PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN. SECOND LIVRE (1717) FOR HARPSICHORD WITH 8 PRÉLUDES AND 1 ALLEMANDE FROM 'L`ART DE TOUCHER LE CLAVECIN' (1716–1717)
COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS

INSTRUMENTATION OF THE WORK: HARPSICHORD
DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: HARPSICHORD
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
EDITOR: HERLIN, DENIS
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: HERLIN, DENIS
PRODUCT FORMAT: PERFORMANCE SCORE, ANTHOLOGY, URTEXT EDITION
INSTRUMENTATION: HARPSICHORD
COMMENTS ON THE EDITION: WITH NOTES ON PERFORMANCE PRACTICE BY DENIS HERLIN
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: FRENCH, ENGLISH
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY (D): 6
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: PAPERBACK
PRINT RUN: 1ST PRINTING 2018

DESCRIPTION:
-‘ONCE AGAIN THE FRENCH MUSICOLOGIST DENIS HERLIN, WHO MASTERED THE HARPSICHORD UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF SUCH KEYBOARD LEGENDS AS KENNETH GILBERT AND HUGUETTE DREYFUS, HAS PRESENTED AN EXEMPLARY EDITION OF A CLASSIC FROM THE HARPSICHORD REPERTOIRE.’ (JURY OF THE GERMAN MUSIC EDITION PRIZE ON BA 10844)

-BÄRENREITER PRESENTS BOOK II OF COUPERIN’S “PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN”, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1717, IN ADDITION THE EIGHT PRELUDES AND ONE ALLEMANDE FROM HIS TREATISE “L’ART DE TOUCHER LE CLAVECIN” ARE INCLUDED IN THE APPENDIX. FOR THE FIRST TIME DENIS HERLIN HAS EVALUATED THE MANY LATER IMPRESSIONS OF THE ORIGINAL PRINT, MOST OF WHICH HE UNEARTHED HIMSELF IN INTERNATIONAL LIBRARIES. BY PRESERVING THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE ORIGINAL PRINT WHILE LARGELY DISPENSING WITH DISRUPTIVE PAGE-TURNS WITHIN THE PIECES, THE VOLUME BRINGS MODERN PERFORMERS CLOSE TO THE SPECIAL SOUND OF THIS MUSIC. ROUNDING OFF THIS PIONEERING NEW EDITION ARE AN EXTENSIVE FOREWORD, NOTES ON HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICE, A COMPREHENSIVE GLOSSARY, FACSIMILE PAGES AND A DETAILED CRITICAL COMMENTARY.

- PIONEERING EDITION WITH THE FIRST-TIME EVALUATION OF AN EXTENSIVE BODY OF SOURCES
- INCLUDES COUPERIN’S ORIGINAL EXPRESSION MARKS
- CONTAINS NINE ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS FROM “L’ART DE TOUCHER LE CLAVECIN”(1716–17)

CONTENT:
· PREFACE
· GLOSSARY
· TRADUCTION ANGLAISE DE LA PRÉFACE DE COUPERIN DU SECOND LIVRE ET DÉDICACE À M. PRAT /
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PREFACE TO COUPERIN`S SECOND BOOK AND DEDICATION TO M. PRAT
· PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN. SECOND LIVRE:
· PRÉFACE
· SIXIÊME ORDRE:

· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES MOISSONNEURS
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES LANGUEURS TENDRES
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LE GAZOÜILLEMENT
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA BERSAN
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES BARICADES MISTÉRIEUSES
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES BERGERIES
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA COMMÉRE
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LE MOUCHERON
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
SEPTIÊME ORDRE:
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA MÉNETOU
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· LES PETITS ÂGES:

· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA MUSE NAISSANTE 1RE [PARTIE]
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
L`ENFANTINE 2E PARTIE
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
L`ADOLESCENTE 3E PARTIE
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES DÉLICES 4E PARTIE
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA BASQUE
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA CHAZÉ
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LES AMUSEMENS
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· HUITIÊME ORDRE:

· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
LA RAPHAÉLE
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· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS
ALLEMANDE L`AUSONIÉNE
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