| Title | Courante à la Française from Concert for Two Flutes No. 2 in E minor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | Courante à la manière Françoise | |||
| Composer | Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737) | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute duet |     | ||
| Key | E minor | |||
| Range | D4–B5 | |||
| Time signature | 3/2 | |||
| Tempo | 92 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 0:40 | |||
| Difficulty level | intermediate | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (57 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (325 kB) | |||
| Play-along accompaniment | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (387 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2019-04-28 | |||
| Last updated | 2019-04-28 | |||
| Download popularity index |   0.2 (relatively unpopular) | |||
| Categories |
Baroque, Courantes, Written for Flute | |||
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This courante “in the French style” is the fifth movement of the second of six Concerts à deux Flutes Traversières sans Basse by the French Baroque composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. Here the French word concert is a synonym of “suite”, and has nothing to do with the Italian concerto.
| 1. | Prélude | Flute duet |
| 2. | Air | Flute duet |
| 3. | Gavotte en Rondeau | Flute duet |
| 4. | Menuets I and II | Flute duet |
| 5. | Courante à la Française | Flute duet |
| 6. | Courante à l'Italienne | Flute duet |
| 7. | Plainte en Dialogue | Flute duet |
| 8. | Menuets I and II | Flute duet |
| 9. | Air dans le goût ancien | Flute duet |
| 10. | Airs dans le goût des Brunettes | Flute duet |
