Harpsichord

SKU: HL.48188422

Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Leduc. CD. 163 pages. Heugel and Cie #HE32533. Published by Heugel and Cie (HL.48188422).

UPC: 888680948566. 9.0x12.0x0.787 inches. French.

â??This edition of Harpsichord Music features the three volumes composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau: ?Livre de Piece de clavecin?, ?Pieces de Clavessin? and ?Nouvelle suite de Pieces de clavecin?. The second and third volumes are divided into 2 parts each and the whole book has a total duration of 2 hours and 10 minutes (22 minutes for the first book, 52 and 53 minutes for the following ones). For upper intermediate and above level. Harpsichord Music has a baroque style, as most of the music byJean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) who was one of the most famous composers of that era. He replaced Lully' as the main composer of the Opera.â?.

Composed by Francois Couperin (1668-1733). Edited by Denis Herlin. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Mit 4 Concerts royaux. Performance score, anthology. Composed 1722. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10846. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

Harpsichord

SKU: BT.ALHE32629

Le Pupitre - Heugel. Book Only. 97 pages. Heugel & Cie #ALHE32629. Published by Heugel & Cie (BT.ALHE32629).

French.

De La Guerre's Harpsichord Pieces was composed in 1687. The compilation remains a favourite in the Harpsichord repertoire. Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729) was born into an important family of musicians in Paris.Comprising four Suites, de La Guerre exemplified in her compositions her own skills on the Harpsichord. Each of the Suites begin with a Prelude, Allemande, two Courantes, Sarabande and a Gigue. The following movements include aCannaris, Chaconne Gavott and Menuet. Pieces for Harpsichord is essential to the repertoire of aspiring players of the instrument.

Chamber Music Harpsichord

SKU: PR.110418390

Composed by Eric Ewazen. Full score. 11 pages. Duration 10 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #110-41839. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.110418390).

ISBN 9781491134603. UPC: 680160685158.

Eric Ewazen’s THREE INVENTIONS were inspired by Bach’s Two-part Inventions, yet they sound thoroughly like Ewazen. Composed for harpsichord (with a piano adaptation following later), Ewazen’s inventions maintain a pure “one note per hand” texture until their final chord, with strong-but-free imitative counterpoint between the two voices. While Ewazen may be best known for his wind music, he is a pianist himself, and composers’ works for their own instrument are a direct insight into how they write for their own performances. The piano adaptation of THREE INVENTIONS is also available as a separate publication.
THREE INVENTIONS was written for my dear friend Maria Rojas, who premiered the work on a faculty recital at Juilliard. Maria is both a pianist and a harpsichordist, and I first met her when she gave a demonstration of the harpsichord for the students in my theory classes.I’ve always been captivated by Bach’s series of Two-Part and Three-Part Inventions. With the Two-Part Inventions, I’m amazed how Bach could create such wonderful intricacy and counterpoint with only two voices. I consequently modeled my inventions after the counterpoint of Bach, involving the traditional contrapuntal devices he used: imitation, development, harmonic and modal shifts, fragmentation, and sequence, essentially creating a dialog between two completely equal voices conversing with each other!Bach wrote 15 Two-Part Inventions (as well as 15 Three-Part Inventions, not to mention the 48 preludes and fugues in The Well-Tempered Clavier!), and that’s just the start of his voluminous repertoire for the keyboard! I was happy just to write three!!!Each of my inventions has a distinctive mood. The first is in a relaxed, yet cheerful C Major tonality (as a nod to Bach’s Invention No. 1 in C Major); the second is heartfelt and lyrical; and the third invention (involving a Gigue rhythm in the compound meter of 12/8) is energetic, and full of life and spontaneity. The third is primarily in a minor tonality, resulting in a feeling of drama, bringing the THREE INVENTIONS to an exciting finale.