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Nicolas Lebègue
Person · male · France · Laon · born 1631 · died 1702 · recording since 1996
French organist, harpsichordist and composer
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Also known as Nicolas Lebegue · Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue · ニコラ・ルベーグ
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1630s
1700s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Pièces de Clavessin
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
Biography
English biography370 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1299991143
Biography
Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue (also Le Bègue; c. 1631 – 6 July 1702) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was born in Laon and in the 1650s settled in Paris, quickly establishing himself as one of the best organists of the country. He lived and worked in Paris until his death, and frequently made trips to other cities to consult on organ building and maintenance matters. Lebègue's reputation today rests on his keyboard music. He made particularly important contributions to the development of the French organ school by devising pieces with independent pedal parts and developing the Tierce en taille genre. His oeuvre also includes the earliest published unmeasured preludes, as well as some of the earliest known noëls (Christmas songs).
Life
Lebègue was born in Laon, and nothing certain is known about his early years or training. It may be possible that his uncle (also named Nicolas Lebègue), a maître joueur d'instrument, played some role in Lebègue's music education. Equally little is known about the circumstances of Lebègue's move to Paris: the first reference to Lebègue is found in a 1661 document, in which the composer is already described as "the famous Parisian organist", so by then he must have lived and worked in the city long enough to secure a solid reputation. Although this must mean he held at least one organist's position in Paris, where he worked is unknown. The only post he is known to have held is at the church of Saint-Merri, where he worked since from 18 December 1664 until his death. Lebègue started publishing his music in 1676, and in 1678 was selected to become one of the organistes du Roi ("organist to the King"), a prestigious position he shared with Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers, Jacques-Denis Thomelin, and Jean-Baptiste Buterne.
The surviving copies of Lebègue's music are very numerous, indicating he was popular. He was also known as an expert on organ building: in this capacity, Lebègue travelled as far as Bourges, Blois, Chartres, Soissons, and Troyes. Lebègue was an influential teacher whose pupils include François d'Agincourt, Nicolas de Grigny, and probably Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, and Gilles Jullien. It was also through Lebègue that Pierre Dumage received his first important position, at the Saint-Quentin collegiate church.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -294 | 1.8th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 40 tracks · 1:14:49
1Premiere Livre - Pieces in a - Prelude1:162Premiere Livre - Pieces in a - Allemande2:403Premiere Livre - Pieces in a - Courante0:534Premiere Livre - Pieces in a - Sarabande3:265Premiere Livre - Pieces in a - Gigue2:316Premiere Livre - Pieces in a - Menuet1:097Premiere Livre - Pieces in d - Prelude1:218Premiere Livre - Pieces in d - Allemande1:599Premiere Livre - Pieces in d - Courante0:5710Premiere Livre - Pieces in d - Sarabande2:5711Premiere Livre - Pieces in d - Gavotte1:0112Premiere Livre - Pieces in d - Menuet1:1313Premiere Livre - Pieces in d - Canaris0:5914Premiere Livre - Pieces in d - Chaconne Grave2:5915Premiere Livre - Pieces in g - Prelude1:1216Premiere Livre - Pieces in g - Allemande3:4517Premiere Livre - Pieces in g - Courante grave1:4218Premiere Livre - Pieces in g - Sarabande grave1:1419Premiere Livre - Pieces in g - Gigue d'angleterre en g1:1420Premiere Livre - Pieces