Organ & keyboard
Baroque · 1717

Les Barricades Mystérieuses

F. CouperinPièces de Clavecin Bk 2

Key
Bb
Time
C
Tempo
♩=60
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Harpsichord rondeau. The 'mysterious barricades' have never been definitively explained.

Teaching points

  • Style brisé broken-chord lute imitation
  • French rondeau form
  • AO3: unsolved title mystery
Full score ↓Public domain

1717 + Henle urtext, public domain.

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