Six sonates pour le clavecin ou le piano forte. Oeuvre V - - Editions : (c.1766)Six sonatas for the harpsichord or piano forte. Opera XVII - Edition : Londres, s.d. = (c.1779)Présentation par Jeanne Roudet : introduction - éléments d'interprétation (ornementation, dynamique) - appendice 1 (erreurs et approximations) - appendice 2 (aménagements proposés).Ces sonates peuvent être interprétées aussi …

Harpsichord Pieces LP. 78 is a set of works for Harpsichord written by Joseph Hector Fiocco and edited by Diana Petech. This edition includes a really complete preface with comments and advice to work through this book and explanations of all the symbols that can be found in it. It features 24 pieces divided in two suites with the second suite set in a more traditional layout than the first o…

Duphly's Harpsichord Pieces is in two volumes and the compilation remains a favourite in the Harpsichord repertoire. Jacques Duphly (1715-1789) studied the Harpsichord and Organ as a boy becoming a virtuoso of both instruments. Comprising Gavottes Menuets and other works this second volume of La Pupite's collection of Duphly's Harpsichord Pieces exemplifies the composer's skills on the Harp…

Richard Siegel won prizes for the Harpsichord and Chamber Music at the Paris Conservatoire before going on the win first prize in the 1977 International Harpsichord Competition. He has since recorded over 30 CDs and his passion for the instrument has been further apparent in his production of Apprendre à Toucher le Clavecin. As stated in the preface the study of the Harpsichord has long been res…

De La Guerre's Harpsichord Pieces was composed in 1687. The compilation remains a favourite in the Harpsichord repertoire. Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729) was born into an important family of musicians in Paris. Comprising four Suites de La Guerre exemplified in her compositions her own skills on the Harpsichord. Each of the Suites begin with a Prelude Allemande two Courantes Sarab…

The second volume of Couperin's Pieces for Harpsichord does not contain a date of publication however it is thought to have been composed during 1716-1717 due to the address which the composer gave on his other Harpsichord compositions. Yet the compilation remains a favourite. François Couperin (1668-1733) is often nicknamed 'Couperin the Great' to distinguish him from other members of the mu…

F minor BWV 1056-In early 1729 Bach became director of the so-called 'Scottish Collegium Musician' a music organization of students and local citizens. The remarkable results of this undertaking are the concertos for harpsichord. Today it is almost certain that practically all of these concertos were transcribed from concertos for melody instruments (mostly violin or oboe).The Concerto in F minor …

Suite For The Harpsichord is a work by Lennox Berkeley written whilst he was based in Paris and studying under Nadia Boulanger. The suite is a wonderful example of a work for Harpsichord writtenat the time of major revival for the instrument as well as the new style of composition Berkeley was discovering. The work is edited by Christopher D. Lewis and lasts around 14 minutes.

Selected from Musica Britannica Volume 73. Edited by Robert Klakowich. Amateur and professional players with an interest in Baroque repertoire will welcome this generous selection of 25 harpsichord pieces by John Blow (1649-1708). Blow stands as the dominant figure of English harpsichord composition in the late seventeenth century, the master of an individual school that merged continental influen…

This edition of Harpsichord Music features the three volumes composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau: “Livre de Piece de clavecin” “Pieces de Clavessin” and “Nouvelle suite de Pieces de clavecin”. The second and third volumes are divided into 2 parts each and the whole book has a total duration of 2 hours and 10 minutes (22 minutes for the first book 52 and 53 minute…

D minor BWV 1052-In early 1729 Bach became director of the so-called »Scottish Collegium Musician« a music organization of students and local citizens. The remarkable results of this undertaking are the concertos for harpsichord. Today it is almost certain that practically all of these concertos were transcribed from concertos for melody instruments (mostly violin or oboe).The D-minor Concerto…

E major BWV 1053-In early 1729 Bach became director of the so-called »Scottish Collegium Musician« a music organization of students and local citizens. The remarkable results of this undertaking are the concertos for harpsichord. Today it is almost certain that practically all of these concertos were transcribed from concertos for melody instruments (mostly violin or oboe).BWV 1053 is the seco…

Written for solo harpsichord.The composer writes: In 1989 I composed Jardin des herbes a set of three pieces for solo harpsichord. My intention was to evoke the colour and delicate aromatic qualities of three herbs rosemary sweet violet and lavender. Rosemary is a bush with pale blue flowers glowing in the moonlight Sweet Violet is described as early spring flowers with seductive scent and L…

Serpentine Dances for Harpsichord

Grades 4-8-Benchmark publication setting standards of sight-reading ability tested in the Board's examinations useful practice material for all harpsichord candidates