Composition: Les Nations (Couperin, François)
| Title | Les Nations |
| Alternative title | Sonades, & Suites de Simphonies en trio (pour 2 dessus et basse continue) |
| Creators | François Couperin (composer) |
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | 2 violins and continuo |
| Number of movements | 4 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1726 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Sonatas, Suites |
| Period | Baroque |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | La Françoise (No.1) | string quartet | Luca Albanese |
| view | L’Impériale (No.3) | organ | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Boivin | 1726 | Premier dessus · view Second dessus · view Basse d'archet (bowed bass) · view Basse chifrée (figured bass) · view |
| view | Complete | selections | Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | La Françoise (No.1) | — | Durand | 1933 | Keyboard Score · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Cello · view Color Cover · view |
| view | La Françoise (No.1) | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | L’Espagnole (No.2) | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Lilypond) · view |
| view | L’Impériale (No.3) | — | Durand | 1916 | Keyboard Score · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Cello · view |
| view | La Piémontoise (No.4) | — | — | — | Full Score · view Premier Dessus · view Second Dessus · view Basse d'archet · view Basse chifrée · view |
| view | La Françoise (No.1) | Arrangement for string quartet |
— | — | Complete Score (Chaconne ou Passacaille) · view Violin I · view Violin II · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | L’Impériale (No.3) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | 1. Sonade: Rondeau légèrement · view |
| view | L’Impériale (No.3) | Arrangement for organ |
Tel Aviv: G & H Edition | 2009 | 1. Sonade: Rondeau légèrement · view |
| view | L’Impériale (No.3) | Arrangement for organ |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2015 | 1. Sonade: Rondeau légèrement · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | La Française: Chaconne ou Passacaglia (No.7) | — | Complete Performance · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | La Piemontoise [L’astrée]: Sonade | Phillip Serna (double bass) and Matthew C. Cataldi (performer) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Troisième Ordre: L’Impériale | — | 3. Sonade “L’Impériale” · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | L’Impériale (No.3) | For Organ (Bach) | 1. Sonade: Rondeau légèrement · file |
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