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gladgrad
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« on: 14:46:47, 27-08-2007 »
Does anyone know of an up to date book on the music of the French Baroque?

French Baroque Music: From Beaujoyeulx to Rameau by J R Anthony seems to be cited in so many places but it's quite a few years old and research moves so quickly now that I wonder if there is something more recent.

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richard barrett
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« Reply #1 on: 15:02:56, 27-08-2007 »
The literature on French baroque music in English is quite limited, and Anthony is still as far as I know the best general introduction, though French Baroque Opera: A Reader edited by Caroline Wood and Graham Sadler (Ashgate 2000, ISBN 1-84014-241-3) is an excellent source of information on that subject.
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« Reply #2 on: 17:16:28, 27-08-2007 »
Anthony is the only book I've read - there is a Grove book on French composers as well, but that's pretty elementary. I think there might be some other books on Rameau in particular, but I don't know any further details. What would anyone recommend that's in French?
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« Reply #3 on: 19:47:51, 27-08-2007 »
Just had a squint at Abebooks, http://www.abebooks.co.uk/ some oldish books:

Rameau - Jean Malignon (1960) £2

Jean-Philippe Rameau: His Life and Work (1970) (ISBN: 0486214168)  - Cuthbert Girdlestone £2.22

Reflexions sur l'Art et la Vie de Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764).
BERTHIER, Paul  £14.95

Rameau and Musical Thought in the Enlightenment (ISBN: 052161709X)
Christensen, Thomas Foreword by Ian Bent, (2004) £22

Élémens de musique: Théorique et pratique, suivant les principes de m. Rameau, éclaircis, développés et simplifiés (ISBN: 0543949974)
Jean Le Rond D\\\'Alembert (2002)

and look at THIS by the man himself:

Elements de Musique theorique et pratique, suivant les Principes de M. Rameau, eclaircis, developpes et simplifies . Nouvelle Edition, revue corrigee & considerablement augmentee. ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond de' (1772) £600 !!!

Treatise on Harmony (ISBN: 0486224619) - Rameau, Jean Philippe (Author) Gossett, Philip (Translator)  £6.63

DEMONSTRATION DU PRINCIPE DE L'HARMONIE SERVANT DE BASE A TOUT L'ART MUSICAL THEORIQUE ET PRATIQUE PARIS 1750 - Rameau, Jean-Philippe (Edition 1930)

some music too

Complete Works for Solo Keyboard (ISBN: 9780486278476) - Rameau, Jean-Phillip for £2.92

Twenty Sonatas for Piano Solo (ISBN: 9780757919022)  - Rameau £2.71

Jean-Philippe Rameau ( 1683 - 1764 ) Pieces De Clavecin with the composer's original appended texts unabridged and with several facsimile reproductions
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [ edited by Erwin R. Jacobi ] £14.00


also

The Rules of Musical Interpretation in the Baroque Era (17th - 18th centuries) common to all instruments. Translated by John Lambert.
VEILHAN, Jean-Claude (1979) £15.95

French Baroque Masters (New Grove Composer Biography) (ISBN: 0333390229)
James R. Anthony, et al (1986) £4.74
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Chafing Dish
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« Reply #4 on: 20:43:39, 27-08-2007 »
My go-to guy is Davitt Moroney, but he hasn't written a book as far as I know.

If you're ever in a hurry, don't mention the Couperins or d'Anglebert or Dandrieu in his presence, or you'll be caught in his fascinating flights of fancy like a deer in headlights.
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gladgrad
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« Reply #5 on: 10:36:20, 28-08-2007 »
Thanks to all who have replied so far.

My French is not really up to reading about 17th and 18th century musical forms so it looks as if I'll be sticking with the Anthony book as an overview - at least it's still in print!
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