A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Trésor des Pianistes, Le

by George Grove

TRÉSOR DES PIANISTES, LE. A remarkable collection of ancient and modern pianoforte music, made and edited by Madame Farrenc, and published part by part by Leduc of Paris, from June 1861 to 1872. M. Farrenc contributed some of the biographical notices to the work, but his death in 1865 prevented his having any large share in it; the rest of the biographies were written by Fétis jun. The collection has been since superseded by separate publications and more thorough editing, but it will always remain a remarkable work. Its contents are as follows. The reduction that has taken place in the price of music during the last twenty years may be realised when we recollect that this edition, which boasts of being the cheapest then published, was issued at 25 francs or £1 per part.

Part I.

History of the Piano; and treatise on Ornament.
C. P. E.Bach. 6 Sonatas.
Do. 6 do.
J. P. Rameau. 1st Book of Pieces.
Do. 2nd do.
Durante. 6 Sonatas.
Porpora. 6 Fugues.

Part II.

C. P. E. Bach. 6 Sonatas.
Kuhuau. 7 Sonatas.
H. Purcell. Collection of Pieces.
D. Scarlatti. Pieces 1 to 26.
Hummel. Ops. 8, 9, 10, 15.
Lindemann. Pieces.
Schwanenberg. 2 minuets.

Part III.

Pad. Martini. 12 Sonatas.
F. Couperin. 1st Book of Pieces.
Hummel. Ops. 21, 40. 57, 75.

Part IV.

C. P. E. Bach. 6 Sonatas.
Do. 6 do.
Handel. Suites de Pièces, Book 1.
Do. Do. Book II.
Do. Do. Book III.
Do. 6 Fugues.

Part V.

Chambonnières. 1st Bk. of Pieces.
Do. 2nd do.
D. Scarlatti. Pieces 27 to 49.
Beethoven. Sonatas, Ops. 2, 7, 10.

Part VI.

Parthenia. Byrd, Bull, Gibbons.
Pieces by English writers of 16th and 17th centuries. First Collection.
Friedemann Bach. 12 Polonaises and Sonata.
C. P. E. Bach. 6 Sonatas.
Beethoven. Ops. 13, 14, 22, 26, 27.

Part VII.

Th. Muffat. Pieces.
G. Benda. 6 Sonatas.
C. P. E. Bach. 6 Sonatas.
Beethoven. Sonatas, Ops. 31, 49.

Part VIII.

Couperin. 2nd Book of Pieces.
D. Scarlatti. Pieces 50 to 77.
C. P. E. Bach. 6 Sonatas.
Do. 6 do.

Part IX.

Fried. Bach. 8 Fugues.
J. W. Haessler. 2 Fantasies, 6 Sonatas, 4 Solos.
G. Muffat. 12 Toccatas.
Beethoven. Sonatas, Ops. 53, 54, 57. 78, 79. 81, 90.

Part X.

Albrechtsberger. 12 Fugues.
Kuhnau. Exercises, Parts 1 and 2.
W. A. Mozart. 6 Sonatas.
M. Clementi. 3 Sonatas, Op. 2.
2 do. Op. 7.
J. P. Kirnberger. 6 Fugues.
Do. Collection of Pieces.

Part XI.

C. P. E. Bach. 5 Sonatas, 4 Rondeaux.
Ch. Nichelmann. 5 Sonatas; 6 Sonatas, Op. 2.
D. Scarlatti. Pieces 78 to 94.
Froberger. 5 Caprices, 6 Suites.
J. S. Bach. 6 Suites.

Part XII.

Couperin. 3rd Book of Pieces.
Kuhnau. Toccata.
Hummel. Introduction and Rondeau, Op. 19.
Kirnberger. Collection of Pieces, No. 2.
Do. Do. No. 3.
F. V. Buttstedt. 2 Sonatas.
J. E. Eberlin. 6 Preludes and Fugues.
Beethoven. Sonatas, Ops. 101, 106.

Part XIII.

Frescobaldi. 3 Fugues, 6 Canzone.
Fried. Bach. 1 Suite, 4 Fantasies.
W. A. Mozart. 3 Sonatas.
D. Scarlatti. Pieces 95 to 110.
Jos. Haydn. 5 Sonatas.
C. P. E. Bach. 6 Sonatas.

Part XIV.

Mattheson. Pieces.
Beethoven. Sonatas, Ops. 109, 110, 111.
Froberger. 8 Toccatas, 6 Suites.
Albrechtsberger. 18 Fugues.
Hummel. Rondeau brillant, Op. 109; Sonata, Op. 13.
Fasch. 2 Sonatas, 1 Piece.
Goldberg. Prelude and Fugue.

Part XV.

Couperin. 4th Book of Pieces.
W. A. Mozart. 4 Sonatas.
J. S. Bach. 6 English Suites.
Hummel. Sonata, Op. 20.
D. Zipoli. Pieces for Organ and for Clavecin.

Part XVI.

C. M. von Weber. 4 Sonatas. Ops. 24. 39, 49. 70.
D. Scarlatti. Pieces 111 to 130.
L. Claude Daquin. Pieces for Clavecin.
J. W. Haessler. 3 Sonatas.
F. Chopin. 9 Nocturnes.

Part XVII.

P. D. Paradies. 10 Sonatas.
Hummel. Adagio: Sonata, Op. 18.
J. C. F. Bach. Sonatas and Pieces.
J. L. Dussek. 3 Sonatas, Op. 35; Sonata, Op. 64.
Frescobaldi. Pieces.
J.L. Krebs. 3 Fugues.

Part XVIII.

J. Christian Bach. 7 Sonatas.
Beethoven. 6 Airs with variations.
J. Christ. Smith. 9 Suites de pièces.
Clementi. 3 Sonatas, Op. 8; 4 Sonatas and 1 Toccata.

Part XIX.

H. d'Anglebert. Pieces for Clavecin.
W. A. Mozart. 3 Sonatas.
D. Scarlatti. Pieces 131 to 162.
Hummel. Fantasia, Op. 18.
Duphly. Piece for Clavecin.
F. Ries. Sonata, Op. 26.
Haydn. 5 Sonatas.

Part XX.

Various authors, 17th century. Pieces for Clavecin.
Do. 18th century. Do.
Claudio Merulo. Toccata for organ.
J. B. Cramer. 3 Sonatas.
W. A. Mozart. Romance.
D. Steibelt. Sonata, Op. 64.
Chr. Schaffrath. 2 Sonatas, Op. 2.
J. G. Wernicke. 5 Pieces.
F. Mendelssohn. Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14; 8 Fantasias. Op. 16.

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