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Mysterious Barricades
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François Couperin wrote this harpsichord piece in 1717.
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The Objecks dabble in a wide variety of musical styles, from garage/psychedelia to acoustic folk to New Age to classically influenced pieces. (1967 photo of
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Genre
Classical • Baroque
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#5,112 today Peak #59
#352 in subgenre Peak #8
Author
François Couperin / arr. Charlie Comberrel
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1997 Crystalyte Music. All rights reserved.
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April 28, 2003
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MP3 2.1 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
In the early 1970's I became fascinated with harpsichord music. "Les Baricades Mysterieuses" was my favorite find during that exploration. The liner notes to the album describe the piece as musical barricades: "the lyric suspensions that continually block resolution of the harmonies." An article at http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/notes/67440.html describes the mystery surrounding the title: "The title is indeed a mystery and Couperin left no clues... I have even heard it explained as ‘ladies’ underwear’, or to be more specific ‘chastity belt’! Clark and Connon explain it as the masks worn in Le Mystère, one of the frequent divertissements put on by the Duchesse Du Maine at the Château de Sceaux in order to relieve her insomnia... it is one of the best examples of what is called the style brisé (broken texture) – a technique of composition stemming from lute-playing where the melodic line appears in an arpeggiated context. Everything is spread out, yet we hear each individual line clearly." What strikes me is that at about 0:40, I catch a glimpse of the C-Am-F-G pattern, later to become a staple of the doo-wop era of rock & roll. Rock on, François!
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