Carlo Cotumacci (1709-1785) is one of the foremost music educators of the 18th century. As a student of Alessandro Scarlatti, Cotumacci developed the tradition of teaching counterpoint through thoroughbass-based exercises for keyboard instruments. This edition, Regole e Principj di sonare lezzioni di partimenti, is based on a recently identified autograph of Cotumacci's complete exercises, housed in the music library of the Naples Conservatory.

Volume 2 contains Cotumacci's 75 partimenti, gui...