[Suites] - Dandrieu, Jean François 1682-1738; Francœur, François 1698-1787; Rebel, François 1701-1775 (France [?])
Keyboard score in manuscript. The first part contains forty numbered pages with dances referring to several Dandrieu compositions from different publications for harpsichord. The second part containing twenty-five unnumbered pages with some dances from Francœur and Rebel's 'Tarsis et Zélie' and 'Pirame et Thisbé' by François Francœur and François Rebel.
"Recueil assez curieux. Pour les airs des opéras de Rebel et Francœur, il faudrait vérifier si ce sont des arrangements ou bien de simples copies des partitions réduites. Plusieurs pièces non identifiées." (dixit Julien Dubruque, CMBV, 18 July 2023)
Digitized by iGuana, Spring 2022
Francœur and Rebel's 'Pirame et Thisbé' premiered in 1726, 'Tarsis et Zélie' in 1728
Purchased by Ton Koopman, together with 09G27, from the antiquarian library Dominique Couëffé in Lyon, who provided it with extensive documentation on the provenance of the compositions
Contemporary cardboard binding with ornamental paper, partially restored by Cor Knops
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Keyboard music; Harpsichord; Suite; France