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Louis Couperin

1626 - 1661

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Louis Couperin (French: [lwi kupʁɛ̃]; c. 1626 – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–1651 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Couperin worked as organist of the Church of St. Gervais in Paris and as musician at the court. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Couperin is the 614th most popular composer (down from 535th in 2019), the 2,566th most popular biography from France (down from 2,227th in 2019) and the 94th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Louis Couperin ranks 614 out of 1,451. Before him are Manuel Ponce, Alexander Gretchaninov, František Brixi, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Eduardo di Capua, and Antoine François Marmontel. After him are Sergei Bortkiewicz, James Scott, Riccardo Drigo, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Gershon Kingsley, and Carl Zeller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Louis Couperin ranks 12. Before him are William II, Prince of Orange, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Giovanni Legrenzi, Jan van Kessel the Elder, and Bada Shanren. After him are Andrea Guarneri, John Aubrey, Pietro Mengoli, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Simon Ushakov, and Ole Borch. Among people deceased in 1661, Louis Couperin ranks 17. Before him are Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Zheng Zhilong, Martino Martini, Andrea Sacchi, Pieter de Molijn, and Teimuraz I of Kakheti. After him are Pyotr Beketov, Guru Har Rai, Daniel Seghers, Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst, Thomas Fuller, and Sarmad Kashani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Couperin ranks 2,566 out of 6,770. Before him are Laurent Fignon (1960), Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (1701), Manitas de Plata (1921), Émile Combes (1835), Charles Munch (1891), and Paul Du Chaillu (1835). After him are René Fonck (1894), John I, Duke of Brittany (1217), Sami Frey (1937), Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761), Georges d'Amboise (1460), and Jean Eustache (1938).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Louis Couperin ranks 94. Before him are Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Claude Goudimel (1514), François Devienne (1759), Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711), and Antoine François Marmontel (1816). After him are Jean-Féry Rebel (1666), Pierre Henry (1927), Antoine Forqueray (1671), François Sudre (1787), Charles Lecocq (1832), and Jean-François Dandrieu (1682).

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