Lemoine Manuscrit De Mlle De Bloren - Clavecin

Summary of This Score

Manuscript no. 108 from the Roanne Municipal Media Library gathers harpsichord pieces, airs, and chamber music pieces, offering a valuable testimony of amateur musical practice. A notable feature: the author of the collection, "Ce livre apartien à Mademoiselle de Bloren la cadete," did not indicate the composers' names, and no date appears in the manuscript.

Musicological research nevertheless places the writing after 1699 and identifies several pieces from the 17th century. For this edition, the choice focused on the harpsichord pieces, considered the most musically and pedagogically relevant. The airs were excluded as they are often found in more reliable sources, while the chamber music pieces, sometimes unfinished and requiring extensive corrections, were not retained.

The content offers a journey through characteristic forms and dances: forlane, gavottes, bourrée, sarabandes, musette, as well as transcriptions and nods to the repertoire (Campra, Lully, Lebègue, Couperin, Destouches). Notably included are a Prelude, Les Folies d'Espagne, Minuets and their doubles, and a Chaconne. Some pages, placed towards the end of the manuscript, seem later and even open the possibility of a two-harpsichord performance according to the texture proposed.

Technical specifications

Musical Genre

Classical

Publication

Sheet music

Arranger	Martial Morand	Pages	40
Instrumentation	harpsichord	Year of publication	2006
Genre	classical score