La manuscrit de Madame Théobon

Description

This manuscript was discovered in 2004 by Christophe Rousset. From his private collection and recorded here for the first time, this work was once the property of Lydie de Théobon, mistress of Louis XIV until 1672. In addition to the essential airs of the late 17th century, it also contains several anonymous transcriptions of works by Lully, as well as numerous unpublished pieces. Thus, the art of the author of the manuscript is revealed in filigree, which we discover through his various transcriptions. A precious testimony of the musical practices of the time, to which the harpsichord Nicolas Dumont 1704 recorded here, with its powerful sound, does obvious justice.