Couperin, François, Sieur de Crouilly
Couperin, François, Sieur de Crouilly
Couperin, François, Sieur de Crouilly , organist and teacher; b. Chaumes, c. 1631; d. Paris, after 1708. He was a pupil of Chambonnieres in harmony and harpsichord. He was active as a music teacher and organist. His daughter, Marguerite Louise (b. Paris, 1676; d. Versailles, May 30, 1728), was a well-known singer and harpsichordist. She was a fellow member of the Chambre du Roi with her cousin François le Grand , who wrote for her the verset Qui dat nivem and other pieces.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire
More From encyclopedia.com
Francois Couperin , Couperin, François , (surnamed le Grand), the most illustrious member of the distinguished family and one of the greatest of French composers, son of… Reynaldo Hahn , Hahn, Reynaldo
Hahn, Reynaldo
Hahn, Reynaldo, Venezuelan-born French conductor, music critic, and composer; b. Caracas, Aug. 9, 1874; d. Paris, Jan.… Jacques Prevert , Prévert, Jacques
PRÉVERT, Jacques
Writer. Nationality: French. Born: Jacques Henri Marie Prévert in Neuilly-sur-Seine, 4 February 1900. Military Serv… Bosse, Abraham , Bosse, Abraham
(b. Tours, France, 1602; d. Paris, France, 14 February 1676)
geometry, graphic techniques.
The son of Louis Bosse, a tailor, and Marie… Olivier Messiaen , Messiaen, Olivier (Eugène Prosper Charles) (b Avignon, 1908; d Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, 1992). Fr. composer, organist, and teacher. In his youth he st… Joseph Pitton De Tournefort , Tournefort, Joseph Pitton De
TOURNEFORT, JOSEPH PITTON DE
botany, medicine.
Tournefort, who had one brother and seven sisters, came from a family of…
About this article
Couperin, François, Sieur de Crouilly
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Couperin, François, Sieur de Crouilly