Couperin

Summary

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-Gervais. 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. 1#17 Interpretation25 Mar 2021 · 0:00
2. 2#2 From Lévi-Strauss to Nerval, on music3 Dec 2020 · 1:18:19
3. 3#15 Plato, Rousseau, Hegel and music9 Feb 2021 · 1:01:14
4. 4#3 What is called modern music?3 Dec 2020 · 30:05
5. 5John Lewis: classical or jazz?29 Jun 2022 · 6:01
6. 6Evil, or the “unknowing” of the self2 Dec 2024 · 55:15

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