List of French harpsichordists

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This article lists French composers who wrote for the harpsichord during the 17th and 18th centuries.

1640–1710: Beginnings of harpsichord music in France

Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)

Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601–1672)

Louis Couperin (c.1626–1661)

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)

Charles Dieupart (1667–1740)

Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694)

Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665–1729)

Nicolas Lebègue (1631–1702)

Gaspard Le Roux (1660–1707)

Louis Marchand (1669–1732)

Nicolas Siret (1663–1754)

François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)

Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1724–1799)

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)

Josse Boutmy (1697–1779; Flemish)

Bernard de Bury (1720–1785)

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)

Michel Corrette (1707–1795)

Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789)

François Couperin (1668–1733)

Jean-François Dandrieu (1681–1738)

Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)

Louis-Antoine Dornel (1680–1756)

Jacques Duphly (1715–1789)

Pierre Février (1696–1760)

Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699–1782)

Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772)

Jean-Adam Guilain (1680–1739; German)

Célestin Harst (1698–1778)

Christophe Moyreau (1690–1772)

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)

Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer (1705–1755)

Philippe-François Véras (fl. 1740)

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