Harpsichord SKU: HL.48188422 Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Leduc. CD....(+)
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?.
Chamber Music Harpsichord SKU: PR.110418390 Composed by Eric Ewazen. Full...(+)
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.
Harpsichord SKU: BT.ALHE32629 Le Pupitre - Heugel. Book Only. 97 pages. H...(+)
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.