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additional accompaniments

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additional accompaniments

In music, additional orchestral parts added to old oratorios and other works left by the composers in an incomplete state; to be played originally by the continuo player at the organ or harpsichord.

The most familiar examples are Mozart's additional accompaniments for Handel's Messiah.



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