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  • n  a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played

  • Just as Bach's music eschews the crudely onomatopoeic (suggesting a cock's crow, for example, by a broken chord in the continuo) so Warner's direction concerns itself with the .
  • A late 17th century opera, complete with basso continuo, cupids, and Venus' own recipe for happy love: I seldom vex a lover's ears With business or with jealous fears.
  • The accepted practice is to accompany the singer with a small ensemble called the continuo, which usually consists of a harpsichord and low strings.
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    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will conditionally approve a $4 billion bid by Baxter International Inc for Swedish peer Gambro AB, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The U.S. company agreed to sell its continuo...
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