Baroque · France
1668 – 1733
Paris - Paris
Review
Member of a dynasty of musicians, he was an organist of the church of Saint- Gervais and an organist and a carnation of the king.
Its four key pieces books, with poetic and enigmatic titles, are the summit of French carnation. His treatise The art of playing the key influenced Bach. He sought to gather French and Italian tastes.
Main works
- Masses for organ (1690)
- Carnations, four books, with «Les barricades mysterieuses» (1713-1730)
- Leçons de ténèbres (1714)
- L'art de toucher le navecin (1716)
- Concerts royaux (1722)
- L'apothéose de Lully (1725)
- Les nations (1726)
