One of the great black holes in the history of Western music is the lack of roughly the first two centuries of harpsichord music from France, despite ample evidence that the tradition was flourishing well before its most famous exponent, François Couperin, took his place at the manuals. The reasons for this lapse are manifold, though a lack of surviving manuscripts and the refusal of monopolistic French printer Ballard to publish such material remain among the most conspicuous suspects. Notwithstanding the breach in the ...
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One of the great black holes in the history of Western music is the lack of roughly the first two centuries of harpsichord music from France, despite ample evidence that the tradition was flourishing well before its most famous exponent, François Couperin, took his place at the manuals. The reasons for this lapse are manifold, though a lack of surviving manuscripts and the refusal of monopolistic French printer Ballard to publish such material remain among the most conspicuous suspects. Notwithstanding the breach in the repertoire, Canadian harpsichordist Johanne Couture has put together an intriguing program out of some of the earliest extant French harpsichord music in her album La Belle Homicide for the enterprising early-music.com label. This draws from expected sources within this realm, such as Champion de Chambonnières, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, and Louis Couperin, but also draws from lute music known to have been played interchangeably on both instruments; most of these pieces date from the...
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Anonymous; Anonymous, French; Ennemond Gaultier; François Dufaut; Germain Pinel; Jacques Champion Chambonnières;... New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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