Wind Quintet
SKU:
ST.C423
Composed by
Francois Couperin. Wind &
brass music. Clifton
Edition #C423. Published
by Clifton Edition
(ST.C423).
ISBN
9790570814237.
Four contrasting
movements. Giocoso,
Sostenuto, Allegro and
Comodo
The
Couperin family’s
influence extended over
five generations and was
as important to French
music as the Bachs’ to
German music. François
1668-1733 (known as ‘le
Grand’) was, like his
father, organist of St.
Gervais and in 1693
became organist to the
King at
Versailles.
He
excelled as a composer of
keyboard music and
produced an instruction
book L’Art de Toucher
le Clavecin, which is
valuable for the light it
throws on contemporary
practice in harpsichord
playing.
J. S.
Bach knew and admired
François Couperin’s
music and the two did
correspond. Alas, the
letters disappeared when,
(according to an article
in Grove) they were used
as lids for
jampots!
Arranged
by B
ryan Kelly
Former
Spartan Press Cat. No.:
SP1115.