Трактатите по basso continuo до смъртта на Себастиан дьо Бросар
The Basso Continuo Treatises till the Death of Sébastien de Brossard (1655–1730)

Summary/Abstract: In 1724, the already 70 years old Sébastien de Brossard (1655–1730) proposes to give his musical library (“Cabinet de Musique”) to the king, i.e. to the Royal Library with the great care to be preserved this tremendous treasure. As a necessary condition de Brossard writes annotated his famous Catalogue: 383 pages in 5 parts and a table with 248 pages and preface 5 pages, this taking him hard work, according to different authors between 8 and 12 months. Nowadays the Collection of de Brossard with its nearly 960 titles and in addition the Catalogue to it, stored in the National library in Paris is the largest on world scale “data base” for the epoch. During the 16th century appear a number of works dedicated to the new basso continuo. De Brossard is highly interested in the problems of basso continuo (commonly requested consultant). He dedicates to it considerable descriptions. He follows its historical development. He pays great attention to it and he himself modernizes posiadding basso continuo to old productions like masses of Louis Chein, Cosset, Charles d’Helfer, Pierre Menault, Lassus… I have interests to the epoch, theory and practice of basso continuo (basic characteristic feature of the baroque music). I prepared in chronological order a list of 66 famous opuses (including 2 manuscripts, owned by de Brossard), fully dedicated or partially to this theme (including the first official publication of the Dictionary of de Brossard), works I know after consultations with a number of data base resources in the period of time 1553 (Diego Ortiz) till 1728 (the year of publishing of anonymous author of the last of the works in question, during the life time of de Brossard), in order to see which of them de Brossard has included in the Catalogue of his Collection. From these 66, de Brossard has in his Collection totally 10 (i.e. 15.15%): from the 53 foreign has only 5, from the 13 French (one of which is his, the Dictionary) – also only 5.

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