Francois Couperin, known as 'le grand', won renown when, at the early age of 25 in 1693, he was appointed to a high position in Louis XIV's private chapel. In the following years he compiled the core...
Passions, emotions, affects: They are at the heart of the study of harpsichord music of the "Grand Si?cle" in France, which produced composers such as Louis Couperin, Henry Du Mont and Jean-Henri...
Although the composers of the French baroque were remarkably prolific, they left US relatively little chamber music. Luckily, the few works extant are as well-written those by Vivaldi or Bach and...