Improvising Fugue: A Method for Keyboard Artists is a guide for those who aspire to the highest levels of fluency as inventors of spontaneous music at the piano, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, or digital keyboard.
Improvising Fugue: A Method for Keyboard Artists is a guide for those who aspire to the highest levels of fluency as inventors of spontaneous music at the piano, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, or digital keyboard.
John J. Mortensen is a leader in the revival of historic improvisation. He is noted for his ability to improvise entire concerts. He frequently teaches and performs internationally. He is the author of The Pianist's Guide to Historic Improvisation, now in use as a course text at many leading conservatories. He is the creator of Improv Planet, an online school of historic improvisation, where his students include concert artists and conservatory faculty from across the world.
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Acknowledgements Dedication Prelude Chapter 1 Introduction to Furno Chapter 2 Furno's Ten Partimenti Chapter 3 Bass Diminution Chapter 4 After Furno Chapter 5 Partimento Practice Chapter 6 Partimento Imitation and Fugue Chapter 7 Bicinium Chapter 8 Bass Motions in Invertible Counterpoint Chapter 9 Introduction to Improvised Fugue Chapter 10 Improvising a First Fugue on Handel Chapter 11 Exposition Chapter 12 Episode Chapter 13 Presentation Chapter 14 Stretto Chapter 15 Pedal Point, Cadenza, Ending Chapter 16 Improvising Fugue Glossary of Persons and Terms Index
