COUPERIN

Meaning of COUPERIN in English

Pronunciation: ˌ kü- ' pra n , ˌ kü-p ə - ' ra n

Function: biographical name

François 1668-1733 Fr. composer

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

COUPERIN — biographical name François 1668-1733 French composer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COUPERIN — /koohpeu rddaonn"/ , n. François /frddahonn swann"/ , 1668-1733, French composer.
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COUPERIN — biographical name François 1668-1733 French composer
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COUPERIN — Couperin BrE AmE ˈkuːp ə ræn -ræ̃ —French [ ku pʁæ̃ ]
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COUPERIN — Куперен
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COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS — born Nov. 10, 1668, Paris, France died Sept. 12, 1733, Paris French composer, harpsichordist, and organist. At age 17 he …
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COUPERIN, LOUIS — born c. 1626, , Chaumes-en-Brie, France died Aug. 29, 1661, Paris French composer, organist, and harpsichordist, the first major member …
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COUPERIN, FRANOIS — born Nov. 10, 1668, Paris, France died Sept. 12, 1733, Paris byname Couperin Le Grand (the Great) French composer and …
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COUPERIN, FRANCOIS — Additional reading The following studies are particularly recommended: Maurice Cauchie, Thematic Index of the Works of Franois Couperin (1949, reprinted …
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COUPERIN, FRANÇOIS — born Nov. 10, 1668, Paris, France died Sept. 12, 1733, Paris French composer, harpsichordist, and organist. At age 17 he …
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RAVEL, (JOSEPH-) MAURICE — born March 7, 1875, Ciboure, France died Dec. 28, 1937, Paris French composer. At age 14 he was admitted to …
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FRANÇOIS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Jean François Gravelet François Marie Arouet Babeuf François Noë l Barras Paul François Jean …
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TRIO SONATA — major chamber-music genre in the Baroque era (c. 1600c. 1750), written in three parts: two top parts played by violins …
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SYMPHONY — a lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, normally consisting of several large sections, or movements, at least one of …
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SUITE — in music, group of self-contained instrumental movements of varying character, usually in the same key. During the 17th and 18th …
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RONDO — in music, instrumental form characterized by the initial statement and periodic restatement of a particular melody (or section), the various …
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PEDAL POINT — also called pedal tone in music, a sustained note, ordinarily in the bass, over which changing harmonies are played. The …
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MUSICAL PERFORMANCE — step in the musical process during which musical ideas are realized and transmitted to a listener. In Western music, performance …
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DRONE — French Bourdon, in music, a sustained tone, usually rather low in pitch, providing a sonorous foundation for a melody or …
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CHARACTER PIECE — relatively brief musical composition, usually for piano, expressive of a specific mood or nonmusical idea. Closely associated with the Romantic …
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CHACONNE — also spelled ciaconne fiery and suggestive dance that appeared in Spain about 1600 and eventually gave its name to a …
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CARILLON — musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze bells in fixed suspension, tuned in chromatic order (i.e., in half …
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SEGOVIA, ANDRS — born Feb. 21, 1893, Linares, Spain died June 2, 1987, Madrid Spanish musician acclaimed as the foremost guitarist of his …
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RAVEL, MAURICE — Additional reading Biographical works, most of which also contain lists of Ravel's compositions, include Rollo H. Myers, Ravel: Life and …
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RAVEL, (JOSEPH-)MAURICE — born March 7, 1875, Ciboure, Fr. died Dec. 28, 1937, Paris French composer of Swiss-Basque descent, noted for his musical …
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MARAIS, MARIN — born March 31, 1656, Paris died Aug. 15, 1728, Paris French composer who was also a celebrated virtuoso of the …
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LANDOWSKA, WANDA — born July 5, 1879, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire died Aug. 16, 1959, Lakeville, Conn., U.S. in full Wanda Louise Landowska …
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KREISLER, FRITZ — born Feb. 2, 1875, Vienna, Austria died Jan. 29, 1962, New York, N.Y., U.S. Austrian-born violinist who was a secret …
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GRIGNY, NICOLAS DE — (baptized Sept. 8, 1672, Reims, Franced. Nov. 30, 1703, Reims), French organist and composer, member of a family of musicians …
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DUKAS, PAUL (-ABRAHAM) — born Oct. 1, 1865, Paris, Fr. died May 17, 1935, Paris French composer whose fame rests on a single orchestral …
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CHAMBONNIRES, JACQUES CHAMPION DE — born c. 1602 died 1672, Paris, France first of the great 17th-century school of French harpsichord players and composers (clavecinistes). …
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BALLARD FAMILY — flourished 18th century, , France printers who from 1560 to 1750 virtually monopolized music printing in France. The founder of …
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