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)
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