Keller, Gottfried
(†1704)
GOTTFRIED KELLERKELLER, GOTTFRIEDGOTTFRIED KELLER [† died 1704] Despite a somewhat haphazard format and errorladen text, Gottfried Keller's posthumous Rules for Playing a Thorough Bass (1705) was popular in England during the early decades of the eighteenth century. Two sections deserve special mention: »Short Lessons by Way of Fugeing,« in which nine examples invite students to apply a fugal subject at specified spots within the chordal fabric; and »Rules for Tuning an Harpsichord,« which…