François Couperin

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François Couperin was a prominent French Baroque composer, organist, and harpsichordist renowned for his richly expressive keyboard music and influential treatises.

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instanceOf Baroque composer
composer
harpsichordist
human
organist
activeYearsEnd 1730s
activeYearsStart 1680s
alsoKnownAs François Couperin le Grand NERFINISHED
burialPlace Paris NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1668-11-10
dateOfDeath 1733-09-11
employer French royal court NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup French
family Couperin musical family NERFINISHED
father Charles Couperin NERFINISHED
fullName François Couperin NERFINISHED
genre Baroque music
keyboard music
influenced Claude Debussy NERFINISHED
Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED
Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED
influencedBy Arcangelo Corelli NERFINISHED
Jean-Baptiste Lully NERFINISHED
instrument harpsichord
organ
language French
movement Baroque
notableFor expressive harpsichord music
theoretical treatise on harpsichord technique
notableWork Apothéose de Corelli NERFINISHED
Apothéose de Lully NERFINISHED
Concerts royaux NERFINISHED
Les Nations NERFINISHED
Leçons de ténèbres NERFINISHED
L’Art de toucher le clavecin NERFINISHED
Messes pour les paroisses et pour les couvents NERFINISHED
Nouveaux concerts, ou Les Goûts réunis NERFINISHED
Pièces de clavecin NERFINISHED
occupation composer
harpsichordist
organist
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Paris
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Paris
positionHeld organist of Saint-Gervais church in Paris
organist of the Chapelle Royale
style French Baroque NERFINISHED
uncle François Couperin (uncle, organist of Saint-Gervais) NERFINISHED
wrote L’Art de toucher le clavecin NERFINISHED
Pièces de clavecin NERFINISHED

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Courante composedBy François Couperin
Le Tombeau de Couperin homageTo François Couperin