Robert Peters asks:

>I love this piece by Couperin. But I am puzzled by its name. Can anyone
enlighten me?

A google search turned up:

http://carolinanavy.com/fleet2/f2/zclassicalmusic/FrancoisCouperin(1668-1733)hall/cas/31.html

Which corresponds to my understanding based on something I read
somewhere sometime...

len.