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Name
  
Pierre-Claude Foucquet

Died
  
February 13, 1772

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Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694 – February 13, 1772) was a French organist and harpsichordist.

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Foucquet was born in Paris, the son of Pierre Foucquet and Anna-Barbe Domballe. He was born into a family of musicians. At age 18, he was appointed as the organist at Saint Honore church in Paris. Following this appointment he was the organist in several important churches: the Royal Abbey of St Victor (destroyed during the French Revolution), the St Eustache church, the Chapel Royal where he succeeded Francois d'Agincourt (1758), and the Notre-Dame Cathedral. At the end of his life he had to resign his appointment as organist due to illness, but was given a pension by the King.

His output includes: Three harpsichord books (before 1751)

  • Pieces de clavecin – Oeuvre premiere - Les Caracteres de la Paix in C:
  • La Renommee
  • Marche en rondeau
  • Fanfare
  • Le Feu
  • Les Graces pour musette
  • 2eme Musette
  • Les Ris: rondeau
  • Tambourin
  • Les Jeux: rondeau
  • Second Livre de Pieces de clavecin
  • Les Forgerons, le Concert des faunes et autres pieces de clavecin. Troisieme Livre
  • Several arias for two parts and continuo (‘’La belle Silvie’’ etc.)

    • Concert des faunes pierre claude foucquet catherine zimmer clavecin


    References

    Pierre-Claude Foucquet Wikipedia
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