A Catalogue of French Harpsichord Music 1699-1780

A catalogue of the known, printed French harpsichord music between 1699 and 1780, amounting to over 230 volumes and 150 manuscripts. It completes the bibliographic survey in Bruce Gustafson's "French Harpsichord Music of the 17th Century: A Thematic Catalog of the Sources with Commentary".
This catalogue completes the bibliographic survey of French harpsichord music begun in Bruce Gustafson's French Harpsichord Music of the Seventeenth Century: A Thematic Catalogue of Sources with Commentary (Ann Arbor, 1979). It has entries for all of the printed music known to have existed, over 230 volumes, and 150 manuscripts. It offers precise transcriptions of the title pages, full contents, dating, locations, editions, facsimiles, evaluations in the contemporary
press, identifications of dedicatees, and stylistic comments.

The eighteenth-century French harpsichord repertory is shown to extend from 1699 to about 1780, from Louis Marchand's Pieces de clavecin to the four Symphonies concertantes by Jean-Francois Tapray that juxtapose the harpsichord and piano as solo instruments. All original keyboard music is included. Since the introduction of the piano into France occurred during the twenty years preceding 1780, this Catalogue includes some music that may have been intended for that instrument rather
than for the harpsichord. This period of transition is discussed in full in the Introduction.