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Louis Marchand

Person · male · France · Lyon · born 1669 · died 1732 · recording since 1972

French keyboardist and composer

Baroque music classical music opera

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Also known as 路易·马尔尚

Debut: 1972
Release groups: 8
Timeline events: 11
Wiki language versions: 26

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Timeline

11 events▣ Album 8◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1

1660s
1. 2 February 1669 · Birth
  Born 1669-02-02
  source: wikidata
1730s
1. 17 February 1732 · Death
  Died 1732
  source: wikidata
1970s
1. 1972 · Debut release
  Debut release: Pièces pour orgue
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1972 · Album
  Album: Pièces pour orgue
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1989 · Album
  Album: Pièces d'orgue
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1995 · Album
  Album: Plain-chant baroque alterné
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1997 · Album
  Album: Louis Marchand
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2001 · Album
  Album: Pièces de Clavecin
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2005 · Album
  Album: King of Instruments: The Art of Gillian Weir, Vol. 4
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 12 February 2013 · Album
  Album: Œuvres pour orgue
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 18 October 2024 · Album
  Album: Oeuvres pour orgue et clavecin
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography1,351 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1350239332

Biography

Louis Marchand (2 February 1669 – 17 February 1732) was a French organist, harpsichordist and composer. Born into an organist's family, Marchand was a child prodigy and quickly established himself as one of the best known French virtuosos of his time. He worked as organist of numerous churches and, for a few years, as one of the four organistes du roy. Marchand had a violent temperament and an arrogant personality, and his life was filled with scandals, publicized and widely discussed both during his lifetime and after his death. Despite his fame, few of his works survive to this day, and those that do almost all date from his early years. Nevertheless, a few pieces of his, such as the organ pieces Grand dialogue and Fond d'orgue have been lauded as classic works of the French organ school.

