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The Tisseran Harpsichord of 1710

BBC Radio 3
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This instrument, the earliest of its kind, was recorded by Alan Cuckslon for BBC Sound Archives in 1873. In this programme he introduces the recordings and explains the background to this unique survival.
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Jean Henri d'Anglebert Variations sur ' Les Folies d'Espagne '
Louis Couperin Allemande; Courante; Sarabande; La Piemontoise (Suite in A minor) Reader PETER BELL BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Cuckslon
Unknown:
Antoine Forqueray
Reader:
Peter Bell
Source: Radio Times

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