Jean-François Dandrieu
Jean-François Dandrieu, also spelled D'Andrieu (c. 1682 – 17 January 1738) was a French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist.
Biography
He was born in
The works published during his lifetime include the following collections:
- Livre de sonates en trio, trio sonatas (1705)
- Two Livres de sonates à violon seul, sonatas for solo violin (1710 and 1720)
- Les caractères de la guerre, instrumental concerts (1718, a revised version published in 1733)
- Three little harpsichord collections (1705) and three great ones (1724, 1728 and 1734)
A volume of organ noëls, which revised and enlarged a similar book published by his uncle, Pierre Dandrieu in 1714 (rev. in the 1720s). This was published posthumously by sister, Jeanne-Françoise, in 1759. Dandrieu also published an academic treatise on accompaniment (Principes de l'accompagnement) in 1718, which now serves as an important source of information on the musical practice of the era.
Dandrieu's harpsichord writing is reminiscent of that of François Couperin, but with more effective use of counterpoint, which reminds the listener of German Baroque music. The strict traditional suite "à la Froberger" is abandoned in his works, many dance movements replaced with the so-called pièces de caractère, pieces with descriptive titles that were common in French music of the 18th century. Dandrieu's harpsichord oeuvre is, after those of François Couperin and Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, the most important in terms of sheer quantity of pieces.
Media
See also
- French baroque harpsichordists
- French organ school
External links
- Jean-François Dandrieu at Musicologie.org Biography, catalogue of works, bibliography (French)
- Kunst der Fuge: Jean-François Dandrieu – MIDI files
- Free scores by Jean-François Dandrieu at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores at the Mutopia Project