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1. ‘Each embellishment must be appropriate to the character of the piece.’ (He warned against lively passages in a
sad adagio.)
2. ‘The embellishment ought, strictly speaking, only to be based on the given harmony.’ (He conceded that ‘in
general one is not so exact about following this second rule. But one takes care to avoid actual modulations into
other keys’.)
3. ‘The embellishment ought not to be long; however, one is unrestricted in respect to the beat.’ 1135
His examples offer varied treatment for given musical situations, of which Ex. 16.3 provides a representative selection.
Koch, too, regarded the embellishment of fermatas as optional, writing: ‘In the performance of a solo part one has the
freedom to decorate the sustained
Ex. 16.3. Türk, Klavierschule, V, §5
1135 Türk, Klavierschule, I, §4.s