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Le 06/06/2018 04:13, James McCarty écrit :
> Margery Halford was my first harpsichord teacher. There are a few errors in her edition of L'Art, and she was not a native French speaker, but if there is a superior translation and/or edition, I’d appreciate knowing of it.


We should hope Davitt will publish one some day...

One amusing detail that is lost in MH's translation is that "all the 
harpsichord students" mentioned by Couperin are actually in the feminine 
in French ("toutes les ècolières").

Dennis

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