Complete Works for Solo Keyboard |
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Author:
Jean-Philippe Rameau
By Dover Publications
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Product Description
Treasury of 63 works for keyboard by major French composer, harmonic innovator. Published between 1706 and 1741, they are reprinted in this volume from the authoritative edition edited by Camille Saint-Saëns. Included are such well-known pieces as: "Musette en Rondeau," "Tambourin," "Les Niais de Sologne," "Les Cyclopes" and "La Poule." Sustained tone makes these pieces especially well-suited to modern piano.
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delightful sighreading exercise, 2007-02-28
I would not call Rameau a great composer, because I apply that title only to a composer who can be profound and melodious at the same time. The dance partitas are profound, but a first-time listener could not make heads or tails out of them. Most of the other pieces are melodious. For example, there is the celebrated Tambourin (pp. 32-33). However, the more melodious pieces tend to fall quickly into the 4-measure scheme and the cookie cutter instrumental forms.
But I'm not snobbish. These compositions are good enough for me, and I recommend this book to you.
Most of the pieces are easy enough to sightread. There are, however, some difficult passages, most of which involve hand-crossing. A notable example is "The Three Hands" on pages 67-71. On page 48, there is a passage which requires playing a trill and a countermelody with the same hand.
I played through the book in 4 1/2 hours. See how your keyboard velocity compares with mine.
I especially liked the a minor gavotte (pp. 76-80). See how your tastes compare with mine.
The pieces of doubtful authenticity (pp. 114-134) seemed authentic to me, but I don't know very much about French baroque music. See how your judgment compares with mine.
complete works for solo keyboard by Rameau, 2007-01-11
More than acceptable condition and delivered within good time
Lovely, 2006-07-05
This has all the Rameau keyboard works you could ever want. Good binding, good print. Over all, very good book.
The Wrong Edition, 2005-01-31
This edition "took such liberties with the original in the matter of ornaments" (cf. C. Girdlestone, Jean-Philippe Rameau; his life and work, rev. & enl. ed.). If you want a reliable and scholarly edition, find the Jacobi one.
Rameau is the apex of the french keyboard tradition., 1998-06-01
Rameau is the apex of french harpsichord music. He has an excellent mastery of chromatisism offset by a firm grasp of counterpoint.His music reflects a wide variety of styles,from a Couperinesque simplicity to an almost Bachian complexity.he often incorperates folk-like melodies,and elaborates them in a form of consumate mastery, bringing them up from their humble beginings and transforming them into works of consumate mastery. he is the fully worhty developement of three hundred years of french musical advancement,and certainly the successor to all the genius therin.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9780486278476
ISBN: 0486278476
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 1994-03-02
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications |
