Méhul's first published composition was a book of harpsichord pieces in 1783 .

He published two volumes of harpsichord pieces in 1670 and died two years later, in difficult financial circumstances.

The revival was the joint work of performers, builders, and composers who wrote new harpsichord pieces.

He is also remembered for his highly idiomatic and personal descriptive harpsichord pieces, which are among the earliest known examples of program music.

He developed a taste for complicated harpsichord pieces; they made good driving music, providing you played them loud enough.

Rameau said most of these harpsichord pieces could stand on their own; when they couldn't, he wrote alternate versions with solo performance in mind.

Yet for the rest, we knew little Rameau beyond the wonderfully quirky harpsichord pieces and a few chamber works.

The lute courante may be a transcription of a lost harpsichord piece.

In 1724 and 1729 (or 1730), he also published two more collections of harpsichord pieces.

Guilain died some time after 1739, the year when he published a collection of harpsichord pieces.