- Francois Couperin (1668-1733) - http://carolinanavy.com/fleet2/f2/zclassicalmusic/FrancoisCouperin(1668-1733)hall/shakespeare1.html
Message board and live chat about the life and works.
- François Couperin - http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/couperin.html
Musica Classica Classical Music Dictionary article includes MIDI audio files and brief biography with illustrations and facsimiles of compositions.
- Couperin, François (le grand) - http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/couperin1733.html
Biographical outline with recommended recordings and readings. Includes external links to essays. From Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
- François Couperin - http://www.byu.edu/music/areas/keyboard/Organ/composers/couperin.html
Portrait, biography, points of interest, and works from the BYU collection of organ composers.
- François Couperin - http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/couperin.html
Brief biography from Timothy Smith's Sojourn pages. Notes his influence on J. S. Bach.
- François Couperin - http://www.amarcordes.ch/compositeurs/couperin_grove.htm
Biography and works from Amarcordes. Traces the life of "le Grande," comments on general style, and lists his organ, chamber, sacred and secular vocal, and harpsichord music plus theoretical works.
- François Couperin - http://baroque-music.com/frames/info/couperin.shtml
Biography and principal works from Baroque Music.
- François Couperin: Le Grand - http://www.humanitiesweb.org/cgi-bin/human.cgi?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=28
Biographical timeline and keyworks with recommended recordings and readings.
- Classical Music Archives - Biography of Couperin - http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/couperin.html
Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of music. Many of his works offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Includes time line, download and playing instructions, and links to artist pages.
- Couperin, François - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=2210
Biography noting his musical family and his own abilities on keyboard and as composer, particularly for the harpsichord with summary list of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- François Couperin (Le Grand) - http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxcoup.html
Portrait and detailed biography from Michael Sartorius' Arton Baroque Composers and Musicians.
- Kunst der Fuge | François Couperin - http://www.kunstderfuge.com/midi-c.htm#couperin
"Mass for the Parishes" and "Les Fastes de la Grande et Ancienne Ménéstrandise" in MIDI audio format (free downloadable).
- NewOlde.com - François Couperin - http://www.newolde.com/couperin_francois.htm
Biography from New Grove 2, recent and recommended recordings, books, sheet music and links.
- François Couperin - http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0183641/
IMDb listing includes films using his compositions.
- Francois Couperin - http://www.classiccat.net/couperin_f_1668/
Biography, links, and directory of free MP3 audio files from Classic Cat.
- François Couperin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%E7ois_Couperin
Wikipedia article with life, summary of musical style and output, and internal references to related people and topics.
- Francois Couperin - http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/default.asp?pn=Composers&char=C&ComposerID=235
Brief biographical sketch, caricature, comments on church, harpsichord, and chamber music, and Naxos/HNH discography.
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