# Couperin: L'Art de toucher le Clavecin: Piano Book

- **Brand:** Alfred Music
- **Price:** $14.95
- **Catalog:** alfred
- **Retailer:** alfred
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- **GTIN:** 9780739007600

## Summary

Couperin's L'Art de toucher le Clavecin, an 18th-century instructional book on harpsichord technique, fingering, and performance style, edited and translated by Margery Halford.

## Description

An important 18th-century instruction book, Couperin's The Art of Playing the Harpsichord contains valuable information on technique, fingering, phrasing, ornamentation and keyboard performance style. Halford's scholarly introduction includes a biographical sketch of the composer, a thorough discussion of French Baroque ornamentation and a useful summary of Couperin's style. The eight preludes used by Couperin to illustrate his approach are musical gems rarely found in other collections.

## Categories

- **Categories:** Shipped

## Enrichment

- **Type:** book
- **Type Synonyms:** sheet music, instructional book, piano book
- **Age Groups:** adult
- **Tags:** educational, musical notation, classical music
- **Category Path:** Media > Sheet Music
- **Compatible instrument:** Keyboard, Piano
- **Canonical Brand:** Alfred Music

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