PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN. PREMIER LIVRE
COMPOSER / AUTHOR:COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS

DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: HARPSICHORD
GENESIS OF THE WORK: 1713
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
EDITOR: HERLIN, DENIS
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: HERLIN, DENIS
PRODUCT FORMAT: PERFORMANCE SCORE(S), ANTHOLOGY, URTEXT EDITION
INSTRUMENTATION: HARPSICHORD
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: FRENCH, ENGLISH
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY (D): 5
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: PAPERBACK
PRINT RUN: 2ST PRINTING 2020

DESCRIPTION:
-THE HIGH POINT OF FRENCH CLAVECIN MUSIC

-THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF COUPERIN’S “PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN”(1713), SUPERVISED BY THE COMPOSER HIMSELF, IS NOTEWORTHY FOR ITS EXTRAORDINARY NOTATIONAL PRECISION. IT CONTAINS EXACTING PERFORMANCE INSTRUCTIONS, FOR WHICH COUPERIN CREATED HIS OWN SYMBOLS. THIS NEW URTEXT EDITION IN A MODERN ENGRAVING RETAINS THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE ORIGINAL PRINT, SUCH AS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CURVED TIES AND STRAIGHT LEGATO SLURS, THEREBY GIVING TODAY’S PLAYERS FASCINATING INSIGHTS INTO THE SPECIAL SOUND OF THIS MUSIC.

-THE EDITOR HAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, CLOSELY ANALYSED THE VARIOUS PROOFS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION, SOME OF WHICH HE DISCOVERED HIMSELF. HE LISTS THESE ALTERNATIVE READINGS IN THE CRITICAL COMMENTARY.

-THE EDITION ALSO PRESENTS CONFLICTING VERSIONS OF SEVERAL PIECES AS WELL AS AN ANONYMOUS WORK POSSIBLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO COUPERIN. A DETAILED FOREWORD, NOTES ON PERIOD PERFORMANCE PRACTICE AND FACSIMILE ILLUSTRATIONS ROUND OFF THIS EDITION, MAKING IT INDISPENSABLE TO ALL ADMIRERS AND PERFORMERS OF FRENCH CLAVECIN MUSIC.

• FIRST EVALUATION OF AN EXTENSIVE NUMBER OF SOURCES
• WITH COUPERIN’S ORIGINAL EXPRESSION MARKS
• CONTAINS OPTIMUM PAGE TURNS
• NOTES ON PERFORMANCE PRACTICE, DETAILED TRILINGUAL FOREWORD (FR/ENG) AND A CRITICAL
COMMENTARY (ENG)

CONTENTS:
· PREFACE
· GLOSSAIRE / GLOSSARY
· ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PREFACE TO COUPERIN`S FIRST BOOK
· PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN. PREMIER LIVRE:
· PREFACE
· PREMIER ORDRE:
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
ALLEMANDE L`AUGUSTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
PREMIERE COURANTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
[PREMIÈRE COURANTE AVEC] DESSUS PLUS ORNÉ SANS CHANGER LA BASSE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
SECONDE COURANTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
SARABANDE LA MAJESTÜEUSE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
GAVOTTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
ORNEMENS POUR DIVERSIFIER LA GAVOTTE PRÉCÉDENTE SANS CHANGER LA BASSE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA MILORDINE GIGUE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
MENUET
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
DOUBLE DU MENUET PRÉCÉNDENT
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES SILVAINS
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES ABEILLES
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA NANÈTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES SENTIMENS SARABANDE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA PASTORÉLLE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES NONÈTES
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES BOURBONNOISE GAVOTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA MANON
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
L`ENCHANTERESSE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA FLEURIE OU LA TENDRE NANÈTTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES PLAISIRS DE SAINT GERMAIN EN LAYE
· SECOND ORDRE:
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
ALLEMANDE LA LABORIEUSE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
PREMIERE COURANTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
SECOND COURANTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
SARABANDE LA PRUDE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
L`ANTONINE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
GAVOTTE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
MENUET
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
CANARIES
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
DOUBLE DES CANARIES
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
PASSEPIED
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
RIGAUDON