Marguerite-Louise Couperin

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Marguerite-Louise Couperin (between 1675 and 1679 in Paris - May 30, 1728 in Versailles ) was a French singer ( soprano voice ) and harpsichordist . She came from the famous Couperin family of musicians .

life and work

Marguerite-Louise Couperin was the daughter of François I. Couperin (1631–1701), also called "l'ainé" (the elder). Her brother Nicolas (1680–1748) was - like her uncle Louis Couperin before - the organist of the parish church of St-Gervais-St-Protais in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.

Her singing teacher was the composer Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1656–1733). Her cousin François Couperin , the most famous composer in the family, used them several times in his sacred vocal works. The soprano parts written for them are unusually high and require a high degree of intonation. Although women were not permitted as singers in the Chapelle Royale and castrati and falset singers were used there for the high parts, Marguerite-Louise Couperin received a special permit due to her exceptional talent.

resonance

The chronicler Évrard Titon du Tillet described her in Le Parnasse françois in 1732 as "one of the most famous musicians of our time, who sang with admirable taste and played the harpsichord perfectly."

Marguerite-Louise Couperin is one of the 999 women who were selected by Judy Chicago in 1979 for the floor tiles of her work of art The Dinner Party , with which she symbolically embodies “our cultural heritage” together with the women. Her name is linked to the table setting of the composer, conductor and suffragette Ethel Smyth .

literature

  • Dictionnaire de la musique en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles , dir Marcelle Benoit, Fayard, 1992, ISBN 2-213-02824-9

See also

References and comments

  1. ^ David Mason Greene: Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers . Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd., 2007, ISBN 0-385-14278-1 , p. 199.
  2. ^ Julie Anne Sadie: Companion to Baroque Music . Oxford University Press US, 1998, ISBN 0-19-816704-0 , p. 134.
  3. ↑ Don Michael (ed) Randel: The Harvard biographical dictionary of music  (= Harvard University Press reference library). Harvard University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-674-37299-9 , p. 181.
  4. ^ Wilfrid Mellers: Francois Couperin and the French Classical Tradition . READ BOOKS, 2007, ISBN 1-4067-0684-1 , p. 330.
  5. ^ Jean-Paul Montagnier: Super flumina Babilonis of Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era , Volume 84. AR Editions, Inc., 1998, ISBN 0-89579-394-6 , p. Ix.
  6. ↑ There are two other known exceptions: The daughters of Michel-Richard Delalande , Marie-Anne and Jeanne, were also allowed to sing in the Chapelle royale.
  7. ^ Evrard Titon du Tillet: Le Parnasse François, dédié au Roi . Coignard, Paris 1732.
  8. ^ Marguerite-Louise Couperin . In: Dinnerparty database of notable women . Brooklyn Museum. March 10, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Couperin, Marguerite-Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French singer (soprano) and harpsichordist
DATE OF BIRTH between 1675 and 1679
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1728
Place of death Versailles