Valentina A. Kramer
Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, Moscow, Russia,
fmanticore@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7525-8124
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| Abstract: The article is devoted to the phenomenon of musical improvisation in the Baroque era. Different approaches of domestic and foreign researchers to the classification of improvisations are highlighted, practical guides of the Baroque era devoted to mastering the technique of improvisation are described, in particular F. E. Bach’s treatise «Experience on the True Art of Playing the Clavier».
Keywords: baroque, improvisation, fantasy, genre, Bach, treatise, partimento
For citation: Kramer V. A. The art of improvisation and the genre of fantasy in the Baroque era. Scholarly papers of Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. 2025;(1):78-89. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.56620/2227-9997-2025-1-78-89
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