Michel Richard Delalande
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Michel Richard Delalande was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV. He was one of the most important composers of grands motets. He also wrote orchestral suit
Delelande portrayed wearing the insignia of the order of Saint-Michel, with which he was conferred in 1722, but his features appear much as they were two decades earlier
The composer, after painting by Jean-Baptiste Santerre, engraving by Thomassin
François Couperin
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François Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.
Michel Richard Delalande
…also wrote orchestral suites known as Simphonies pour les Soupers du Roy and ballets. Born in Paris, he was a contemporary of Jean-Baptiste Lully and François Couperin. Delalande taught music to the daughters of Louis XIV, and was director of the French chapel royal from 1714 until his death at Versailles in 1726…
Couperin (anon.), collection of the Château de Versailles
Couperin, engraving by Jean Jacques Flipart, 1735, after André Bouys.
François Couperin in the timeline of French Baroque composers.