NOUN
- French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733)
How To Use Couperin In A Sentence
- Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin started life as a suite for solo piano but was later reborn in the composer's exquisite orchestration.
- Composers who wrote instrumental gavottes include François Couperin, Rameau, Purcell, Pachelbel, and J. C. F. Fischer.
- Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Menuet Antique and Pavane pour une infante défunte are finely crafted readings as are Debussy's two Danses for harp and string orchestra.
- I think that quite a few people might prefer to drive to work while listening to Couperin or Praetorius or Grainger or Lou Harrison than Howard Stern or Aerosmith (bear in mind, I have myself seen Aerosmith in concert -- Stern I can do without). Work in progress ...
- Balbastre's early keyboard pieces have descriptive titles in the manner of Couperin and Rameau, but he gradually turned to writing sonatas in the galant style.
