Préservons les partitions de Royaumont
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<a href="https://www.royaumont.com/en" target="_blank">Royaumont</a> is launching its first crowdfunding campaign. </p>
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<strong>The goal: restoration of</strong> <strong>48 musical works of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries</strong> threatened by the ravages of time and by wear and tear.</p>
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These valuable ink and paper artifacts in <strong>the François-Lang Music Library</strong> include a collection of operas and French cantatas dating back to the <em>Grand Siècle</em> (some of which belonged to the Louis of France, the Grand Dauphin, and to Madame de Pompadour); a rare copy of Zarlino’s <em>Le istitutioni harmoniche</em> (1594), a compendium of the musical knowledge of the 16th century; and first editions of works for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach.</p>
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<strong>Urgent restoration work is needed</strong> to enable Royaumont to conserve this heritage and continue to make it available to musicians, students and musicologists.</p>
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The Library’s 1,300 music manuscripts and printed materials collected by pianist François Lang (1908-1944)<strong> support the work of the many musicians </strong>who spend time at Royaumont. The Library recently provided guidance to the Raphaël Pichon's Pygmalion ensemble in its work on Rameau’s operas; enabled Bertrand Cuiller to record the complete program of Rameau’s works for harpsichord; supported Edoardo Torbianelli in his exploration of Chopin; and gave Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas an opportunity to adapt symphonic works for organ.</p>
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Are you a musician, musicologist, music lover or interested in the creative process?</p>
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<strong>Help us restore the scores in the </strong><strong>François-Lang Music Library</strong> (BmFL) by donating 10, 50, 100 or 2,000 euros on KissKissBankBank before March 31, 2017.</p>
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Cette opération permettra à la Fondation Royaumont de financer <strong>la restauration de 48 ouvrages précieux</strong> (partitions et traités musicaux) issus de la collection François-Lang, sensiblement détériorés par le temps et l'usage.</p>
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<strong>Trois phases de collecte sont prévues :</strong></p>
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<strong>Avec 20.000 €,</strong></p>
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31 documents pourront être restaurés :</p>
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- 3 cantates</p>
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- 18 opéras</p>
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- 2 volumes de musique vocale sacrée</p>
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- 2 volumes de musique instrumentale</p>
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- 6 traités</p>
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<strong>Avec 10.000 € supplémentaires,</strong></p>
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15 documents pourront être restaurés :</p>
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- 1 cantate</p>
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- 7 opéras</p>
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- 1 volume de musique vocale sacrée</p>
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- 1 volume de musique instrumentale</p>
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- 5 traités</p>
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<strong>Au-delà de 30.000 €...</strong></p>
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Tout euro supplémentaire permettra de restaurer de nouveaux ouvrages : la restauration des 203 documents de la bibliothèque musicale nécessitant une intervention a été estimée à 166.000 €.</p>