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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.

Resources in This Category

• Classical Archives - François Couperin

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/2363.html
  Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of music. Works offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists.

• Couperin, François (le grand)

  http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/couperin1733.html
  Biographical outline with recommended recordings and readings. Includes external links to essays. From Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.

• François Couperin

  http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/couperin.html
  Brief biography from Timothy Smith's Sojourn pages. Notes his influence on J. S. Bach.

• François Couperin

  http://www.classiccat.net/couperin_f_1668/
  Biography, links, and directory of free MP3 audio files from Classic Cat.

• François Couperin

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couperin
  Wikipedia article with life, summary of musical style and output, and internal references to related people and topics.

• Francois Couperin

  http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/235.htm
  Brief biographical sketch, caricature, comments on church, harpsichord, and chamber music, and Naxos/HNH discography.

• François Couperin

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183641/
  IMDb listing includes films using his compositions.

• François Couperin (Le Grand)

  http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxcoup.html
  Portrait and detailed biography from Michael Sartorius' Arton Baroque Composers and Musicians.

• François Couperin: Le Grand

  http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=28
  Biographical timeline and keyworks with recommended recordings and readings.

• NewOlde.com - François Couperin

  http://www.newolde.com/couperin_francois.htm
  Biography from New Grove 2, recent and recommended recordings, books, sheet music and links.

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