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Can you Couperin? Part 2!

Finished part 1? Well done you!
Tackle part II of Richard Sisson's lip-clipping libretto!

So, you've performed part 1 perfectly (hopefully beyond 'Service Standards'), and ready for part 2?

Press play and here we go with the third verse!

Verse le troisi猫me
Any band鈥檒l tell you it鈥檚 a scandal just what Handel asks a valve-less horn to cope with, all those trills give them a fit 鈥�
And whether Water Music ever ought to sound like total slaughter, I鈥檓 not sure but what I do know is there鈥檚 always loads of spit;
Meanwhile on stage it was the age of page on page of endless Singspiel, oh yes Handel churned it out all right for London鈥檚 opera junkies 鈥�
Have you ever got the plot, the who the when the where the what, though? Well me neither and I鈥檓 sure what鈥檚 more you never gave a monkey鈥檚!

Don鈥檛 waste ammo on that Rameau, gram for gram oh he could punch his weight and for the record let us state he was a worthy foe;
But Monsieur Lully, far less coolly, like a fool he hit his foot and so could not compete and fight his seat could not go toe to toe!
And a composer that I know鈥檚 a close-ish rival to my Francois that鈥檚 mein liebe Heinrich Biber 鈥� there鈥檚 a talent you could trust in;
But before you play his score make your assurance double sure and heck just check he鈥檚 not related to that other one called Justin鈥�

Duration:

3 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Composer Fran莽ois Couperin

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