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References
- Louis Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, ed. Alan Curtis, Paris, Heugel. coll. Le Pupitre, no 18, 1975, 171 p.
- Louis Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, ed. Davitt Moroney (Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre OL 58, Monaco, 1985)
- Louis Couperin: Pièces d'orgue, ed. Guy Oldham, notes by Davitt Moroney, (Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre OL 300, Monaco, 2003)