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Francois Couperin
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Franandccedil;ois Couperin
Francois Couperin, surnamed le Grand (1668-1733), was organist and harpsicordist to Louis XIV, but also composed choral music for instrumental ensembles in addition to solo keyboard works.
François Couperin and 'The Perfection of Music'
François Couperin's contribution to the literature of baroque keyboard music has long been recognized. François Couperin and 'The Perfection of Music' updates and expands upon David Tunley's valuable 1982 BBC Music Guide to the composer, and examines the whole of Couperin’s output including the organ masses, motets and chamber music, in addition to the well-known works for harpsichord. Taking as its focal point Couperin's concept of the perfection of music through the union of the French and Italian styles, this book takes a more analytical approach to Couperin's work. Early chapters outline the main contrasting features of the two schools in the seventeenth- and early eighteenth-centuries, and it becomes clear that Couperin's expressive power owed much to his fusion of the polarities of the French classical tradition with that of the Italian baroque. The book features a number of appendices, including the prefaces to Couperin's work both in the original French and in English translation, and a glossary of dances of the French baroque.
Art of Playing the Harpsichord
An important 18th-century instruction book, Couperin's The Art of Playing the Harpsichord contains valuable information on technique, fingering, phrasing, ornamentation and keyboard performance style. Halford's scholarly introduction includes a biographical sketch of the composer, a thorough discussion of French Baroque ornamentation and a useful summary of Couperin's style. The eight preludes used by Couperin to illustrate his approach are musical gems rarely found in other collections.
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The Mirror of Human Life
The titles of François Couperin's harpsichord pieces have puzzled generations of players and listeners. Many refer to theatrical spectacles; others are portraits, sympathetic or satirical, of characters in the composer's circle--courtiers, aristocrats, musicians, actors and actresses. This book opens a door into Couperin's world. Jane Clark introduces us to some of the characters that inhabit the Pièces de Clavecin, whose lives, sometimes dramatic and even scandalous, are illustrated by quotations from contemporary letters, songs and satirical epigrams. Derek Connon explores the literary and theatrical world in which the composer moved, particularly the rival French and Italian Comédies, ...
Couperin
The Couperin family occupies the same dominant position in French musical life of the Baroque era as does the Bach family in Germany. However, there was never any doubt who was the most commanding figure in the family: even in his lifetime, Francois Couperin was known as Couperin le Grand. His contribution to the literature of keyboard music has prompted comparisons with Bach in its mastery and Chopin in its precision of feeling and poetic insight. This guide examines not only the Ordres or Suites but the whole of his output including the organ masses, motets and chamber music.
