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Pierre-Claude Foucquet
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Pierre-Claude Foucquet (born c. 1694; died 1740) was a French harpsichordist and composer active in Paris in the first half of the eighteenth century. His documented career is slight in narrative detail but securely anchored by a single printed publication that situates him within the French clavecin tradition of the generation after François Couperin and alongside figures such as Dandrieu and Daquin. Foucquet’s surviving reputation rests on the Pièces de clavecin, published in Paris in 1731, a collection that confirms both his professional identity as a keyboard musician and his stylistic alignment with the established French suite tradition. Contemporary reference sources characterise him as a Parisian harpsichordist rather than as a court musician, and no evidence has surfaced in the standard literature for significant institutional appointments; accordingly, he appears best understood as part of the urban professional milieu of teachers, performers, and composers who contributed to Paris’s domestic and salon music culture. Beyond the 1731 print, no additional works are securely attributed to him, and biographical particulars such as training, pupils, or precise posts remain undocumented in the accessible sources, placing Foucquet among the many French clavecinistes whose historical presence is preserved through a single, well-defined publication rather than an extensive archival trail. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additio
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Les caractères de la paix, Op. 1: I. La Renommée - Marche en rondeau - Double de La marche
132Second livre de pièces de clavecin: No. 1, Marche des pèlerins de Cythère
113Second livre de pièces de clavecin: No. 4, Le carillon de Cythère
104Les caractères de la paix, Op. 1: II. Fanfare
95Second livre de pièces de clavecin: No. 2, Le passe tems
86Second livre de pièces de clavecin: No. 3, La Destrade
87Second livre de pièces de clavecin: No. 6, La sœur Agnès ou la novice
88Les caractères de la paix, Op. 1: V. Les ris - Tambourins I & II, rondeau
79Second livre de pièces de clavecin: No. 5, La brillante
710Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin: No. 8, Tambourin ou musette provençale
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