Pieces de Clavecin: Organ Book

Daquin's keyboard collections offer organists both music that actually sounds impressive and material worth serious practice. The Faber Edition makes these works practical for students building their Baroque repertoire without compromising the ornate, characterful writing that experienced players will recognize as genuinely musical.

Elegant and ornate yet never precious, these pieces move with the clarity and intelligence of 18th-century French style. There's genuine virtuosity embedded in the passagework and a refined sense of harmonic direction that rewards thoughtful interpretation.

This collection suits intermediate-to-advanced organists and harpsichordists ready to tackle authentic Baroque keyboard literature. Students developing performance skills in French Baroque style will find genuine models of compositional craft and idiomatic writing for their instrument.

• Shape ornaments with clarity and direction rather than treating them as decoration; each passage should support the overall phrase arc
• Balance the independence of voices without muddying texture; French Baroque music thrives on clarity even when multiple lines are active
• Match articulation between hands precisely, especially in running passages, to create the unified technical effect Daquin intended

Feature these works on a recital devoted to French Baroque keyboard music, or use individual pieces to broaden the stylistic range of a mixed Baroque program. They work particularly well for organists programming music that demonstrates both technical command and compositional substance.

• Ornamentation interpretation in French Baroque idiom
• Contrapuntal independence between hands
• Clarity and balance in multi-voice keyboard textures
• Period-appropriate articulation and phrasing
• Technical facility in passagework and runs
• Understanding French Baroque harmonic language