SKU: HL.48188013

UPC: 888680908263. 9.0x12.0x0.499 inches.

The first volume of Couperin's Harpsichord Pieces does not contain a date of publication, however, it is thought to have been composed during 1716-1717, due to the address which the composer gave on his other Harpsichord compositions. Yet, the compilation remains a favourite. Francois Couperin (1668-1733) is often nicknamed 'Couperin the Great' to distinguish him from other members of the musical family. Many of the composer's works have picturesque titles. Examples of this in his first volume of Pieces for Harpsichord include, Les Papillons (The Butterflies), L'Enchanteresse (The Enchanting) and Les Plaisirs de Saint Germain en Laye (The Pleasures of Saint Germain en Laye). Couperin's moods are expressed through choices of keys, adventurous harmonies and discords. With a significant amount of variation and inspiration, Pieces for Harpsichord is essential to the repertoire of aspiring players of the instrument..

SKU: FZ.5835

ISBN 9790230658355. 24.00 x 33.00 cm inches.

These early music methods are in facsimile in two books. ANCELET - Antoine BEMETZIEDER (1-2) - Jean-Laurent de BETHISY - Michel CORRETTE (2) - Denis DIDEROT - Jacques DUPHLY (1-2) - Encyclopedie - Encyclopedie methodique - Louis-Joseph le neveu FRANCOEUR - Pierre Claude FOUCQUET (1-2) - Francois-Alexandre-Pierre de GARSAULT - Jean-Benjamin de LABORDE - Philippe MACQUER - Friedrich Wilhelm MARPURG - Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (4) - Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU - Simon SIMON. Table of contents: Corrette Michel: Les amusements du Parnasse - 1749. Foucquet Pierre Claude: Les caracteres de la paix - 1749. Foucquet Pierre Claude: Second livre de pieces de clavecin - 1751. Encyclopedie: Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne - 1751/1772. Duphly Jacques: Troisieme livre de pieces de clavecin - 1756. Ancelet: Observations sur la musique - 1757. Rameau Jean-Philippe: Code de musique pratique - 1760. Garsault Francois-Alexandre-Pierre de: Notionnaire - 1761. Simon Simon: Pieces de clavecin - 1761. Bethisy Jean-Laurent de: Exposition de la theorie - 1764. Rousseau Jean-Jacques: Dictionnaire de la musique - 1768. Duphly Jacques: Du doigter - c. 1769. Diderot Denis: Manuscrit autographe - s. d. Bemetzrieder Antoine: Lecons de clavecin - 1771. Francoeur Louis-Joseph le neveu: Diapason general - 1772. Macquer Philippe: Dictionnaire raisonne - 1773. Laborde Jean-Benjamin de: Essai sur la musique - 1780. Bemetzrieder Antoine: Nouvelles lecons de clavecin - 1783. Encyclopedie methodique: Encyclopedie methodique, arts et metiers mecaniques - 1788. Marpurg Friedrich Wilhelm: L'art de toucher le clavecin - c. 1797. Collection supervised by the musicologist Jean Saint-Arroman, professor at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris and at the CEFEDEM Ile de France (Training Centre for Music Teachers). He is the author of the majority of our prefaces and has also been involved in library searches. Facsimile of copies from:- National Library of Paris (France). - Fitzwilliam Museum of Cambridge (England). - Bayerische Staatsbibliotheck of Munich (Germany). - British Library of London (England). - In Private collection. Anne Fuzeau Classique propose the complete theoretic documentation, methods, classical music scores on the harpsichord.