{"id":634,"date":"2026-07-07T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.contrepointmarcassins.fr\/?p=634"},"modified":"2026-06-23T20:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:57:54","slug":"lart-de-couperin-ii-se-deguiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contrepointmarcassins.fr\/?p=634","title":{"rendered":"L&rsquo;art de Couperin (II): se d\u00e9guiser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1726, Paris. Fran\u00e7ois Couperin publie un recueil de sonates en trio baptis\u00e9 <em>Les Nations<\/em>. Dans la pr\u00e9face, il raconte comment il a d\u00fb se \u00ab\u00a0d\u00e9guiser\u00a0\u00bb en compositeur italien, pour assumer l&rsquo;imitation du style d&rsquo;Arcangelo Corelli:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>La premi\u00e8re sonate de ce recueil fut aussi la premi\u00e8re que je composai, et qui ait \u00e9t\u00e9 compos\u00e9e en France. L&rsquo;histoire m\u00eame en est singuli\u00e8re. Charm\u00e9 de celles du signor Corelli, dont j&rsquo;aimerai les oeuvres tant que je vivrai [&#8230;], je hasardai d&rsquo;en composer une, que je fis ex\u00e9cuter dans le concert o\u00f9 j&rsquo;avais entendu celles de Corelli. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Connaissant l&rsquo;\u00e2pret\u00e9 des Fran\u00e7ais pour les nouveaut\u00e9s \u00e9trang\u00e8res sur toutes choses, et me d\u00e9fiant de moi-m\u00eame, je me rendis, par un petit mensonge officieux, un tr\u00e8s bon service. Je feignis qu&rsquo;un parent que j&rsquo;ai, effectivement, aupr\u00e8s du Roi de Sardaigne m&rsquo;avait envoy\u00e9 une sonate d&rsquo;un nouvel auteur italien: je rangeai les lettres de mon nom de fa\u00e7on que cela form\u00e2t un nom italien, que je mis \u00e0 la place. La sonate fut d\u00e9vor\u00e9e avec empressement, et j&rsquo;en tairai l&rsquo;apologie. Cela cependant m&rsquo;encouragea. J&rsquo;en fis d&rsquo;autres; et mon nom italianis\u00e9 m&rsquo;attira, sous le masque, de grands applaudissements.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour en savoir plus sur la sonate en trio, nous vous redirigeons vers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contrepointmarcassins.fr\/?p=158\">cet article pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pr\u00e9sent, musique ! Avec la fameuse sonate (peut s&rsquo;\u00e9crire sonade \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque) d\u00e9guis\u00e9e de Couperin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.contrepointmarcassins.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Les-Nations-Premier-Ordre-La-Francaise-I.-Sonade.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fran\u00e7ois Couperin &#8211; <em>Les Nations, Premier Ordre, La Fran\u00e7aise, I.Sonade (1726) <\/em>&#8211; Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1726, Paris. Fran\u00e7ois Couperin publie un recueil de sonates en trio baptis\u00e9 Les Nations. 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