On Dec 28, 2008, at 7:19 AM, Arthur Ness wrote: > I've always wondered,
You and everyone else... > to what does the title "Les Baricades > Mysterieueses" refer? One theory is that it refers to the the repeated suspensions in the piece. Others are more fanciful. It's not the only baffling Couperin title. Baron, writing in 1727, complained that French composers naming of pieces smacked of charlatanry and affectation, as though the composer wanted to entertain with the name more than the music. You might look at: http://www.as.miami.edu/personal/sevnine/barricades.htm -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
