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Here is Couperin's Prelude No. 3 - from l'Art de toucher le Clavecin with and without the infamous "misprint" - the B-flat that does not correspond with normal sequence treatment - and, what "everyone, with expected musicality" would hasten to correct to a c at the point-in-case.
Well - probably - it is a misprint indeed - it 'ought to be'a c - and that our 'still modern' ears still find the B-flat 'striking' and beautiful, is a 'modern handicap'...
But - it does remind both quite striking - and, quite beautiful in my opinion.
You'll be the judge..! :-))))
This little video-snippet is meant as a complement to the video of all the preludes - you'll find them here:
• François Couperin: The...