Previous posts for November 10th are here: Martin Luther; Carl Stalling (2019), Johann Christian Schieferdecker (2020), François Couperin; Friedrich Schiller (2021), Idabell Smith Firestone (2022), and Friedrich Schiller; John David Marks (2023), and Martin Luther; Carl Stalling; Billy May; Ennio Morricone (2024)
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François Couperin (10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist, and harpsichordist.
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He was known as Couperin le Grand ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family. -- Wikipedia
Just like the Bachs, the Couperins,
Among the art's prolific clans,
Produced so many with their name
Who had a decent claim to fame,
That members of the family chart,
(As sons and grandsons learned the art),
Were difficult to tell apart.
But then a bureaucrat said, "Let's
Refer to them with epithets!"
And thus came nicknames of the sort
That stopped confusion at the Court.
But, as we pause upon this date,
And raise a glass to celebrate
Francois Couperin ("the Great"),
We think of them who lived their years,
Upon the family's lesser tiers,
And spent their competent careers
Of keyboard playing and/or fiddling
As merely Couperins ("the Middling").
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