continuo
IPA: kʌntˈɪnju
noun
- (music) Synonym of basso continuo.
- (historical) A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings.
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Examples of "continuo" in Sentences
- The continuo constantly pursues the flute.
- All solo works are accompanied by continuo.
- The fourth one has an unspecified continuo.
- A harpsichord and violoncello play the continuo.
- All are for violin solo, strings, and basso continuo.
- Scored for violin, viola da gamba and basso continuo.
- The second recitative is accompanied by the strings and continuo.
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- Basso continuo in recitativi secchi is made of cembalo and violoncello.
- These reitatives are accompanied by a continuo but no other instruments.
- These reitatives are accompanied by a 'continuo' but no other instruments.
- Highest praise is due to the four continuo players, ever sensuous and vivid.
- The strings and the continuo lutes had a fiercely tart and tangy sound, deliberately unsensual and arresting.
- For opera newbies, the continuo is a bassline played continuously (as the name implies) under the recitative or vocal line.
- Patricia Mabee provided informed harpsichord continuo with an opportunity to shine bright in the fifth concerto's extensive solo cadenza.
- Artistic director Aapo Häkkinen anchored the ensemble from the harpsichord, providing a solid rhythmic foundation with his dynamic continuo realization.
- The orchestra and continuo musicians, led by Grant Gershon, captured the spirit and swing of the music, but then, orchestra players are no strangers to Vivaldi.
- The chorus of 34 and orchestra 42 players plus a continuo group of eight were superb; a group of the players even performed onstage in costume for the Dream scene.
- The sextet that performed (a pair each of violins and violas, and a continuo pairing of cello and harpsichord) offered a mixed baroque program in which three string sonatas by Tomaso Albinoni were heard alongside concertos and sonatas by Bach and Vivaldi, and by the less-encountered Georg Muffat and Henricus Albicastro.
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