Jean-Sigismond Cousser, born Johann Sigismund Kusser in Hungary and died John Sigismond Cousser in Ireland, began his career in Stuttgart, held various positions at several German courts before being appointed director of the famous Opera am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg, then formed his own travelling opera troupe, settled in London as an independent musician, and ended his life as ‘Chief-Composer and Music Master’ in Dublin. Praised by the musical elite of his time, he is now considered one of the overlooked composers—those who, due to their fragmented careers, do not fit into the categories established by 19th-century musicology. Throughout his life, Cousser kept a Commonplace Book, in which he took notes on music theory, instruments, and performance practices; compiled an address book, recipes and remedies—in German, English, Italian, French, Latin, Dutch and Irish Gaelic—but above all, it contains over a thousand references to works by French, English, German and Italian composers spanning an impressive range of forms, attesting to Cousser’s vast musical culture and the diversity of his interests.
Under The Cover: Jean-Sigismond Cousser’s Commonplace Book – Les Muffatti
Lully Ballet du temple de la paix, LWV 69
I. Ouverture
II. Rondeau
III. Gigue
IV. Entrée des Basques
V. Entrée des Bretons et Bretonnes (Passepied)
VI. Entrée des Sauvages de l’Amérique (Rondeau)
VII. Second Air des Amériquains
VIII. Chaconne
Steffani I Trionfi del fato (Excerpt)
I. Ouverture
II. Menuet
III. Entrée pour les Ombres
IV. Ritornello
V. Canaries
John Sigismond Cousser 6 Overture Suites “Apollon Enjoué”
No. 4 in C Major: I. —
No. 4 in C Major: II. Marche
No. 4 in C Major: III. Chaconne
No. 4 in C Major: IV. Les Satirs
No. 4 in C Major: V. Arlequins & Polichinelles
No. 4 in C Major: VI. Eccho
No. 4 in C Major: VII. Passepied – Les Heures (Trio) – Passepied
Purcell Abdelazer, or The Moor’s Revenge, Z. 570
I. Overture
II. Rondeau
III. Aire
IV. Aire
V. Minuett
VI. Aire
VI. Jigg
VIII. Hornpipe
IX. Aire
Artemio Motta 10 Concerti, Op. 1
No. 6 in A Minor: I. Presto
No. 6 in A Minor: II. Adagio. Grave
No. 6 in A Minor: III. Presto, e spicco
No. 6 in A Minor: IV. Adagio. Grave
No. 6 in A Minor: V. Allegro
John Sigismond Cousser An Idylle on the Peace: Ouverture
Handel The Alchymist HWV 43: Incidental music
I. Overture
II. Prelude
III. Minuet
IV. Saraband
V. Boree – VI. Aire
VII. Minuet
VIII. Aire
IX. Jigg
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