Life

Marchand came from a musical family: his grandfather, Pierre (d.1676) had been a schoolmaster and music teacher and his three sons, Jean (Marchand's father), Pierre and Louis were organists. Pierre held the incumbency at Auxonne for some years before his death in 1684; Louis became curé at the church of Saint-Maurice Pontailler-sur-Saône, 15 kilometres from Auxonne after 1 January 1676, where he remained until his arrest for the abduction and rape of 'paroissiennes'. [His sentence of death was commuted to servitude on the galleys and he died in Marseilles in 1694.] Jean was an organist at the cathedral of Clermont Ferrand before the family moved to Nevers in 1684, where Jean was to serve at the church of Saint Martine. As a child, the future composer showed exceptional talent: posthumous account, by Évrard Titon du Tillet, states that already at the age of 14 he was offered the prestigious position of organist at the Nevers Cathedral. We must be circumspect about this, however, since there is no documentary evidence of Marchand's time in Nevers, other than a contract he countersigned with his father engaging the services of Pierre Bridard to enlarge the Saint Martin organ. By age 20 he settled in Paris, and married the daughter of the harpsichord builder Jean Denis. According to his marriage contract, he was by that time organist at the church of Eglise Saint-Jacques on Paris's South Bank. Future tenures were to be held at Saint-Benoît-le-Bétourné, the church of the Cordeliers Convent and the church of Saint-Honoré Abbey. In June 1708, he was appointed as one of the four Organists du Roy for which he received a stipend of 600 livres. His duties were to play for the July–September quartier of the year. It is not known why he left Paris for a three-year sojourn in Germany in 1713, which was to include performing for various electors and the emperor. After his return to France Marchand once again settled in Paris and worked as organist for the Cordeliers Convent, augmenting his income with teaching.
Virtually all contemporary accounts contain lavish praise of Marchand's keyboard talents, yet most writers also mention that the composer had an extremely colorful and unpredictable personality. This combination of prodigious skill and bizarre temperament resulted in numerous anecdotes, scandals, and rumors recounted in various sources, only some of which are fully reliable. Several, however, are well documented: soon after his arrival in Paris, he became embroiled in a plot along with the organ builder Henry Lesclop, to defame the newly-appointed organist-priest at Saint-Bartelémy (which Marchand coveted), Pierre Dandrieu, Marchand coerced a pregnant sixteen-year-old girl to complain in a now lost letter to the organist of the Grand Couvent des Jacobins that Dandrieu was the father of the child. Dandrieu filed a complaint against Lesclop and during the ensuing investigation the girl withdrew her accusation.
On a domestic front things did not fare much better: he beat his wife, who successfully divorced him in 1701 with a settlement of 2,000 livres '... qu’il a reçüe faisant partie de sa dot avec les intérêts suivant l’ordonnance du jour ...’ . Edward Higginbottom suggests that the extended German tour was an attempt to escape his ex-wife's demands, but this is unlikely. A contemporary account by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (in Historisch-kritische Beyträge zur Aufnahme der Musik, 1754–55) gives a different reason: it wasn't his ex-wife Marchand was escaping from, but the French king, whom Marchand insulted. After an unfavorable remark made by Louis XIV about Marchand's hands, the composer responded with an improper retort about the king's ears. Still another account claims that after Marchand's wife had left him, Louis XIV ordered half the composer's salary to be withheld and paid to her. Marchand, in response, broke off in the middle of a mass where he was playing and, when the king questioned him, responded, "Sire, if my wife gets half my salary, she may play half the service."
Another anecdote was first related in Dictionnaire des artistes (1776) by Louis-Abel de Bonafous, l'abbé de Fontenay:
'The desire to learn his art led him at a very young age to the capital; but without recommendations or friends, he was soon destitute of all kinds of assistance. He entered by chance into the chapel of the College of Louis le Grand at the moment when the organist was expected to begin the divine office. He asked to play the organ, which was granted to him only after repeated requests because they mistrusted his abilities. But scarcely had he put his hands on the keyboard than he astonished all the listeners. The Jesuits showed him great affection; they retained him in their college and contributed to his education by furnishing him with what was necessary to perfect his happy dispositions'.
By contrast, Titon du Tillet's biography states that, on Marchand's arrival to Paris he was offered virtually all of the vacant positions of the city's churches, because the composer's reputation was so high. But perhaps the most famous anecdote about Marchand is the account of the competition he was supposed to have with Johann Sebastian Bach in Dresden in September 1717. According to later accounts by Marpurg, Jakob Adlung and other German sources (who incidentally were not born at the time; besides, the story is not found in any French documents), the two composers were to have a contest in harpsichord performance, and Marchand fled before Bach's arrival, apparently out of fear of being defeated. The reality, however, is probably quite different: it was rumoured that Marchand, who had been in Dresden and had performed before the king, was to be offered a position as organist at the Royal Chapel, much to the chagrin of its musicians. The court Konzertmeister, Jean-Baptiste Volumier, probably invited Bach to compete against Marchand on behalf of colleagues annoyed by the latter’s arrogance and erratic behaviour and it was possibly sensing the political hornet’s nest he would be getting into if he were to accept a position at the chapel that caused Marchand to abruptly leave the scene. The story is only related in German sources, with a varying degree of embellishments by Bach's later biographers such as Johann Nikolaus Forkel. Bach's respect for Marchand's abilities, however, was recorded by the same Jakob Adlung, who witnessed Bach playing Marchand's harpsichord suites "ingeniously" and from memory.

Legacy

Jean-Philippe Rameau was among Marchand's admirers, and his pupils included Pierre Dumage and Louis-Claude Daquin. Dumage praised his teacher in the preface to his Premier livre d'orgue (1708), one of the most important works from the late years of the French organ school. Marchand's contemporary Pierre-Louis D'Aquin De Château-Lyon even compared the composer to François Couperin, claiming that, while Couperin had more art and application, Marchand had a more natural, spontaneous musicianship. In addition to his music, Marchand also wrote a treatise on composition, Règles de la composition, which theorist Sébastien de Brossard considered an excellent, albeit short, work.
Although today most of Marchand's extant pieces are regarded as unimportant by most scholars, a few have expressed the opposite view. French musicologist and writer Philippe Beaussant described the composer's work thus: "Though his compositions are skilfully written, their mastery is not obviously admirable as such. They need to be studied closely before they are found to be very great music."

