French Baroque composer and keyboard player François Couperin (1668-1733) grew up in a musical family and succeeded his father and uncle as organist of St. Gervais Church in Paris. Later he was royal organist and then royal harpsichordist under Louis XIV. He wrote church, chamber, and harpsichord music.
Musica Classica Classical Music Dictionary article includes MIDI audio files and brief biography with illustrations and facsimiles of compositions. www.karadar.it/Dictionary/couperin.html
Listing with xrefer includes biography, influences, and principal works, plus related references. Uses Oxford Dictionary of Music text. www.xrefer.com/entry/238397
Biography and works from Amarcordes. Traces the life of "le Grande," comments on general style, and lists his organ, chamber, sacred and secular vocal, and harpsichord music plus theoretical works. www.amarcordes.ch/compositeurs/couperin_grove.htm
Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of music. Many of his works offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Includes time line, download and playing instructions, and links to artist pages www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/couperin.html
Biography noting his musical family and his own abilities on keyboard and as composer, particularly for the harpsichord with summary list of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=2210
"Mass for the Parishes" and "Les Fastes de la Grande et Ancienne Ménéstrandise" in MIDI audio format (free downloadable). www.kunstderfuge.com/midi-c.htm#couperin
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