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François Couperin

1668 - 1733

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François Couperin (French: [fʁɑ̃swa kupʁɛ̃]; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Couperin is the 72nd most popular composer (up from 87th in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from France (up from 333rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Composer.

François Couperin is most famous for his work in the harpsichord and organ.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François Couperin ranks 72 out of 1,451. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude, Carl Orff, Vangelis, Astor Piazzolla, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Alexander Borodin. After him are George Gershwin, Johann Christian Bach, Alexander Scriabin, Franz Lehár, Jules Massenet, and Hans Zimmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1668, François Couperin ranks 1. After him are Giambattista Vico, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Herman Boerhaave, Alain-René Lesage, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Francesco Gasparini, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Sultan Husayn, Louis, Prince of Condé, Apostolo Zeno, and Petr Brandl. Among people deceased in 1733, François Couperin ranks 2. Before him is Augustus II the Strong. After him are Bernard Mandeville, Georg Böhm, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Pieter van der Aa, Nicolas Coustou, Robert de Visée, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, and John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Couperin ranks 281 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Philip V of France (1293), Honoré Daumier (1808), and Prosper Mérimée (1803). After him are Philippa of Hainault (1314), Philip the Good (1396), Henry I of France (1008), Georges Clemenceau (1841), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), and Eugène de Beauharnais (1781).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, François Couperin ranks 11. Before him are Claude Debussy (1862), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Charles Gounod (1818), Erik Satie (1866), and Gabriel Fauré (1845). After him are Jules Massenet (1842), Josquin des Prez (1450), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Olivier Messiaen (1908), Pierre Boulez (1925), and Francis Poulenc (1899).

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