Couperin

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions François Couperin briefly, mostly in his "Musicosophie" sessions. He opens the session devoted to interpretation with Les Barricades mystérieuses, in which he hears an almost rock-like syncopation1. Elsewhere, he mentions Marcelle Meyer's performances of Couperin on the piano2. He places him in a line of descent: Bach admires him, and Couperin appears in Anna Magdalena's notebook3. He also recalls that Couperin is the subject of Ravel's Tombeau, in a session where he asks what is meant by modern music4. He also links him to jazz, reporting that John Lewis would have dreamed of knowing him5. In addition, he cites him alongside Rameau6 and, in a session devoted to Madame de Staël, mentions a burial at Saint-Gervais7. In these passages, Couperin serves as a reference point rather than as the object of sustained analysis: he links French Baroque music to Bach, to Ravel and to jazz.

1. 1Musicosophie 17. L'interprétation25 Mar 2021 · 0:00
2. 2Musicosophie 2. De Lévi-Strauss à Nerval à propos de la musique3 Dec 2020 · 1:18:19
3. 3Musicosophie 15. Platon, Rouseau, Hegel et la musique9 Feb 2021 · 1:01:14
4. 4Musicosophie 3. Qu'appelle-t-on une musique moderne?3 Dec 2020 · 30:05
5. 5JOHN LEWIS - CLASSIQUE OU JAZZ ? • Pagani Parle Musique29 Jun 2022 · 6:01
6. 6Le Mal ou la "déconnaissance" de soi2 Dec 2024 · 55:15
7. 7Staël (Mme de )26 May 2019 · 9:04

Summary produced automatically from 7 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.