Question
Scholarly interest in these constructs was revived by a 2012 Giorgio Sanguinetti monograph. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these pedagogical guides for improvisation, often consisting of a bass line with figures, which differ from basso continuo by outlining entire compositions rather than just accompaniment.
ANSWER: partimento [or partimenti]
[10m] The manuscript “Regule per ben sonare il cembalo” contains 217 partimenti by this composer, considered the leader of the Neapolitan School. This composer’s operas, including Il Mitridate Eupatore, are credited with developing opera seria through standardizing the da capo aria and separating it from recitativo secco.
ANSWER: Alessandro Scarlatti [prompt on Scarlatti]
[10e] Partimento collections often made use of a “rule of [this interval]” popularized by Fedele Fenaroli. This interval occurs between two pitches where one pitch has double the frequency of the other.
ANSWER: octave [accept rule of the octave]
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