{"product_id":"complete-keyboard-works-series-one-book-francois-couperin-9780486257952","title":"Complete Keyboard Works Series One","description":"\u003cp\u003eHis melodic imagination displays admirable freshness. He possesses a delicate harmonic sense. His themes show the inspirations of an impassioned musician: perfectly created, firm in line, vivid, and enduring in color. His art never wavers; it consistently exhibits a magnificent technique. -- John Gillespie, \u003ci\u003eFive Centuries of Keyboard Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis famous edition, prepared a century ago by Johannes Brahms and Friedrich Chrysander, presents all of the 27 keyboard suites, or Ordres, by the great French composer Fran ois Couperin (1668-1733). Also included are the Allemande and 8 Preludes from Couperin's famous harpsichord treatise, \u003ci\u003eL'Art de Toucher le Clavecin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eIn these magnificent works (there are over 200 compositions in the two volumes) lies the supreme achievement of French keyboard music, a rich source of subtle, sometimes startling, always pleasurable music for keyboard artists and students at every level of expertise. The moods, rhythms, and melodies of these distinctive compositions range across a broad musical spectrum, from crisp gavottes to noble sarabandes, from flowing allemandes to lively gigues. Some of the pieces suggest carnival merriment, others tender reflection; most have colorful and mysterious names. Couperin's virtuoso command of harpsichord style, his magnificent technique, and ever-fresh melodic imagination pervade them all.\u003cbr\u003eWitty, graceful, and tuneful, the keyboard works of Couperin represent a wonderful legacy of late-baroque masterpieces. Beautifully reproduced in this inexpensive edition, they make abundantly clear the justice of Bach's intense admiration for Couperin's music and the aptness of the French master's surname -- le grand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49675350016273,"sku":"GOR008203363","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49954638168337,"sku":"CIN0486257959A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50109661249809,"sku":"GOR009098706","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50232861425937,"sku":"CIN0486257959G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51699284771089,"sku":"GOR014366807","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486257959.jpg?v=1750698047","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/complete-keyboard-works-series-one-buch-francois-couperin-9780486257952","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}