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Louis Couperin

1626 - 1661

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Louis Couperin (French: [lwi kupʁɛ̃]; c. 1626 – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–1651 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Couperin worked as organist of the Church of St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Couperin has received more than 99,399 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2019). Louis Couperin is the 541st most popular composer (down from 440th in 2019), the 2,235th most popular biography from France (down from 1,807th in 2019) and the 80th most popular French Composer.

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  • 18

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  • 6.65

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  • 1.67

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Louis Couperin ranks 541 out of 1,216Before him are Pietro Nardini, Leo Brouwer, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Stephen Foster, John Adams, and Giuseppe Sarti. After him are Helmut Lachenmann, Domenico Dragonetti, Georgy Sviridov, George Antheil, Orazio Vecchi, and Ernst Krenek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Louis Couperin ranks 10Before him are Richard Cromwell, Francesco Redi, William II, Prince of Orange, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, and Giovanni Legrenzi. After him are Bada Shanren, Andrea Guarneri, John Aubrey, Pietro Mengoli, Jan van Kessel the Elder, and Simon Ushakov. Among people deceased in 1661, Louis Couperin ranks 10Before him are Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Vasile Lupu, Andrea Sacchi, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Jan Fyt. After him are Martino Martini, Zheng Zhilong, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Guru Har Rai, Pieter de Molijn, and Pyotr Beketov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Couperin ranks 2,235 out of 6,011Before him are Jean Fautrier (1898), Maurice Pialat (1925), Adela of France (1009), Henri Tresca (1814), Stanislas de Guaita (1861), and Henri Breuil (1877). After him are Jacques Massu (1908), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Edward, Count of Savoy (1284), Louis I, Count of Blois (1172), Maurice Couve de Murville (1907), and René Duguay-Trouin (1673).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Louis Couperin ranks 80Before him are Théodore Dubois (1837), Hervé (1825), Edgard Varèse (1883), Jean Françaix (1912), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), and Gabriel Pierné (1863). After him are Pierre Henry (1927), François Devienne (1759), Jehan Alain (1911), Alexandre Desplat (1961), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673).