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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 374833, member: 55"]The instrumentation looks a lot like a string quartet with added vocal line; first and second violins, viola, and a bass line which would usually be cello but may be indicated here as Basso (or Bafio?). The voice or Voce line is repeating the first violin part.</p><p>Basso could also refer to "basso continuo" which in baroque music would have been played by a cello or other bass instrument plus a keyboard playing the bass line with improvised harmony.</p><p>The melody seems a bit familiar, but I can't place it offhand. Possibly an arrangement of a Mozart piece?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 374833, member: 55"]The instrumentation looks a lot like a string quartet with added vocal line; first and second violins, viola, and a bass line which would usually be cello but may be indicated here as Basso (or Bafio?). The voice or Voce line is repeating the first violin part. Basso could also refer to "basso continuo" which in baroque music would have been played by a cello or other bass instrument plus a keyboard playing the bass line with improvised harmony. The melody seems a bit familiar, but I can't place it offhand. Possibly an arrangement of a Mozart piece?[/QUOTE]
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