MUS 333 Presentation: François Couperin

  • Map of France - Brie
  • The Couperin Family Tree
  • Louis Couperin (1626-1661)
  • Jacques Chambonnières (1601-1672)
  • Charles Couperin (1638-1679)
  • Engraving of François Couperin, Le Grand (1668-1733)
  • Oil Portrait of François Couperin
  • Michel-Richard de LaLande (1657-1726)

  • L'Église de Saint-Gervais, Paris (front view)
  • L'Église de Saint-Gervais (back view)
  • Organ at Saint-Gervais (17th-century)

  • Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
  • Duke of Burgundy (The Dauphin) (1682-1712)

  • Louis XIV (1638-1715) in armor
  • Louis XIV in Roman costume
  • Louis XIV in full royal regalia (1701)
  • Family of Louis XIV in mythological mode
  • Louis XIV and Family in "street clothes"
  • Bird's Eye View of Versailles
  • Detailed Bird's Eye View of Versailles
  • Aerial Photographic View of Versailles
  • Main Entrance - Versailles
  • Hall of Mirrors - Versailles
  • View from the Formal Garden
  • View of the Château de Versailles from Fountain

  • Salon d'Hercules at Versailles
  • Ceiling of the Salon d'Hercules
  • Chapelle Royale at Versailles - Exterior designed by Mansard, completed in 1710
  • Chapelle Royale at Versailles - Interior
  • Chapel Ceiling - Versailles
  • Théâtre Grabriel/L'Opera Royal at Versailles
  • Salon des Jeux at Versailles
  • Scene of Music-Making

  • Louis XV (1710-1774) as a child
  • Louis XV in armor
  • Louis XV in full royal regalia
  • Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans (1674-1723) regent

  • Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
  • Louis Marchand (1669-1732)

  • Organ Masses: Disc 2, Track 7 (Petite Fugue sur le Cromhorne) and 15 (Offertoire)
  • Marin Marais (1656-1728)

  • Engraved Title Page: Troisième Livre de Pieces de Clavecin
  • Sample Page of Engraved Score

  • Reproduction of French Double Manual Harpsichord (1769)
  • Single Manual Harpsichord after Couchet
  • Ruckers Decorated Harpsichord (reproduction)
  • 1707 Dumont Harpsichord
  • French Harpsichord (Jacques Germain, 1785)
  • Rococo Pictorial Example
  • More Classic Pictorial Example
  • Reproductions in Other National Styles
  • Italian Harpsichord

  • Modern Edition (Dover)
  • Francois Couperin in WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive
  • L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin/The Art of Playing the Harpsichord (1974 ediiton)

    • Joan Reitz, Haas Instruction Librarian, Western Connecticut State University.
    reitzj@wcsu.edu
     Last updated on May 9, 2007