Pièces de clavecin (Rameau)
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Pièces de clavecin are three books of pieces for the harpsichord written by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. The first book was published in 1706; the second in 1724; and the third in 1729 or 1730 (as Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin). They were followed in 1741 by Pièces de clavecin en concerts, in which the harpsichord is accompanied by a flute, a violin and a viola da gamba.
Contents |
[edit] Book One (1706)
- One suite in A minor:
[edit] Book Two (1724)
- Suite in E minor:
- Suite in D major:
- Les tendres plaintes. Rondeau
- Les niais de Sologne and two variations
- Les soupirs. Tendrement
- La joyeuse. Rondeau.
- La follette. Rondeau.
- L'entretien des muses.
- La boiteuse.
- Les tourbillons. Rondeau.
- Le lardon. Menuet.
- Les cyclopes. Rondeau.
[edit] Book Three (1729 or 1730)
- Suite in A major:
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Les trois mains
- Fanfarinette
- La triomphante
- Gavotte and six variations
- Suite in G major:
- Les tricotets. Rondeau.
- L'indifférente
- Menuets I & II
- La poule
- Les triolets
- Les sauvages
- L'enharmonique. Gracieusement.
- L'égyptienne
[edit] Pièces de clavecin en concerts (1741)
The five "concerts" consist of the following pieces:
- First concert:
- La coulicam
- La Livri
- Le Vézinet
- Second concert:
- La Laborde
- La Boucon
- L'Agaçante
- First and second minuet (in rondo form)
- Third concert:
- La La Poplinière
- La Timide
- First and second tamborin (in rondo form)
- Fourth concert:
- La Pantomime
- L'indiscrète
- La Rameau
- Fifth concert:
- La Forqueray
- La Cupis
- La Marais
[edit] Recordings
[edit] Sources
- Cuthbert Girdlestone Jean-Philippe Rameau: His Life and Work (Dover paperback edition, 1969)
- The New Grove French Baroque Masters ed. Graham Sadler (Grove/Macmillan, 1988)
