List of French harpsichordists
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1640–1710: Beginnings of harpsichord music in France
- Jean-Henri d'AnglebertJean-Henri d'AnglebertJean-Henri d'Anglebert was a French composer, harpsichordist and organist. He was one of the foremost keyboard composers of his day.-Life:...
(1629–1691) - Jacques Champion de ChambonnièresJacques Champion de ChambonnièresJacques Champion de Chambonnières was a French harpsichordist, dancer and composer. Born into a musical family, Chambonnières made an illustrious career as court harpsichordist in Paris and was considered by many of his contemporaries to be one of the greatest musicians in Europe...
(1601–1672) - Louis CouperinLouis CouperinLouis Couperin was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–51 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Couperin worked as organist of the Church of St. Gervais in Paris and as musician at the court...
(c.1626–1661) - Louis-Nicolas ClérambaultLouis-Nicolas ClérambaultLouis-Nicolas Clérambault was a French musician, best known as an organist and composer. He was born and died in Paris.-Biography:...
(1676–1749) - Charles DieupartCharles DieupartCharles Dieupart was a French harpsichordist, violinist, and composer. Although he was known as Charles to his contemporaries, his real name may have been François. He was most probably born in Paris, but spent much of his life in London, where he settled sometime after 1702/3...
(1667–1740) - Jean-Nicolas GeoffroyJean-Nicolas GeoffroyJean-Nicolas Geoffroy was a French harpsichordist and organist. His birthplace is unknown; he died in Perpignan....
(1633–1694) - Élisabeth Jacquet de la GuerreÉlisabeth Jacquet de La GuerreÉlisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre was a French musician, harpsichordist and composer.-Life and works:...
(1665–1729) - Nicolas LebègueNicolas LebègueNicolas Lebègue was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was born in Laon and in 1650s settled in Paris, quickly establishing himself as one of the best organists of the country. He lived and worked in Paris until his death, but frequently made trips to other cities to...
(1631–1702) - Gaspard Le RouxGaspard Le RouxGaspard Le Roux was a French harpsichordist active in Paris at the beginning of the 18th century. Little is known of his life; only by one quotation in a list of professors considered in Paris, and a single collection of suites for one and two harpsichords which appeared in 1705: it is one of the...
(1660–1707) - Louis MarchandLouis MarchandLouis Marchand was a French Baroque organist, harpsichordist, and composer. Born into an organist's family, Marchand was a child prodigy and quickly established himself as one of the best known French virtuosi of his time. He worked as organist of numerous churches and, for a few years, at the...
(1669–1732) - Nicolas SiretNicolas SiretNicolas Siret was a French baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was born and died in Troyes, France, where he worked as organist in the Church of Saint Jean and the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul...
(1663–1754)
1710–1789: Second period
- François d'AgincourtFrançois d'AgincourtFrançois d'Agincourt was a French harpsichordist, organist, and composer. He spent most of his life in Rouen, his native city, where he worked as organist of the Rouen Cathedral and of three smaller churches. Highly regarded during his lifetime, d'Agincourt was one of the organists of the royal...
(1684–1758) - Claude-Bénigne BalbastreClaude-Bénigne BalbastreClaude Balbastre was a French composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was one of the most famous musicians of his time.-Life:Claude Balbastre was born in Dijon in 1724...
(1724–1799) - Joseph Bodin de BoismortierJoseph Bodin de BoismortierJoseph Bodin de Boismortier was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music...
(1689–1755) - Le Bret (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1730–40) - Josse BoutmyJosse BoutmyJosse Boutmy was a composer, organist and harpsichordist of the Austrian Netherlands who established himself in Brussels. Born into a musical family, his grandfather, father, brother and sons were all musicians, also called the Boutmy Dynasty.-Background:He worked with the Prince of Thurn and...
(1697–1779; Flemish) - Bernard de BuryBernard de BuryBernard de Bury or Buri was a French musician and court composer of the late Baroque era.-Biography:...
(1720–1785) - Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)
- Michel CorretteMichel CorretteMichel Corrette was a French organist, composer and author of musical method books.-Life:Corrette was born in Rouen, Normandy. His father, Gaspard Corrette, was an organist and composer. Corrette served as organist at the Jesuit College in Paris from about 1737 to 1780. It is also known that he...
(1707–1795) - Armand-Louis CouperinArmand-Louis CouperinArmand-Louis Couperin was a French composer, organist, and harpsichordist of the late Baroque and early Classical periods. He was a member of the Couperin family of musicians, of which the most notable were his great uncle Louis and his cousin François.- Biography :Couperin was born in Paris...
(1727–1789) - François CouperinFrançois CouperinFrançois Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.-Life:Couperin was born in Paris...
(1668–1733) - Jean-François DandrieuJean-François DandrieuJean-François Dandrieu was a French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist.He was born in Paris into a family of artists and musicians. A gifted and precocious child, he gave his first public performances when he was 5 years old, playing the harpsichord for Louis XIV, King of France, and...
(1681–1738) - Louis-Claude DaquinLouis-Claude DaquinLouis-Claude Daquin , was a French composer of Jewish birth writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist.-Life:...
(1694–1772) - Jean-Odéo Demars (fl. 1735)
- Louis-Antoine DornelLouis-Antoine DornelLouis-Antoine Dornel was a French composer, harpsichordist, organist and violinist, who lived in Paris.- Biography :Dornel was probably taught by the organist Nicolas Lebègue. He was appointed organist at the church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-en-la-Cité in 1706, where he took over from François...
(1680–1756) - Jacques DuphlyJacques DuphlyJacques Duphly was a French harpsichordist and organist, and the composer of bright, lively, and attractive keyboard music.- Biography :...
(1715–1789) - Durocher (fl. 1733)
- Pierre FévrierPierre FévrierPierre Février was a French baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist.Février lived in Paris and served as titular organist of two churches in the Saint-Honoré street: the Jacobins' church and the Saint Roch. Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, who moved to Paris in 1750, was among his pupils and...
(1696–1760) - 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...
(1699–1782) - Pierre-Claude FoucquetPierre-Claude FoucquetPierre-Claude Foucquet was a French organist and harpsichordist.Pierre-Claude Foucquet was born in Paris, the son of Pierre Foucquet and Anna-Barbe Domballe. He was born into a family of musicians. At age 18, he was appointed as the organist at Saint Honoré church in Paris...
(1694–1772) - Jean-Adam GuilainJean-Adam GuilainJean-Adam Guilain was a German organist and harpsichordist who was mostly active in Paris during the first half of the eighteenth century....
(1680–1739; German) - Célestin HarstCélestin HarstCélestin Harst was a French catholic priest, organist and harpsichordist.He was born in Sélestat , Alsace, and became prior of the Ebersmunster abbey. At some point in life, he was introduced to the French royal court and played for Louis XV....
(1698–1778) - Charles-Alexandre Jollage (died 1761)
- Pierre-Jean Lambert
- Christophe MoyreauChristophe MoyreauChristophe Moyreau was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist.- Biography :Moyreau was born and spent most of his life in Orléans into an old family of the city...
(1690–1772) - Jean-Philippe RameauJean-Philippe RameauJean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François...
(1683–1764) - Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer (1705–1755)
- Simon Simon (1735–1787)
- Philippe-François VérasPhilippe-François VérasPhilippe-François Véras was a French composer, organist and harpsichordist active in Lille about 1740.Veras was organist at the Saint-Maurice church in Lille, and published a small collection of harpsichord works in 1740. A small amount of biographical information can be gleaned from this 1740...
(fl. 1740)