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Louis Couperin

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Louis Couperin edition vo... (2006)	Tombeau de M. de Blancroc... (2003)	Frescobaldi / Louis Couperin (2002)
Harpsichord Suites (1994)	Les piéces de clavecin de... (1987)

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Chaume en Brie, France

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1626

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--- 1661

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With his two young brothers, François and Charles, he offers an aubade to Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, musician of the king, on Saint-Jacques day. Impressed by the talent of the elder, he brought him to Paris around 1650: Louis Couperin became there in 1653 titular organist of the Saint-Gervais church. Louis XIV granted him a job as a rapist at court, after Louis Couperin refused to replace Chambonnières as harpsichordist, out of gratitude to his protector.
The reciprocal influences with Johann Jacob Froberger passing through Paris at the same time are obvious, their meeting being probable but not proven by writings.
It was his work for the harpsichord that brought him to posterity. These pieces (about 130) were not published during his lifetime, but copied into several handwritten collections, without being grouped in the form of a series of dances from which they mostly pertain. His unmeasured preludes in the manner of lutenists and his chaconnes are the most personal and remarkable pieces.


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