Composer
Pierre-Claude Foucquet
French organist and composer
1694–1772
1 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1694
- Died
- 1772
- Citizenship / historical state
- France
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Baroque
Biography
Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694 – February 13, 1772) was a French organist and harpsichordist.
Foucquet was born in Paris, the son of Pierre Foucquet and Anna-Barbe Domballe. He was born into a family of musicians. At age 18, he was appointed as the organist at Saint Honoré church in Paris. Following this appointment he was the organist in several important churches: the Royal Abbey of St Victor (destroyed during the French Revolution), the St Eustache church, the Chapel Royal where he succeeded François d'Agincourt (1758), and the Notre-Dame Cathedral. At the end of his life he had to resign his appointment as organist due to illness, but was given a pension by the King.
His output includes:
Three harpsichord books (before 1751)
Pièces de clavecin – Oeuvre première - Les Caractères de la Paix in C:
La Renommée
Marche en rondeau
Fanfare
Le Feu
Les Grâces pour musette
2ème Musette
Les Ris: rondeau
Tambourin
Les Jeux: rondeau
Second Livre de Pièces de clavecin
Les Forgerons, le Concert des faunes et autres pièces de clavecin. Troisième Livre
Several arias for two parts and continuo (La belle Silvie etc.)
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- organist; composer; harpsichordist
- Career institutions / employers
- Notre-Dame de Paris
- Instruments played
- organ
- Movements
- classical music; Baroque music
- Languages used
- French
- VIAF ID
- 74118734
- ISNI
- 0000000089597923
- GND ID
- 141982896
- Library of Congress ID
- n85162150
- MusicBrainz ID
- b9aa4e74-25ed-449b-bde3-46a2f4958cd9
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- harpsichord
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pièces de clavecin, | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 74118734.