Geoffroy: Rabat Joye Charmant & Détachement de la Grande Pièce de Joye. John Moraitis, harpsichord. @johnmoraitis

Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:24 Brief overview of Geoffroy's works
1:20 The titles in more detail
3:34 Which instrument?
5:12 Tonality & purpose
6:10 Geoffroy's harmonic language
8:15 Rabat Joye Charmant: form and texture
9:43 Ambiguous tonality
11:22 Extended chords
13:48 A unique soundworld
15:16 Détachement...: form & texture
16:05 Interpreting a chordal section
17:52 Omitting repeats
19:45 The final section
21:07 Rabat Joye Charmant
23:44 Détachement de la Grande Pièce de Joye
28:25 Patreon information

Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy: Rabat Joye Charmant; Détachement de la Grande Pièce de Joye.
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Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz

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