Pierre-Louis Couperin (14 March 1755 – 10 October 1789) was a French organist and composer, a member of the famous Couperin dynasty of composer-organists.
Pierre-Louis Couperin | |
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| Born | 14 March 1755 |
| Died | 10 October 1789 (aged 34) |
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Life edit
Like his brother Gervais-François, Pierre-Louis Couperin studied with his father Armand-Louis Couperin. On 19 April 1773, the board of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais appointed him as successor to his father. Pierre-Louis Couperin occupied the traditional positions held by his family: he was an organist at Notre-Dame de Paris, where his brother succeeded him, but also at Saint-Gervais, Saint-Jean-en-Grève, the Carmes-Billettes and the Chapelle royale.
Pierre-Louis Couperin died shortly after his father and was buried with him in the Saint-Gervais church in the chapel de la Providence.
Compositions[1] edit
- Romances for harpsichord
- 1782: Air de Malbrough mis en variations
- 1784: Allegro
- 1784: Air de Tibulle et d'Élie
- 1787: Romance de Nina mise en variations pour le clavecin, ou piano-forte
Bibliography edit
- Anthony, James R. (1997), French Baroque Music from Beaujoyeulx to Rameau, Portland, Amadeus Press
- Beausant, Philippe (1980), François Couperin, Paris, Fayard
- Benoit, Marcelle (rep.) (1992), Dictionnaire de la musique en France aux XVII et XVIIIe siècles[permanent dead link], Paris, Fayard
See also edit
References edit
External links edit
- Free scores by Pierre-Louis Couperin at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Lettre autographe signée de Pierre-Louis (?) Couperin fils on Gallica
- COUPERIN, Pierre Louis (1755-1789) on cmbv.fr
- Couperin Pierre-Louis on Musicology.org
