Composer | Couperin, François (1668 - 1733) | ||
Instrumentation | Flute and Oboe | ||
Sheet central | Second livre de pièces de clavecin (9 sheet music) | ||
Style | Baroque | ||
Arranger | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
Publisher | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||
Date | 1722 | ||
Copyright | Public Domain | ||
Other title | The Gnat | ||
Added by magataganm, 17 Jul 2012
François Couperin (1668-1733) was certainly the
greatest of the French claveinists and surely one of
the greatest of French composers. In his four books of
Pièces de clavecin, Couperin took the harpsichord
music of Chambonnières, Marchand, and especially his
uncle Louis Couperin to the pinnacle of the French
musical art with clear forms, graceful melodies,
elegant harmonies, and a tone that eschews virtuosity
in favor of expressivity. The six ordres or suites from
Couperin's second book are n...(+)
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