| LC control no. | n 81071430 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Couperin, Louis, approximately 1626-1661 |
| Variant(s) | Couperin, L. (Louis), approximately 1626-1661 |
| Associated country | France |
| Located | Paris (France) |
| Birth date | 1626~ |
| Death date | 1661-08-29 |
| Place of birth | Chaumes-en-Brie (France) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Harpsichordists Organists Viol players |
| Special note | Numbers used in uniform titles are taken from: Pièces de clavecin / de Louis Couperin ; publiées par Paul Brunold ; nouvelle révision par Davitt Moroney (Monaco : Editions de l'oiseau-lyre, c1985); e.g. [Chaconnes, harpsichord, B. 121, G minor] |
| Found in | Kreisler, F. La précieuse, 19--. Quatre instruments à clavier [SR] 197-?: label (L. Couperin) Grove music online, Mar. 22, 2007 (under Couperin: Louis Couperin; b. ca. 1626, Chaumes-en-Brie, d. Aug. 29, 1661, Paris; composer, harpsichordist, organist, and viol player) Wikipedia, Sept. 21, 2012 (Louis Couperin; born ca. 1626; died 29 August 1661; French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris where he worked as organist of the Church of St. Gervais in Paris and as musician at the court. He became one of the most prominent Parisian musicians, establishing himself as a harpsichordist, organist, and violist. None of Couperin's music was published during his lifetime, but manuscript copies of some 200 pieces survive, some of them only rediscovered in the mid-20th century) |
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