FRENCH PIANO MUSIC, AN ANTHOLOGY
BY: ISIDOR PHILIPP

AUTHOR/EDITOR: ISIDOR PHILIPP
FORMAT: MUSIC SCORES
PAGE COUNT: 192

DESCRIPTION:
-PIANO MUSIC IS AS ESSENTIAL TO FRANCE AS THE OPERA IS TO ITALY OR LIEDER TO GERMANY. THIS ANTHOLOGY, A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF FRENCH PIANO MUSIC, SELECTS AND PRESENTS 44 SHORT PIANO WORKS RANGING FROM 1670 TO 1906. TWENTY-EIGHT COMPOSERS, ALL FRENCH OR ACTIVE IN FRANCE, ARE FEATURED: JACQUES CHAMPION DE CHAMBONNIÈRES , JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY, ANDRÉ CAMPRA, FRANÇOIS COUPERIN, ANDRÉ-CARDINAL DESTOUCHES, JEAN-BAPTISTE LOEILLET, JEAN-FRANÇOIS DANDRIEU, JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU, FRANÇOIS DAGINCOURT, LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN, JOHANN SCHOBERT, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH GOSSEC, CHARLES-HENRI VALENTIN ALKAN, GEORGES MATHIAS, CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS, LÉO DELIBES, THÉODORE DUBOIS, GEORGE BIZET, EMMANUEL CHABRIER, JULES MASSENET, CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR, GABRIEL FAURÉ, BENJAMIN GODARD, VINCENT D`INDY, CÉCILE CHAMINADE, CAMILLE ERLANGER, GABRIEL PIERNÉ, AND THIS VOLUME`S EDITOR, THE WELL-KNOWN PIANIST, COMPOSER, AND TEACHER ISIDOR PHILIPP.
SOME OF THE PIECES ARE EXTREMELY POPULAR AND FAVORITES WITH PIANISTS AT ALL LEVELS. OTHERS, ALTHOUGH EQUALLY IMPORTANT, ARE MORE OBSCURE. INCLUDED IS A WIDE RANGE OF COMPOSITIONS: COURANTES, PASSEPIEDS, SARABANDES, GIGUES, GAVOTTES, PRELUDES, MINUETS, WALTZES, ROMANCES, SCHERZOS, CAPRICES. WORKS OF SPECIAL INTEREST INCLUDE RAMEAU`S 'THE HEN,' GOSSEC`S 'GAVOTTE,' SAINT-SAËNS` 'SONG WITHOUT WORDS,' LULLY`S 'COURANTE IN E MINOR,' AND COUPERIN`S 'LES PAPILLONS.'