Discography & profile

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Wikipedia language versions	26	87.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	8	81.1th
Studio albums	8	88.9th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	11	87.9th
Recording span (years)	-240	2.6th
Genres	7	93th

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Discography (8 release groups · 8 studio albums)

Albums · 8

Pièces pour orgue
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 48:46
A1Premier livre d'orgue : Plein jeu2:37
A2Premier livre d'orgue : Fugue2:18
A3Premier livre d'orgue : Trio2:02
A4Premier livre d'orgue : Basse de trompette2:29
A5Premier livre d'orgue : Quatuor3:35
A6Premier livre d'orgue : Tierce en taille3:13
A7Premier livre d'orgue : Duo1:59
A8Premier livre d'orgue : Récit3:56
A9Premier livre d'orgue : Basse de trompette1:03
A10Premier livre d'orgue : Fond d'orgue2:00
A11Premier livre d'orgue : Dialogue2:38
B1Pièces choisies : Grand dialogue9:30
B2Pièces choisies : Plein Jeu1:17
B3Pièces choisies : Grand Jeu1:38
B4Pièces choisies : Récit1:18
B5Pièces choisies : Grand Jeu2:51
B6Pièces choisies : Récit1:23
B7Pièces choisies : Grand Jeu1:00
B8Pièces choisies : Fond d'orgue1:59
Pièces d'orgue
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 35 tracks · 1:14:05
1Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du premier ton : Plein jeu2:13
2Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du premier ton : Trio1:27
3Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du premier ton : Duo1:00
4Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du premier ton : Basse de trompette1:38
5Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du premier ton : Récit1:57
6Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du premier ton : Dialogue1:38
7Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du premier ton : Petit plein jeu1:06
8Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du second ton : Prélude2:45
9Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du second ton : Tierce en taille3:04
10Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du second ton : Duo1:16
11Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du second ton : Basse de trompette1:25
12Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du second ton : Trio de flûtes1:49
13Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du second ton : Dialogue2:36
14Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du second ton : Petit plein jeu0:50
15Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du troisième ton : Plein jeu2:49
16Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du troisième ton : Quatuor3:16
17Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du troisième ton : Dialogue de voix humaine3:30
18Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du troisième ton : Basse de trompette1:37
19Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du troisième ton : Duo1:12
20Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du troisième ton : Grand jeu1:55
21Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du troisième ton : Petit plein jeu0:57
22Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du quatrième ton : Plein jeu2:15
23Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du quatrième ton : Cromhorne en taille3:25
24Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du quatrième ton : Duo1:48
25Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du quatrième ton : Basse de cromhorne2:15
26Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du quatrième ton : Trio2:36
27Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du quatrième ton : Dialogue2:38
28Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat - Suite du quatrième ton : Petit plein jeu1:04
29Suite du cinquième ton : Plein jeu1:50
30Suite du cinquième ton : Duo1:27
31Suite du cinquième ton : Trio0:52
32Suite du cinquième ton : Basse de cromhorne ou de trompette1:41
33Suite du cinquième ton : Récit1:48
34Suite du cinquième ton : Dialogue1:45
35Dialogue du troisième livre8:41
Plain-chant baroque alterné
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 56 tracks · 2:08:47
Disc 125 tracks · 1:06:35
1La Messe: Plein jeu, Kyrie eleison2:20
2La Messe: Duo, Kyrie eleison1:39
3La Messe: Christe eleison, Récit2:09
4La Messe: Basse de Trompette ou de chromorne1:51
5La Messe: Kyrie eleison, Dialogue1:47
6La Messe: Gloria in excelsis Deo, et interra pax2:24
7La Messe: Laudamus te - plain-chant, gratias agimus Tibi, Trio2:52
8La Messe: Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis, Domine Fili unigenite, Récit4:36
9La Messe: Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Qui tollis, Tierce en Taille2:27
10La Messe: Qui tollis, qui sedes, basse de trompette3:11
11La Messe: Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, Duo2:03
12La Messe: Tu solus altissimus, Quoniam tu solus sanctus altissimus, Trio1:19
