Definition of Francois Couperin

1. Noun. French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733).

Exact synonyms: Couperin
Generic synonyms: Composer, Organist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Francois Couperin

Franco
Franco-
Franco-American
Franco-Manitoban
Franco-Manitobans
Franco-Provençal
Franco-Prussian
Franco-Prussian War
Francoa
Francoa ramosa
Francoesque
Francois
Francois-Marie Arouet
Francois Auguste Rene Rodin
Francois Charles Mauriac
Francois Couperin (current term)
Francois Duvalier
Francois Jacob
Francois Mansart
Francois Marie Charles Fourier
Francois Mauriac
Francois Maurice Marie Mitterand
Francois Mitterand
Francois Rabelais
Francois Rene Chateaubriand
Francois Truffaut
Francois Villon
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart
Francoise d'Aubigne

Literary usage of Francois Couperin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete History of Music, for Schools, Clubs, and Private Readings by Winton James Baltzell (1905)
"These were Louis Couperin (1630-1665), and Francois Couperin (1631-1701), who, with their brother Charles Couperin (1638-1669), and his son Francois ..."

2. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"... Sarabande and Fughetta Francois Couperin (1668-1733) Prelude Louis Nicholas Clerambault (1676-1749) Noel Louis-Claude Daquin ..."

3. A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players by Oskar Bie, Ernest Edward Kellett, Edward Woodall Naylor (1899)
"Francois Couperin, " Le Grand." by saying that the pieces seemed to express something which could not be embraced in accurate language. ..."

4. Music (1893)
"Francois Couperin (1668-1733) gave this form a more definite instrumental character. A short theme of melodious form, generally eight measures, ..."

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