"Les Folies Françoises"

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="137baf20.jpg" border=0 width="186" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=92 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660000" FACE="New Berolina MT" ><B>Harpy Music</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harpy Music"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Uncommon Ground"><U>"Uncommon Ground"</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Suite No. 1 (Z. 660)"><U>"Suite No. 1" (Z. 660)</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Four Traditional Tunes for Lever Harp En"><U>"Four Traditional Tunes for Lever Harp Ensemble"</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grave PG/800"><U>"Grave PG/800"</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulcet Muse"><U>"Dulcet Muse"</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Ave Maria Album"><U>"The Ave Maria Album"</U></A>   |   <B>"Les Folies Françoises"</B>   |   <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seasons"><U>"Seasons</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Musa Antiqua"><U>"Musa Antiqua</U></A>"</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=388 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <bR> <div> <I><B>Les Folies Françoises</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>ou, Les Dominos</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>a suite of twelve pieces by</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>François Couperin</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Monotype Corsiva" ><I><B>  </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Monotype Corsiva" ><I><B>This 25-pg. set of twelve rococo pieces from the keyboard works of Couperin le Grand is based on masks, colours and the various aspects of love.  The book has extensive background notes on the history of the pieces, ornamentation, temperament, performance styles and the validity of using a lever harp for music of this period.  Although some of the pieces are straightforward, others require some rather tricky lever changes (late baroque music being fairly heavily chromatic); I would therefore say that the pieces range from early intermediate to advanced.  It is a lovely, evocative suite and admirably suited to the timbre of the harp.</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Les Folies Françoises </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>ou, les Dominos</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(The French Follies, or the masks)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>La Virginité</U></B></I><I><B> (Virginity, in a transparent Mask)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>La Pudeur</U></B></I><I><B> (Modesty, in a pink-coloured mask)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>L'Ardeur</U></B></I><I><B> (Ardour, in a crimson mask)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>La Persévérance</U></B></I><I><B> (Perseverance, in a flax-gray mask)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>La Langueur</U></B></I><I><B> (Langour, in a violet mask)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>La Coquetérie</U></B></I><I><B> (Coquetry, in a mask of different</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>                 colours)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>Les Vieux Galans et les Trésorieres suranées</U></B></I><I><B>  (Aging </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>        Suitors and Fading Charms, in masks</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>        of purple and dead leaves)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>Les Coucous Bénévoles</U></B></I><I><B> (Complacent Cuckoos, in yellow</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>         masks)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>La Jalousie taciturne</U></B></I><I><B> (Taciturn Jealousy, in a </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>         dark-gray mask)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B><U>La Frénésie, ou le Désespoir</U></B></I><I><B> (Frenzy or Despair, in</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>         a black mask). </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>$10 US, including postage</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but22.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="mdethier@mnsi.net"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Les Folies Francoises"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="11.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="mdethier@mnsi.net"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/view_cart.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="display" value="1"> </form>  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>    </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>