TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1. Justification of the Research
1.2. Current Status of Research
1.3. Objectives
1.4. Structure of the Research
1.5. Sources
3.1. Musical form Courante: Historical Analysis
- The musical background: before and after the classic “Suite de Danses”:
I. I. Antecedents: Branles and Basse Danses
I. II. From the Renaissance Courante to “La Bocanne”
I. III. Suite de Danses, Courante VS Corrente
- The appearance and evolution of the Courante Françoise
3.2. Courante, Context and Choreography
- Historical and Social Context
- Choreographies
- Basic Step Patterns in the Courante
4.1. The influence of the Lute repertoire in the French keyboard tradition
4.2. Music for Clavecin
- Jacques Champion de Chambonnières
- Louis Couperin
- Jean-Henry d’Anglebert
- Resume
4.3. Correntes and Courantes in Harpsichord music
5.1. Guidelines for playing Courantes in Harpsichord
- Tempo
- Phrasing and Articulation
- Ornamentation
- Musical and rhythmical conventions
- Tables with the Courantes by Chambonnières, L. Couperin and d’Anglebert
- List of Historical treatises used for this research in chronological order
- List of French harpsichord composers and their works in chronological order
- Choreographies
- Multimedia