Louis-Claude Daquin
Born: July 4, 1694; Paris, France
Died: June 15, 1772; Paris, France
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A child prodigy and a student of Louis Marchand (not to mention godson of composer Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, who gave him his first keyboard lessons), Louis-Claude Daquin first attracted attention at age six, when he played the clavecin for King Louis XIV. Descent from a line of Jewish intellectuals did not impede his early professional progress. At age eight he conducted his own Beatus vir at Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, and by age 12 he had
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Bon Joseph. écoutez-moi, for organ (Nouveau Livre des Noëls No. 10) (1)
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La mélodieuse (1)
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La Mélodieuse, rondeau for harpsichord in C minor (Pièces de clavecin, Suite No. 4) (1)
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Les Enchaînemens harmonieux, for harpsichord in D major/D minor (Pièces de clavecin, Suite No. 2) (1)
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Les tourbillons (1)
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Noël En Tierce En Taille (1)
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Noël étranger, for organ (Nouveau Livre de Noëls No. 8) (1)
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Noël Grand Jeu et Duo, for organ (1)
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Noël in D minor (1)
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Noël pour l'amour de Marie (Chantons, je vous prie), for organ (Nouveau Livre de Noëls No. 9) (1)
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Noël we sing (1)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2 (1)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: Excerpt(s) (4)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 1, Noël sur les jeux d'anches (4)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 10, Noël grand-jeu et duo, Quand Dieu naquit à Noël (18)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 11, Noël en Récit, en taille (4)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 12, Noël suisse, o Dieux de clémence (5)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 2, Noël en dialogue, Or dites-nous Marie (2)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 3, Noël en musette, en dialogue et en duo (2)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 4, Noël en duo sur les jeux d'anches (1)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 5, Noël en duo, Je me suis levé par un matinet (1)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 6, Noël sur les jeux d'anches, Adam fut un pauvre homme (10)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 7, Noël en trio et en dialogue (1)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 8, Noël étranger, sur les jeux d'anches sans tremblant et en (9)
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Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 9, Noël sur les flûtes, Noël, pour l'amour de Marie (3)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 1. Noël sur Les Jeux D'Anches, Sans Tremblant (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 10. Noël, Grand Jeu, et Duo (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 11. Noël en Récit en Taille, sur La Tierce du Positif, Avec La Pédale de Flû (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 12. Noël Suisse, Grand Jeu, et Duo (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 2. Noël en Dialogue, Duo, Trio, sur le Cornet de Récit, Les Tierces du Posit (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 3. Noël en Musette, en Dialogue, et en Duo. Très Tendrement (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 4. Noël en Duo, sur Les Jeux D'Anches, sans Tremblant (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 5. Noël en Duo (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 6. Noël sur Les Jeux D'Anches, sans Tremblant, et en Duo (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 7. Noël et Trio et en Dialogue, Le Cornet de Récit de La Main Droitte, La Ti (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 8. Noël Etranger, sur Les Jeux D'Anches sans Tremblant et en Duo (1)
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Nouveau Livre De Noëls: 9. Noël sur Les Flûtes. Très Tendrement (1)
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Nöel X (2)
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Premier livre de pièces: Deuxième suite - L'hirondelle (1)
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Premier livre de pièces: Troisième Suite - Le coucou (45)
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Tambourin (1)
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Une Vierge pucelle (1)
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Work(s) (2)
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Biography |
by James Reel
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A child prodigy and a student of Louis Marchand (not to mention godson of composer Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, who gave him his first keyboard lessons), Louis-Claude Daquin first attracted attention at age six, when he played the clavecin for King Louis XIV. Descent from a line of Jewish intellectuals did not impede his early professional progress. At age eight he conducted his own Beatus vir at Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, and by age 12 he had become organist at the convent of Petit St.-Antoine, where the faithful flocked to hear the wunderkind organist as much as to attend religious services. In 1727 he triumphed over Jean-Philippe Rameau in a competition for a position he would hold for the rest of his substantial life, organist at St.-Paul. In 1732 he added to his duties organist of the Cordeliers, succeeding Marchand. As if this weren't enough, in 1739 he found himself appointed -- this time without competition -- as organist of the Chapelle Royale. Furthermore, he was given one of the four organ posts at Notre Dame in 1755. He also performed as a guest at several other venues. Just as conductor Herbert von Karajan held so many important simultaneous posts in the twentieth century that he was called the "music director of Europe," Daquin was the principal organist of Paris.
Daquin was a celebrated improviser, but he also wrote widely for publication; his most famous composition is the twittering bird piece Le Coucou. Christmastime always brings performances and recordings, particularly in France, of his Noëls pour l'orgue ou la clavecin. His other major publication is the Livre de pièces de clavecin, first published in 1735. Some of his pieces are strongly influenced by Couperin, but many are quite original; some are obsessed with a single, unvaried melodic unit, while others take an up-to-date, fully fleshed-out sonata form. |
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