Nicolas de Grigny
Sign in to saveFrench composer and organist
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,337
- Total plays
- 14,836
Tags
baroqueClassicalfrenchorgancomposer
Nicolas de Grigny (baptized September 8, 1672 – November 30, 1703) was a French organist and one of the leading French organ composers of his time. Contrapuntally more complex than most (if not all) music of the era, Grigny's work stands at the pinnacle of French baroque organ music. His only rivals in terms of both musical science and religious inspiration were François Couperin and Louis Marchand. He was born in Reims in 1672 into a family of musicians: his grandfather <a href="https://www.la
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicolas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Reims
- Place of death
- Reims
- Occupation
- organist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Nicolas Lebègue
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- organ
Show 5 more facts
- Commons Creator page
- Nicolas de Grigny
- Commons category
- Nicolas de Grigny
- date of birth
- 1672-09-08
- date of death
- 1703-11-30
- name in native language
- Nicolas de Grigny
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0