Two Masses for Organ Couperin Francois Paperback
Two Masses for Organ Couperin Francois Paperback One of the greatest figures of the French classical school, Fran ois Couperin (1668-1733), called le grand, was royal organist at the court of Louis…
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Two Masses for Organ Couperin Francois Paperback
One of the greatest figures of the French classical school, Fran ois Couperin (1668-1733), called le grand, was royal organist at the court of Louis XIV and the leading French composer of his day. His two masses for organ were his only compositions for this instrument.Published when Couperin was only 21, his organ masses display not only a thoroughly assured compositional technique, but a rich gift for melodic lines both expressive and ebullient. Trained early as an organist, he possessed solid contrapuntal skills as well as a softness and naturalness of style characteristic of French music.
Messe pour les Couvents is more intimate in style, possibly used in pseudo-plainchant musical mass popular in French religious communities in the late 17th century. The majestic Messe pour les Paroisses was intended for use on principal feast days of the church. Both works,