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The music Tradition of the Couperin Dynasty
Žáková, Lucie ; MRÁZKOVÁ, Giedre (advisor) ; SPURNÝ, Vojtěch (referee)
My bachelor thesis called The music tradition of the Couperin Dynasty (from the point of view of the harpsichord literature interpretation) deals with the whole Couperin dynasty of musicians, which had almost two-hundred-year tradition.
In the first chapter I have introduced to the reader the historic context of the times, when the Couperins lived and worked.
At the beginning of the second chapter, I point out how the music traditions of XVII. and XVIII. centuries spread in Europe. Further on, the entire second chapter is devoted to the Couperin dynasty from their origin to their exercise at the court and in the centre of events ? at the most prestigious places in Paris. I deal more in detail with all the male and female musicians of the dynasty, their lives and, if preserved, all their work.
The third chapter focuses on three most outstanding representatives of the Couperins - Louis, François le Grand and Armand-Louis. Their distinct styles show music development, changes in music thinking and various use of the instrument in the high period of the harpsichord to its decline and until the end of the harpsichord age. Above all, I try to emphasise their individual contributions to the harpsichord works and music.
In the last chapter, there is a chronological succession of the Couperin organists in one of the most important places in Paris ? at the organist position at Saint Gervais church.
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