Complete Works for Solo Keyboard (Dover Music for Piano)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (798 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486278476 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Now today's musicians can enjoy Rameau's complete oeuvre for solo keyboard in this inexpensive high-quality edition.. Because the composer attempted to use his keyboard as a sustaining instrument, these pieces lend themselves especially well to performance on modern pianos. The depth and power that characterize his music are in ample evidence in this volume of all 63 of Rameau's works for keyboard, published between 1706 and 1741, including such well-known pieces as "Musette en Rondeau," "Tambourin," "Les Niais de Sologne," "Les Cyclopes," and "La Poule." The music is reproduced here from the important and well-produced edition of Rameau's keyboard works edited by Camille Saint-Saëns. A contemporary of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, and Telemann, Jean-Phillipe Rameau (1683–1764) was a notable t
Etherealnate said A treasure to have in my collection. How revolutionary Rameau is. Surely he was writing music without any kind of agenda and so his ideas shine without adulteration. This edition of his complete works for keyboard is a joy to own. If I could only have one book of music this would be it. I say this as a pianist. This is important because if I were to play this music on a harpsichord it would be unsatisfying and almost incorrect. It is clearly edited with the piano and it's sustaining abilities in mind. Saint-Saens edited this music and has romantic influence in his editing. I don't think the purist woul. "Rameau is the apex of the french keyboard tradition." according to A Customer. 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 theri. "The Wrong Edition" according to tduelto. 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.