Composition de musique by Johann Sigismund Kusser (* 1660 Pressburg; † 1727 Dublin) was published in Stuttgart in 1682 immediately after Kusser had completed his six years of study with Jean-Baptiste Lully in Paris. It is a collection of six suites in French style, each consisting of an overture followed by various dance movements. The work thus numbers among the earliest German publications of overtures (suites) in the style “suivant la méthode françoise.”

The indication “Six Ouvertures de...

Suite I a-Moll
Ouverture - Premier Air Rondeau - Second Air - Troisiême Air à 2 Dessus - Quatriême Air Ballet - Cinquiême Air - Sixiême Air Bourrée - Septiême Air - Gigue à l’Angloise - Huitiême Air Menuet - Neusiême Air Menuet

Suite II B-Dur
Ouverture - Premier Air - Second Air Eccho - Troisiême Air Menuet - Quatriême Air Gigue à l’Angloise - Cinquiême Air Courante - Sixiême Air Menue - Septiême Air Sarabande - Chaconne à 2 Dessus

_Suite III C-Dur
Ouverture - Premier...