Details
- Instrument:
- Piano Solo
- Genres:
- Baroque Period
- Composers:
- Francois Couperin
- Publishers:
- Alfred Music Kalmus Classic Edition
- UPC:
- 029156690842
- ISBN:
- 9780769280189
- Format:
- Collection / Songbook
- Item types:
- Physical
- Artist:
- Francois Couperin
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 120
- Shipping Weight:
- 0.48 pounds
Piano
SKU: AP.K03318
Volume 2. Composed by Francois Couperin. Masterworks; Piano Collection. Kalmus Edition. Baroque; Masterwork. Book. 120 pages. Kalmus Classic Edition #00-K03318. Published by Kalmus Classic Edition (AP.K03318).ISBN 9780769280189. UPC: 029156690842. English.
Couperin's harpsichord music can be played on solo harpsichord or performed as small chamber works. These pieces were grouped into ordres, which were Couperin's own version of suites, containing traditional dances as well as descriptive pieces. Many of Couperin's keyboard pieces have evocative, picturesque titles and express a mood through key choices, adventurous harmonies and (resolved) discords. They have been likened to miniature tone poems. This collection contains Ordres 5-9.
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- Instrument:
- Piano and Keyboard Piano Piano Solo
- Artists:
- Francois Couperin
- Publisher:
- Alfred Music Kalmus Classic Edition