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Agazzari, Agostino
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(c. 1580–1642)
Italian composer and theorist. For most of his life he worked (c. 1580–1642) in Siena. His sacred music includes eight-voice motets as well as small-scale settings. In Del sonare sopra ’l basso (1607) he offered advice on continuo playing, not only to keyboardists realising a figured bass but also to the rich array of other instrumentalists who accompanied vocal music. |
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Bernhard, Christoph
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(1628–92)
German singer, composer and theorist. He trained with (1628–92) Sch¨utz in Dresden and with Carissimi in Rome. He worked mainly at Dresden, with a spell in Hamburg 1663–74. His Tractatus compositionis augmentatis divided music into three styles depending on the relationship of words and music. His understanding of seconda pratica dissonance-treatment as an embellishment of a prima pratica consonant frame has been adopted by some musicologists |
