The 350th anniversary of the French composer’s birth is the perfect time to reconsider his output Why has the French baroque composer François Couperin (1668-1733) never quite made it to the top of ...
François Couperin was one of the baroque era’s greatest keyboard composers. Did he write any orchestral music? Er, no. Though listen to a few minutes of Hugo Reyne’s version of his trio sonata “La ...
We’ll get the entertaining trivia out of the way first, namely that the musical Couperin dynasty came from Chaumes-en-Brie. I’m struggling to think of another example of cheese/classical music ...