13La Messe: Tu solus altissimus Jesu Christe, cum sancto spiritu, Amen, Dialogue3:00
14La Messe: Credo in unum Deum, Basse de trompette2:27
15La Messe: Et in unum Dominum, et ex Patre natum, Duo1:50
16La Messe: Deum de Deo, Genitum non factum, Basse de Chromorne ou de trompette2:04
17La Messe: Qui propter nos homines, Crucifixus, Récit3:34
18La Messe: Et resurrexit, et ascendit, Duo1:58
19La Messe: Et in spiritum, qui cum Patre, Trio2:17
20La Messe: Et unam sanctam, confiteor unum baptisma, Récit2:09
21La Messe: Et expecto resurrectionem, et vitam venturi saeculi, Amen, Dialogue1:54
22La Messe: Offertoire, Grand Dialogue8:28
23La Messe: Sanctus, Basse de Trompette ou de Chromorne1:45
24La Messe: Gloria tua, Hosanna in Excelsis, Fond d'Orgue2:32
25La Messe: Benedictus, Hosanna, Tierce en Taille3:59
Disc 231 tracks · 1:02:12
1La Messe: Domine salvum fac Regem, Fond d'Orgue, Duo2:58
2La Messe: Agnus Dei, Quatuor, Tierce en Taille2:06
3La Messe: Agnus Dei, quatuor2:59
4La Messe: Agnus Dei, Tierce en Taille3:22
5La Messe: Ite missa est, Deo grtias, Fugue2:09
6Te Deum: No. 1, Te Deum laudamus, Te Dominum confitemur0:48
7Te Deum: No. 2, Te aeternum Patrem, Tibi omnes angeli, Jeu Doux0:53
8Te Deum: No. 3, Tibi cherubim et seraphim, Sanctus0:56
9Te Deum: No. 4, Sanctus, Récit sur le Cornet0:56
10Te Deum: No. 5, Pkeni sunt coeli, Te gloriosus, Basse de Tierce1:14
11Te Deum: No. 6, Te prophetarum, Te martyrum, Duo1:07
12Te Deum: No. 7, Te per orbem, Patrem Immensae, Basse de Trompette1:32
13Te Deum: No. 8, Venerandum, Sanctum quoque, Trio1:10
14Te Deum: No. 9, Tu rex gloriae, Tu Patris, Plein-Jeu0:40
15Te Deum: No. 10, Tu ad liberandum, Tu devicto mortis0:55
16Te Deum: No. 11, Tu ad dexteram Dei, Index crederis, Récit de Chromorne0:55
17Te Deum: No. 12, Te ergo quaesumus, Aeterna fac, Duo1:31
18Te Deum: No. 13, Salvum fac populum, Et rege eos, Basse de Chromorne1:28
19Te Deum: No. 14, Per singulos dies, Et laudamus nomen tuum, Plein-Jeu1:16
20Te Deum: No. 15, Dignare Domine, Miserere nostri, Récit1:23
21Te Deum: No. 16, Fiat misericordia tua, In Te Domine speravi, Dialogue3:12
22Hymne iste confessor: No. 1, Prélude, Plein Jeu1:24
23Hymne iste confessor: No. 2, Iste confessor, Qui pius, Fugue2:37
24Magnificat pour la nativité de St-Jean-Baptiste: No. 1, Antienne: Puer qui natus est nobis, Plusquam prophaeta est, Trio2:22
25Magnificat pour la nativité de St-Jean-Baptiste: No. 2, Magnificat, et exultavit, Quia respexit, Récit2:57
26Magnificat pour la nativité de St-Jean-Baptiste: No. 3, Qiuia fecit, Et misericordia, Fecit potentiam,Basse de Trompette3:39
27Magnificat pour la nativité de St-Jean-Baptiste: No. 4, Deposuit, esurientes, suscepit, Duo2:58
28Magnificat pour la nativité de St-Jean-Baptiste: No. 5, Sicut locutus est, Gloria Patri, Sicut erat in principio, Fugue3:42
29Motet: Exultate Deo, basse de trompette2:51
30Respons: Venient, Plein Jeu2:14
31Respons: Manus meas, Chromorne en Taille3:58
Louis Marchand
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 42 tracks · 1:03:20
1Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Dialogue1:37
2Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Basse de Trompette0:50
3Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Recit1:41
4Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Dialogue0:52
5Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Trio0:50
6Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Recit1:44
7Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Fond d'Orgue2:06
8Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Fugue1:29
9Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Duo1:28
10Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Trio1:35
11Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Basse de Cromorne1:49
12Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Duo1:23
13Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 11:17
14Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 20:28
15Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 30:32
16Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 40:38
17Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 50:45
18Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 60:49
19Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 71:02
20Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 80:46
21Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 90:24
22Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 100:43
23Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 110:44
24Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 120:51
25Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 131:03
26Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 141:07
27Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 152:25
28Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Te Deum: Verset 161:07
29Pièces d'orgue: 2ème Livre: Grand Dialogue8:43
