Couperin, François C Composers Composition

Couperin, François C Composers Composition

Couperin, François

French Baroque composer and keyboard player François Couperin (1668-1733) grew up in a musical family and succeeded his father and uncle as organist of St. Gervais Church in Paris. Later he was royal organist and then royal harpsichordist under Louis XIV. He wrote church, chamber, and harpsichord music.

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- Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of music. Many of his works offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Includes time line, download and playing instructions, and links to artist pages
- Listing with xrefer includes biography, influences, and principal works, plus related references. Uses Oxford Dictionary of Music text.
- Biography from New Grove 2, recent and recommended recordings, books, sheet music and links.
- Portrait and detailed biography from Michael Sartorius' Arton Baroque Composers and Musicians.
- Brief biographical sketch, caricature, comments on church, harpsichord, and chamber music, and Naxos/HNH discography.
- Biography noting his musical family and his own abilities on keyboard and as composer, particularly for the harpsichord with summary list of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- Message board and live chat about the life and works.
- Biographical timeline and keyworks with recommended recordings and readings.
- "Mass for the Parishes" and "Les Fastes de la Grande et Ancienne Ménéstrandise" in MIDI audio format (free downloadable).
- Wikipedia article with life, summary of musical style and output, and internal references to related people and topics.
- Biographical outline with recommended recordings and readings. Includes external links to essays. From Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.

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