Jacques Champion de Chambonnières was a French harpsichordist, dancer and composer. Born into a musical family, Chambonnières made an illustrious career as court harpsichordist in Paris and was considered by many of his contemporaries to be one of the greatest musicians in Europe.
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View of Paris in 1607, copperplate engraving by Leonard Gaultier.![Les pièces de clavessin [...] livre premier. Paris, 1670. (complete score)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/IMSLP110972-PMLP43746-Chambonnieres_-_Les_Pieces_de_Clavecin_Livre_Premier.pdf/page1-1280px-IMSLP110972-PMLP43746-Chambonnieres_-_Les_Pieces_de_Clavecin_Livre_Premier.pdf.jpg)
Les pièces de clavessin [...] livre premier. Paris, 1670. (complete score)
Described as "one of Chambonnières' most beautiful works and deservedly one of his most famous" by Willi Apel, the F major chaconne is seen here as preserved in the famous Bauyn manuscript.Musicians from France 6
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Jacques Champion de Chambonnières was a French harpsichordist, dancer and composer. Born into a musical family, Chambonnières made an illustrious career as court harpsichordist in Paris and was considered by many of his contemporaries to be one of the greatest musicians in Europe. However, late in life Chambonnières gradually fell out of favor at the court and lost his position. He died in poverty, but at an advanced age, and not before publishing a number of his works. Today Chambonnières is considered one of the greatest representatives of the early French harpsichord school.
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