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Jacques Hardel
12+ albums
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Jacques Hardel (died March 1678) was a French composer and harpsichordist. He came from a family that included two noted instrument makers: his grandfather Gilles Hardel (fl. ca. 1611) and his father Guillaume Hardel (died 1676), who was a lute maker and a well-established harpsichordist—in 1673–4 he served as harpsichord teacher to the daughter of Philippe d'Orléans. Practically nothing is known about Jacques Hardel's life. He was a pupil of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières and achieved a very high reputation at the court, at one point giving concerts for the King every week, performing together with the lutenist Porion. For several years he lived together with a pupil, a "Gautier" who remains unidentified today. The two men shared a close friendship, and Hardel bequeathed all of his works to Gautier. Only eight pieces by Hardel are extant today. These are a courante for lute, a six-movement harpsichord suite in D minor, and a harpsichord gavotte. All of the harpsichord works are of the highest quality, displaying Hardel's perfect grasp of his teacher's techniques, particularly Chambonnières's strong sense of the melodic line, which in Hardel's works is augmented with advanced bass writing, tightening the harmony and working towards a more progressive sound. The suite, which consists of an allemande, three courantes, a sarabande, and a gigue, is one of the earliest examples of a complete "classical" French suite. The lute courante may be a transcription of a lost harpsic
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Gavotte double par Mr. Couperin: Gavotte double par Mr. Couperin (Bauyn Manuscript)
1662Suite in D Minor (Bauyn Manuscript)
1603Suite in D Minor: II. Courante
174Courante
165Suite in D Minor
146Suite in D Minor: I. Allemande
147Suite in D Minor: V. Gigue
138Suite in D Minor: VI. Gavotte avec double par M. Couperin
139Suite in D Minor: III. Autre courante
1210Suite in D Minor: IV. Sarabande
11albums
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The Bauyn Manuscript: Seventeenth Century French Harpsichord Music
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Le Clavecin du Roi Soleil
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Music for the Royal Pleasures: Harpsichord, Lute & Organ Music in the Salon of Louis XIV
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Le cœur & l'oreille. Manuscrit Bauyn
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Best of Classical: Baroque Era
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Harpsichord Delight
17th Century Harpsichord Collection Bauyn Manuscript Vol.2
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Suite in D Minor
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Music for the Royal Pleasures: Harpsichord, Lute and Organ Music in the Salon of Louis XIV
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Jacques Champion De Chambonnieres & Jacques Hardel: 17th Century Harpsichord Collection: Bauyn Manuscript
Manuscrit Vaudry De Saizenay
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Harpsichord World