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François Couperin
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French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist (1668–1733)
OverviewAI-generated
François Couperin was a French male composer active in the baroque and classical genres. Born in 1668 and deceased in 1733, he is associated with France. His musical output includes works such as *L'art de toucher le clavecin*, *Pieces De Clavecin Volume 1 - Harpsichord or Piano Solo*, and *Complete Keyboard Works, Series Two*. Other listed compositions include *Les grands organistes du XXe siècle* and *From Couperin to Debussy - For Violoncello and Piano*.
Records indicate that Couperin has 62 works cataloged in Open Library, with additional counts of 5 works from Crossref and 20 from Europeana Sparql. His music is frequently tagged with terms such as harpsichord, French baroque, and classical. The subject is referenced by 390 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1668
- Died
- 1733
- Works
- 62
Top works
- Les grands organistes du XXe siècle
- L'art de toucher le clavecin
- From Couperin to Debussy - For Violoncello and Piano
- Pieces De Clavecin Volume 1 - Harpsichord or Piano Solo
- Complete Keyboard Works, Series Two
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1668-11-10
- Active to
- 1733-09-11
Discography
- lecons
- Trois Leçons des Ténèbres / Deux motets
- Pièces classiques pour deux pianos1961
- Harpsicord Music of Handel and Couperin1967
- Messe à l'usage des paroisses1973
- Concert Royaux, Nouveaux Concerts, L'Apothéose de Corelli, L'Apothéose de Lully, Sonatas "La Superbe", "La Steinquerque", "La Sultane"1974
- Pièces de violes 17281976
- Bacchanales1983
- Les Nations1983
- Messe propre pour les couvents1983
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 217,664
- Total plays
- 1,536,712
Tags
François Couperin (10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist, and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the Couperin family, which included several musicians. Couperin was born in Paris into a prominent musical family. His father, Charles Couperin, was organist at the Church of Saint-Gervais, a position previously held by Charles's brother, Louis Couperin. <a href="https://www.last.fm
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,450x
- New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0
· 2010 · cited 16,956x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,882x
- Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,233x
via Crossref · CC0
Works in European collections
20 objects attributed to François Couperin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Tic, tic, choc ou les maillotins: [Pièces de clavecin, ordre 18]/(Couperin)](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F007438%2Ffon_snp_b_007438_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
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Encyclopedic overview
Couperin (anon.), collection of the Château de Versailles François Couperin ( French: [fʁɑ̃swa kupʁɛ̃]; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.
Life
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