Classic Catalog - Sheets music facsimiles - French Classical Music from 1650 to 1800

This facsimile sheet music by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier is part of our French classical music collection.

Vingt-deuxième oeuvre.
Edition: Paris, l'Auteur, Boivin, Le Clerc, 1728.
These extremely original works are also interesting from a pedagogical point of view.
A “must” for anyone interested in the baroque flute.
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This facsimile of an original by Joseph Valette de Montigny is part of our French Classical Music from 1650 to 1800 collection.

Song music sheet: Motets for I, II, III voices with and without instruments and continuo bass. Book I of Joseph Valette de Montigny.

Edition: Paris, C. Ballard, 1711.

Little known today, these very fine motets ha...

This facsimile sheet music by Jean-Baptiste Stuck is part of our French classical music collection.

Edition: Paris, C. Ballard, 1714.

The copy reproduced here contains interesting handwritten annotations concerning the instrumentation.

Preface by Jean Saint-Arroman: the recitatives of J.B Stuck.

Other details on the formation:
Soprano and...

This facsimile sheet music by Jean-Baptiste Stuck is part of our French classical music collection.

Edition: Paris, C. Ballard, 1711.

The original edition of these excellent cantatas. The preface contains a study of ornamentation used in Stuck's cantatas and chronological list of French cantatas from 1683 to 1789.

Preface by:
Jean Saint-Arroman...

This facsimile sheet music by Jean-Baptiste Stuck is part of our French classical music collection.

Edition: Paris, C. Ballard, 1708.

The introduction is by Bertrand Porot, a speciaslit of Jean-Baptiste Stuck.

Preface by Bertrand Porot: the cantatas of Stuck.

Collection supervised by the musicologist Jean Saint-Arroman.
Facsimile of a co...

This facsimile sheet music by Jean-Baptiste Stuck is part of our French classical music collection.

Edition: Paris, l'Auteur, Foucault, 1706.

The preface to this first book of remarkable French cantatas includes a catalogue of the works of Stuck and a biography based on partially unpublished archival documents.

Preface by Bertrand Porot: biography of...

This facsimile sheet music by Pancrace Royer is part of our French classical music collection.

Edition: Paris, 1746.

This volume of harpsichord pieces includes the passages from ROYER's works of music drama that the composer transcribed for harpsichord.

Preface by :
Philippe Lescat: biography and catalogue of the works.
Jean Saint-Arr...

This facsimile sheet music by Jean-Féry Rebel is part of our French classical music collection.

Fantaisie. Paris, l’auteur, Le Clerc, 1729 - Work published in full score.
Les Plaisirs Champêtres. Paris, Le Clerc, s.d. (=1734) - Work published in full score.

Annex: Les parodies nouvelles. Extraits.

Presentation by Catherine Cessac.

This facsimile sheet music by Jean-Féry Rebel is part of our French classical music collection.

Editions: Paris, l’auteur, Foucault, 1713.

Presentation by Catherine CESSAC.

This very interesting collection consists of six sonatas in Italian style and six sonatas made up of dances of the French suite. Sonatas 4 and 6 contain very fine récits for...

This facsimile of an original and the manuscript by Jean-Féry Rebel is part of our French classical music collection.

Twelve sonatas by Rebel, the complete sources:

A - Collection of twelve sonatas in II and III parts, Paris, Christophe Ballard, 1712 - Four separate parts: premier dessus, second dessus, bass for the viol, harpsichord bass.

B - Two separate...

This facsimile sheet music by Jean-Féry Rebel is part of our French classical music collection.

This facsimile includes all the sources for these two remarkable pieces, which may be played either in trio or chamber orchestra formation.

The sources have been grouped together: Caprice et Boutade, Paris, Leclerc, undated. - Caprice, Paris, Ballard, 1711 - Boutade, Paris,...

This facsimile sheet music by Jean-Philippe Rameau is part of our French classical music collection.

Preface by Pascal Duc: history, bibliography - index of the pieces - complete text of Les Indes Galantes - Rameau's preface.

Beautifully engraved, very legible and elegant. The preface is remarkably well documented. This version can be attributed to the great success of Rameau...