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