Partimenti and the Secrets of the Greatest Composers – An Interview with Robert Gjerdingen

The Art of Composing Podcast by Jon Brantingham

Mar 14, 201657:12Music

We interview Robert Gjerdingen, author of the book "Music in the Galant Style". We talk about Partimenti, the tool used to train the greatest composers from Mozart to Debussy and Stravinsky.

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