Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:04 Allemande: chromatic alterations
8:34 A distinctive rhythmic gesture
11:26 A soaring melody
14:49 Sarabande: a chromatic descent
16:32 The soaring melody in the Sarabande
18:47 Chaconne: form
19:37 The bass line of the refrain
20:57 Seventh chords in the refrain
22:15 A delicious ninth chord in the 4th couplet
23:19 The last couplet
26:36 Order of movements
26:51 Allemande
29:35 Courante
31:08 Sarabande
33:44 Gavotte
34:38 Menuet
35:37 Gigue
38:10 Chaconne
40:01 Patreon information


Link to my performance of the Suite in c minor by Geoffroy: youtube.com/watch?v=3iR2Cs1BYX8


Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy: Suite in e minor:
I. Allemande
II. Courante
III. Sarabande
IV. Gavotte
V. Menuet
VI. Gigue
VII. Chaconne

John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz