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Louis Couperin (French: [lwi kupʁɛ̃]; c. 1626 – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–1651 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières .
Louis Couperin was a French composer, organist, and harpsichordist, the first major member of the Couperin dynasty of musicians of the 17th and 18th centuries. Couperin’s father, a merchant and small landowner in Chaumes-en-Brie, France, was also the organist of the local abbey church, and Louis.
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Louis Couperin was a French Baroque composer and harpsichord player. His harpsichord music is characterized by its intricate and delicate keyboard figuration...
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Apr 25, 2016 · Louis Couperin - The Complete Harpsichord Works, Richard Egarr Vol. 1/4 I. Suite in C major1. Prélude 0:002. Allemande 2:293. Courante 5:214. Courante 6:565....
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Nov 28, 2023 · A comprehensive and excellent recording of Louis Couperin's keyboard works by Massimo Berghella, who plays with clarity and insight. The review praises the composer's unmeasured preludes, chaconnes, passacailles, sarabandes, allemandes, courantes, gavottes, and the Tombeau de Mr Blancrocher.
A 5-CD set of all 129 authentic pieces by Louis Couperin, a French Baroque composer and harpsichordist. Massimo Berghella performs the Preludes and other movements in suites cast in the same key as the Preludes.
For several decades, the interpretation of the preludes by ‘Monsieur Couperin’ (presumably Louis Couperin, c. 1626–1661) has sparked lively discussion among scholars and performers, owing largely to these pieces’ rhythmically free notation that has no regular bar-lines or specific rhythmic indications.
