Forqueray
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Forqueray, also spelled Forcroy, is the name of a French family of musicians.
- Antoine ForquerayAntoine ForquerayAntoine Forqueray was a French composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba.Forqueray, born in Paris, was the first in a line of composers who included his brother Michel and his sons Jean-Baptiste and Nicolas Gilles...
("le père", 1672–1745) - Michel Forqueray (1681–1757)
- Jean-Baptiste ForquerayJean-Baptiste ForquerayJean-Baptiste Forqueray , the son of Antoine Forqueray, was a player of the viol and a composer.Forqueray was born in Paris. He is most famous today for his 1747 publication of twenty-nine pieces for viol and continuo which he attributed to his father...
("le fils", 1699–1782) - Nicolas-Gilles Forqueray ("le neveu", 1703–1761)