For some of the early continuo treatises (*not* lute specific) with parallel translations into several modern European languages, see here:
http://www.bassus-generalis.org/ Daniel Heiman On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:01:41 +0200 LGS-Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > but an excellent book on the subject is "Continuo Playing According > to > > Handel." > > This is available in the Oxford Early Music Series with a running > > > commentary > > by David Ledbetter. A chance to learn continuo playing from a > master. > > Or see Bach's 'General bass regeln'. facsimile and English > translation. > Published in the same series. SImilar content. > > C.P.E. Bach's 'Versuch' might be a little late, but is excellent, of > course. > > Olms in Germany recently published a two part book with all (?) > Italian > 1595-1655 continuo sources translated and supplied with examples. > But the > writer (Irmtraut Freiberg) didn't understand theorbo-tuning. Silly. > Good > thing Kapsberger is included, though. > > David > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
