Pierre-Louis Couperin

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Pierre-Louis Couperin
Born	14 March 1755
Died	10 October 1789(1789-10-10) (aged 34)
Occupation	Classical organist

Pierre-Louis Couperin (14 March 1755 – 10 October 1789) was a French organist and composer, a member of the famous Couperin dynasty of composer-organists.

Life

Like his brother Gervais-François, Pierre-Louis Couperin studied with his father Armand-Louis Couperin. On 19 April 1773, the board of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais appointed him as successor to his father. Pierre-Louis Couperin occupied the traditional positions held by his family: he was an organist at Notre-Dame de Paris, where his brother succeeded him, but also at Saint-Gervais, Saint-Jean-en-Grève, the Carmes-Billettes and the Chapelle royale.

Pierre-Louis Couperin died shortly after his father and was buried with him in the Saint-Gervais church in the chapel de la Providence.

Compositions

• Romances for harpsichord
• 1782: Air de Malbrough mis en variations
• 1784: Allegro
• 1784: Air de Tibulle et d'Élie
• 1787: Romance de Nina mise en variations pour le clavecin, ou piano-forte

Bibliography

• Anthony, James R. (1997), French Baroque Music from Beaujoyeulx to Rameau, Portland, Amadeus Press
• Beausant, Philippe (1980), François Couperin, Paris, Fayard
• Benoit, Marcelle (rep.) (1992), Dictionnaire de la musique en France aux XVII et XVIIIe siècles, Paris, Fayard

See also

• Couperin family

External links

• Free scores by Pierre-Louis Couperin at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Lettre autographe signée de Pierre-Louis (?) Couperin fils on Gallica
• COUPERIN, Pierre Louis (1755-1789) on cmbv.fr
• Couperin Pierre-Louis on Musicology.org