30Pièces d'orgue: 4ème Livre: Fugue1:14
31Pièces d'orgue: 4ème Livre: Trio0:56
32Pièces d'orgue: 4ème Livre: Recit en Taille1:38
33Pièces d'orgue: 5ème Livre: Duo0:46
34Pièces d'orgue: 5ème Livre: Recit1:35
35Pièces d'orgue: 5ème Livre: Basse de Trompette1:33
36Pièces d'orgue: 5ème Livre: Recit en Taille2:20
37Pièces d'orgue: 5ème Livre: Fugue1:15
38Pièces d'orgue: 5ème Livre: Plein Jeu1:10
39Pièces d'orgue: 1er Livre: Recit3:38
40Pièces d'orgue: 1er Livre: Tierce en Taille2:13
41Pièces d'orgue: 1er Livre: Fond d'Orgue1:52
42Pièces d'orgue: 1er Livre: Dialogue2:22
Pièces de Clavecin
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 36:04
1Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, D minor (Paris 1702): I. Prélude3:04
2Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, D minor (Paris 1702): II. Allemande4:02
3Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, D minor (Paris 1702): III. Courante I & II3:57
4Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, D minor (Paris 1702): IV. Sarabande3:33
5Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, D minor (Paris 1702): V. Gavotte en Rondeau1:29
6Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, D minor (Paris 1702): VI. Menuet1:11
7Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, D minor (Paris 1702): VII. Gigue2:15
8Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, D minor (Paris 1702): VIII. Chaconne3:21
9Pièces de Clavecin, Book 2, G minor (Paris 1703): I. Prélude1:37
10Pièces de Clavecin, Book 2, G minor (Paris 1703): II. Allemande1:58
11Pièces de Clavecin, Book 2, G minor (Paris 1703): III. Courante1:22
12Pièces de Clavecin, Book 2, G minor (Paris 1703): IV. Sarabande2:43
13Pièces de Clavecin, Book 2, G minor (Paris 1703): V. Gavotte1:26
14Pièces de Clavecin, Book 2, G minor (Paris 1703): VI. Menuet & Menuet en Rondeau2:32
15Pièces de Clavecin, Book 2, G minor (Paris 1703): VII. Gigue1:34
King of Instruments: The Art of Gillian Weir, Vol. 4
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 32 tracks · 1:17:06
1Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en A. Mi La: Offertoire3:25
2Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en A. Mi La: Fugue3:03
3Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en A. Mi La: Fugue3:11
4Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en A. Mi La: Trio avec la Pedale1:29
5Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Pleinjeu1:46
6Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Duo1:23
7Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Trio1:57
8Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Basse et Dessus de Trompète1:11
9Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Récit de Trompète Separée ou de Cromorne2:30
10Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Dialogue2:17
11Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en G. Ré Sol Mineur: Offertoire1:07
12Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en G. Ré Sol Mineur: Fugue1:54
13Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en G. Ré Sol Mineur: Fugue5:10
14Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en G. Ré Sol Mineur: Trio1:45
15Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en G. Ré Sol Mineur: Cromorne en Taille2:29
16Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Pièces en G. Ré Sol Mineur: Duo sur la Trompète1:54
17Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Pleinjeu1:41
18Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Duo1:34
19Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Trio1:44
20Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Basse de Cromorne1:27
21Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Récit de Nazard2:22
22Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue: Magnificat: Dialogue1:40
23Pièces d'Orgue: Troisième livre: Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux9:40
24Pièces d'Orgue: Quatrième livre: Duo0:47
25Pièces d'Orgue: Quatrième livre: Fugue2:09
26Pièces d'Orgue: Quatrième livre: Trio0:46
27Pièces d'Orgue: Quatrième livre: Récit1:03
28Pièces d'Orgue: Quatrième livre: Duo1:29
29Pièces d'Orgue: Quatrième livre: Basse de Trompette1:19
30Pièces d'Orgue: Quatrième livre: Récit de tierce en taille3:03
31Tierce en taille6:01
32Toccata tu es Petrus3:50
Œuvres pour orgue
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 32 tracks · 1:12:49
1Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Plein jeu3:39
2Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Fugue1:55
3Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Trio2:05
4Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Basse de trompette2:27
5Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Quatuor3:28
6Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Tierce en taille3:17
7Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Duo1:55
8Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Récit4:03
9Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Tierce en taille2:23
10Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Basse de trompette ou de cromhorne1:11
11Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Fond d'orgue2:21
12Premier Livre (édition 1740) : Dialogue3:07
13Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Fa (Livre II) : Fugue1:46
14Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Fa (Livre II) : Duo1:22
15Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Fa (Livre II) : Trio2:03
16Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Fa (Livre II) : Récit1:14
17Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Fa (Livre II) : Basse de trompette1:57
18Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Livre III : Grand dialogue10:02
19Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en La (Livre II) : Plein jeu1:16
20Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en La (Livre II) : Duo1:08
21Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en La (Livre II) : Récit1:23
22Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en La (Livre II) : Fond d'orgue2:22
23Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en La (Livre II) : Basse de cromhorne0:57
24Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en La (Livre II) : Grand jeu2:37
25Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Ut (Livres II, IV et V) : Plein jeu (V)1:51
26Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Ut (Livres II, IV et V) : Fugue (V)1:50
27Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Ut (Livres II, IV et V) : Duo (V)0:48
28Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Ut (Livres II, IV et V) : Trio (IV)0:57
29Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Ut (Livres II, IV et V) : Récit (V)1:32
30Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Ut (Livres II, IV et V) : Basse de trompette (IV)1:23
31Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Ut (Livres II, IV et V) : Grand jeu (II)1:51
32Pièces d'orgue manuscrites : Suite en Ut (Livres II, IV et V) : Récit en taille (V)2:39
Oeuvres pour orgue et clavecin
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:20:51
1Grand dialogue in C8:56
2Suite in D (published in 1699): I. Prélude2:55
3Suite in D (published in 1699): II. Allemande4:23
4Suite in D (published in 1699): III. Courante I&II3:24
5Suite in D (published in 1699): IV. Sarabande4:34
6Suite in D (published in 1699): V. Gigue2:08
7Suite in D (published in 1699): VI. Chaconne3:35
8Suite in D (published in 1699): VII. Gavotte Rondeau1:15
9Suite in D (published in 1699): VIII. Menuet0:54
10Second book, selected pieces: Grand-jeu1:42
11Second book, selected pieces: Fond d’orgue2:29
12Second book, selected pieces: Dialogue en rondo2:51
13Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Quatuor3:07
14Second book, selected pieces: Fugue1:47
15Suite in G, (published in 1703): I. Prélude1:31
16Suite in G, (published in 1703): II. Allemande2:05
17Suite in G, (published in 1703): III. Courante1:20
18Suite in G, (published in 1703): IV. Sarabande3:21
19Suite in G, (published in 1703): V. Gigue1:13
20Suite in G, (published in 1703): VI. Gavotte1:16
21Suite in G, (published in 1703): VII. Menuets I & II1:58
22Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Plein-jeu à 62:42
23Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Fugue2:23
24Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Trio2:20
25Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Basse de trompette2:30
26Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Tierce en taille3:07
27Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Récit3:54
28Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Duo2:07
29Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Fond d’orgue2:08
30Posthumous Book, Suite in D (1740): Dialogue2:56

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Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	26	87.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	8	81.1th
Studio albums	8	88.9th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	11	87.9th
Recording span (years)	-240	2.6th
Genres	7	93th

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portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
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aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q448822 · MusicBrainz: 68f517d6-6d9e-43b5-99d9-eb42731eee5e

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Timeline

1660s

Born 1669-02-02

1730s

Died 1732

1970s

Debut release: Pièces pour orgue

Album: Pièces pour orgue

1980s

Album: Pièces d'orgue

1990s

Album: Plain-chant baroque alterné

Album: Louis Marchand

2000s

Album: Pièces de Clavecin

Album: King of Instruments: The Art of Gillian Weir, Vol. 4

2010s

Album: Œuvres pour orgue

2020s

Album: Oeuvres pour orgue et clavecin

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