continuon.
/kənˈtɪn(j)uːəʊ/ Music.
= basso adj. and n. continuo; also, an instrument or instruments playing this.
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bourdonc1400
burden1594
bassus1605
thoroughbass1632
bass1666
ground bass1685
continuo1724
continued bass1728
figured bass1786
walking bass1825
basso ostinato1876
bass line1894
bottom1936
bottom line1963
basso continuo-
1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. 24 Continuo, for this see the Words basso continuo.
1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 44 Continuo, signifies the thorough Bass, as Basso continuo is the continual or thorough Bass.
1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 151/2 In the score of the ‘Matthäus Passion’ of Bach..in the recitative a single line and figures is given for the ‘continuo’ alone.
1942 E. Blom Mus. in Eng. iii. 41 These harmonic instruments thus began casually to take on the function they or their descendants assumed quite regularly in the next two centuries under the name of continuo.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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