Composer
François Couperin
1668-1733
Francois Couperin was a leading French Baroque composer from the musical Couperin family, known as "Couperin le Grand." Serving as a court musician to Louis XIV, he composed a wealth of elegant, richly ornamented harpsichord music. His treatise L'Art de toucher le clavecin is also a valuable record of period performance practice. This site features four preludes drawn from that collection.
Works by Couperin (4 pieces)
L'Art de toucher le clavecin4
A keyboard-playing method Couperin published in 1716, combining technical instruction with eight improvisatory preludes.