in g - Bouree0:5021Premiere Livre - Pieces in c - Prelude1:0722Premiere Livre - Pieces in c - Allemande1:4623Premiere Livre - Pieces in c - Courante1:4024Premiere Livre - Pieces in c - Chaconne3:5525Premiere Livre - Pieces in c - Bouree et double1:1726Premiere Livre - Pieces in c - Gigue1:5927Premiere Livre - Pieces in c - Gavotte, double et double de M.Couperin1:4128Premiere Livre - Pieces in c - Menuet1:1029Second Livre - Suitte in g flat - Allemande3:4030Second Livre - Suitte in g flat - Courante0:5131Second Livre - Suitte in g flat - Sarabande2:5232Second Livre - Suitte in g flat - Rondeau0:3433Second Livre - Suitte in g flat - Gigue2:0234Second Livre - Suitte in g flat - Passacaille3:5235Second Livre - Suitte in g natural - Allemande3:2236Second Livre - Suitte in g natural - Courante1:4137Second Livre - Suitte in g natural - Sarabande grave2:0738Second Livre - Suitte in g natural - Gigue1:0739Second Livre - Suitte in g natural - Air de hautbois1:2540Second Livre - Suitte in g natural - Petitte chaconne1:231999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 41 tracks
1Suite du 1er ton : Prélude2Suite du 1er ton : Duo3Suite du 1er ton : Cromhorne en taille4Suite du 1er ton : Basse de trompette5Suite du 1er ton : Trio à trois claviers6Suite du 1er ton : Dessus de cromhorne7Suite du 1er ton : Tierce en taille8Suite du 1er ton : Récit de voix humaine9Suite du 1er ton : Trio à deux dessus10Suite du 1er ton : Dialogue11Suite du 1er ton : Fugue grave12Suite du 1er ton : Plein jeu13Suite du 2ème ton : Prélude14Suite du 2ème ton : Cornet15Suite du 2ème ton : Trio à deux dessus16Suite du 2ème ton : Duo17Suite du 2ème ton : Cromhorne ou tierce en taille18Suite du 2ème ton : Trio à trois claviers19Suite du 2ème ton : Dessus de cromhorne ou de trompette20Suite du 2ème ton : Dialogue21Suite du 2ème ton : Plein jeu22Suite du 6ème ton : Prélude23Suite du 6ème ton : Duo24Suite du 6ème ton : Fugue grave25Suite du 6ème ton : Écho26Suite du 6ème ton : Trio à deux dessus27Suite du 6ème ton : Tierce en taille28Suite du 6ème ton : Basse de trompette29Suite du 6ème ton : Dessus de cromhorne30Suite du 6ème ton : Dialogue31Suite du 6ème ton : Plein jeu32Suite du 8ème ton : Prélude33Suite du 8ème ton : Fugue grave34Suite du 8ème ton : Duo35Suite du 8ème ton : Voix humaine36Suite du 8ème ton : Cornet37Suite du 8ème ton : Tierce en taille38Suite du 8ème ton : Trio à trois claviers39Suite du 8ème ton : Dessus de tierce40Suite du 8ème ton : Dialogue41Suite du 8ème ton : Plein jeu2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:01:12
1Suite en D la re sol: I. Prélude en D la re sol1:352Suite en D la re sol: II. Allemande3:303Suite en D la re sol: III. Courante grave1:494Suite en D la re sol: IV. Courante gaye avec double2:495Suite en D la re sol: V. Sarabande2:376Suite en D la re sol: VI. Gavotte1:467Suite en D la re sol: VII. Menuet0:528Suite en D la re sol: VIII. Canaris1:169Suite en D la re sol: IX. Courante en D#1:3110Suite en D la re sol: X. Sarabande grave2:5911Suite en D la re sol: XI. Gigue1:5612Suite en D la re sol: XII. Chaconne grave4:0013Suite en D la re sol: XIII. Ballet1:2714Suite en D la re sol: XIV. Gavotte1:2315Suite en Ut la mi re: I. Prélude en C sol ut fa1:1916Suite en Ut la mi re: II. Allemande2:5117Suite en Ut la mi re: III. Courante1:3418Suite en Ut la mi re: IV. 2.me Courante avec double2:2219Suite en Ut la mi re: V. Chaconne3:4020Suite en Ut la mi re: VI. Bourée avec double1:3321Suite en Ut la mi re: VII. Gigue2:0722Suite en Ut la mi re: VIII. Gavotte avec double1:4323Suite en Ut la mi re: IX. Menuet1:0224Suite en G ré sol b: I. Allemande3:2225Suite en G ré sol b: II. Courante1:2726Suite en G ré sol b: III. Sarabande2:1427Suite en G ré sol b: IV. Rondeau0:4628Suite en G ré sol b: V. Gigue2:0629Suite en G ré sol b: VI. Passacaille3:36
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nicolas Lebègue head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -294 | 1.8th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
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