Francois Couperin and the French classical tradition / Wilfrid Mellers.
By: Mellers, Wilfrid [author].
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Faber & Faber, 1987Edition: New and revised edition.Description: xvi, 526 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0571139833 (hardback).Subject(s): Couperin, François, 1668-1733 | Composers -- France -- BiographyDDC classification: 780.92 COUItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Store Item | 780.92 COU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00205446 | |||
General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 780.92 COU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00101124 |
Bibliography: (pages 505-513) and indexes.
The life -- Values and standards in the grand siecle -- Taste during the grand siecle -- Music, the court and the theatre -- The organ masses -- The two-violin sonatas -- The secular vocal works -- The church music -- The clavecin works -- The Concerts royaux and Suites for viols -- Chronology, influence and conclusions -- Couperin's theoretical work, with comments on rhythm, ornamentation and phrasing -- Couperin's resources and his use of them (with notes on the modern performance of his work)