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A Survey Of French Cello Music Dating From The Baroque Era To The 20th Century, Chien-Hui Yang Mar 2020

A Survey Of French Cello Music Dating From The Baroque Era To The 20th Century, Chien-Hui Yang

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This research aims to examine how French music progressed from the Baroque era to the 20th-century through the cello repertoire. This document will be a useful tool for people who are interested specifically in French cello compositions. The researcher will discuss fifteen composers and seventeen cello works. Through reading composers’ biographies and examining the selected cello compositions from these French composers, the researcher will better comprehend and attempt to describe the composers’ musical styles and their musical legacies within the canon of music for the cello.

From the Baroque era, François Couperin, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, and Martin Berteau are …