Giovanni Paisiello, 1740-1816 Regole per bene accompagnare il partimento o sia il basso fondamentale sopra il Cembalo Neuedition und Transkription nach der Ausgabe St. Petersburg 1782 und der Handschrift Rari 3-4-17 des Conservatoria di Musica Napoli. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Holtmeier, Johannes Menke und Felix Diergarten facsimile/transcription Wilhelmshaven, 2009. 21 x 39 cm, 160 pp (44 facs). Color facsimile and new edition of the St. Petersburg, 1782 manuscript (possibly holograph). Paisiello wrote his Regole per bene accampagnare il partimento for the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna (née Sophia Dorothea von Württenberg) while serving as the maestro di cappella for the Empress Catherine II of Russia. The work is a complete course in partimento, including both rules and exercises. Cloth. $194                     distributed by: OMI - Old Manuscripts & Incunabula PO Box 6019 FDR Station, New York NY 10150 tel/fax 212/ 758-1946 • www.omifacsimiles.com • immels@earthlink.net