Complete Works for Solo Keyboard (Dover Classical Piano Music)

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

ISBN 10: 0486278476 / ISBN 13: 9780486278476

Published by Dover Publications, 1994

About this Item

From the Complete Works edition edited by Camille Saint-Saens. Minor wear, clean text.

Seller Inventory # 008955

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete Works for Solo Keyboard (Dover Classical Piano Music)
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486278476
• ISBN 13: 9780486278476
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A contemporary of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, and Telemann, Jean-Phillipe Rameau (1683–1764) was a notable theorist and innovator and the preeminent French composer of his day. 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. Because the composer attempted to use his keyboard as a sustaining instrument, these pieces lend themselves especially well to performance on modern pianos. Now today's musicians can enjoy Rameau's complete oeuvre for solo keyboard in this inexpensive high-quality edition.