Louis-Claude Daquin
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Louis-Claude Daquin was a French composer, writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist.
Louis-Claude Daquin
Jean-Philippe Rameau
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Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French composer and music theorist of the late Baroque era. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-
Louis-Claude Daquin
…Quirot. Louis-Claude Daquin never lacked for work as an organist. In 1727 he was appointed organist at the Church of Saint Paul in Paris, ahead of Jean-Philippe Rameau who was also a candidate. Five years later, Daquin succeeded his teacher Marchand as organist at the Church of the Cordeliers. In 1739 he became organist…
Jean-Philippe Rameau, by Jacques Aved, 1728
The Cathedral of Saint-Bénigne, Dijon
Bust of Rameau by Caffieri, 1760
Jean-Philippe Rameau in the timeline of French Baroque Composers.