Nicolas Antoine Lebegue

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Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue (1631 – July 6, 1702) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. Although he was an innovative composer and quite famous during his lifetime, Lebègue's music is rarely performed or recorded today. He is perhaps best remembered as the teacher of Nicolas de Grigny. Little is known about Lebègue's early years and musical training. By 1656 he was living in Paris and by 1661 he was already known as the famous Paris organist. Indeed, the surviving copies of his music are much more numerous than those of other organ composers of the era, apparently he was a highly acclaimed musician. In 1664 he became organist of Church Saint-Merry. He occupied that post until his death in 1702. He published three "livres d'orgue" [organ books] that, according to their prefaces, were designed to show how professional organists played in Paris. Lebegue wrote in the 8 church modes, just like the Renaissance organ masters such as Titelouze, but his works are already tending toward modern tonality. He codified the types of French classical organ pieces (Plein jeu, tierce en taille, echo, dessus de cromhorne, etc.) that are standard in all the other classical French organ composers, but he also is an important intermediary step between the Renaissance organists and JS Bach, who copied De Grigny's Livre d'Orgue by hand. Although some tonalities seem to us like minor and some like major, there is also a characteristic modulation that may differentiate them. For ins

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Early French Organ Music, Vol. 2

Lebиgue - Les Piиces de Clavessin - CD1

Lebиgue - Les Piиces de Clavessin - CD2

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Lebegue - Pieces de Clavessin

Lebиgue - Les Piиces de Clavessin - CD3

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Lebègue : Pièces de clavessin

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Early French Organ Music, Vol. 2

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Symphonies

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The Birds And The Springs

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