The French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist, François Couperin was born on 10 November 1668 in Paris. Couperin introduced Corelli's trio sonata form to France. In which he blended the Italian and French styles of music in a set of pieces which he called Les goûts réunis ("Styles Reunited"). His most famous book, L'art de toucher le clavecin "The Art of Harpsichord Playing" published in 1716, contains suggestions for fingerings, touch, ornamentation and other features of keyboard technique. Couperin's four volumes of harpsichord music, published in Paris contain over 230 individual pieces, which can be played on solo harpsichord or performed as small chamber works. These pieces were not grouped into suites, as was the common practice, but ordres, which were Couperin's own version of suites containing traditional dances as well as descriptive pieces. These volumes were loved by Johann Sebastian Bach and, much later, Richard Strauss, as well as Maurice Ravel.
The French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist, François Couperin was born on 10 November 1668 in Paris. Couperin introduced Corelli's trio sonata form to France.
