Pièces de Clavecin
The French Baroque composer Jean -Philippe Rameau Pièces de clavecin wrote three books for harpsichord. The first Premier Livre de Pièces de clavecin, published in 1706, the second, Pièces de Clavessin, 1724, and the third, Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de clavecin, 1726 or 1727th This was followed in 1741 Pièces de clavecin en Concerts, in which the harpsichord plays either alone or accompanied by violin and viola da gamba. A single piece, La Dauphine, followed in 1747.
- 2.1 Suite in E Minor
- 2.2 Suite in D Major
- 2.3 Use of the pieces in stage music
- 3.1 Publication History
- 3.2 Suite in A Minor
- 3.3 Suite in G-Dur/g-Moll
Premier Livre de Pièces de clavecin ( 1706)
Suite in A Minor
22 min
A special feature of the two-part Prelude should be noted at the beginning of the suite, the first part is listed as Prélude non mesure in free rhythm without barlines.
Pièces de Clavessin ( 1724)
Suite in E Minor
22 min
Suite in D Major
About 30 minutes
Use of the pieces in stage music
The Rameau biographer Cuthbert Girdlestone believed that Musette, tambourine and the Rigaudons the suite were used in E minor already for the ( no longer extant ) incidental music to L' Endriague (1723 ). Musette and Tambourin Rameau later for Les Fêtes d' Hébé ( 1739 ) was used. Also pieces from the D major Suite took Rameau in later stage music: The first part of L' Entretien of the Muses can also be found in Les Fêtes d' Hébé, Les Tendres Plaintes in Zoroastre ( 1749) and Les niais de Sologne in Dardanus ( 1739 ).
Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de clavecin (1726-1727)
Publication history
The exact date of publication Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de clavecin, which was edited by Rameau at its own expense, is controversial. In its 1958 edition carried the editor Erwin Jacobi gives 1728 as the year of publication to. He was succeeded by Kenneth Gilbert in his edition of 1979. Other authors argued later that the works were not published before 1729 or 1730. In contrast, a recent study undertaken based on the address given in the frontispiece Rameau ( Rue des deux boules aux Trois Rois ) is based, that the work must have been published earlier, since Rameau in 1728 moved to another apartment. It follows that the first edition appeared between February 1726 and summer 1727. This date is also supported by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg indicating 1726 release date.
From the original edition of 1726/27 almost 40 copies still exist. Two further editions followed in 1760 The first -. Maybe printed just before 1760 - was mainly a reprint of the original copper plates, to which, however, some plates were remade because they were apparently no longer readable or lost. The second edition was published in London under the title A Collection of Lessons for the harpsichord with the publisher John Walsh, based on the previous Paris Edition.
Suite in A Minor
About 33 min
Suite in G-Dur/g-Moll
About 23 min
Theoretical Notes
Both the second and the third volume of his harpsichord pieces Rameau preceded by theoretical notes. The notes to the second volume bear the title "On the finger technique harpsichord ". In the notes to the third volume of the composer first explains some ornaments and describes the proper choice of tempo. This is followed by longer versions are enharmonic, which enters the pieces L' Enharmonique and La Triomphante apply. On the other hand conceals Rameau at this point that L' Enharmonique is basically constructed on the notes BACH, the sound of two prominent places of the piece in the upper voice and gracieusement are highlighted by the match statement.