Pierre-Claude Foucquet

Who was Pierre-Claude Foucquet?

Pierre-Claude Foucquet was a French organist and harpsichordist.

Foucquet was born in Paris, the son of Pierre Foucquet and Anna-Barbe Domballe. He was born into a family of musicians. At age 18, he was appointed as the organist at Saint Honoré church in Paris. Following this appointment he was the organist in several important churches: the Royal Abbey of St Victor, the St Eustache church, the Chapel Royal where he succeeded François d'Agincourt, and the Notre-Dame Cathedral. At the end of his life he had to resign his appointment as organist due to illness, but was given a pension by the King.

His output includes: Three harpsichord books

Pièces de clavecin – Oeuvre première - Les Caractères de la Paix in C:

La Renommée

Marche en rondeau

Fanfare

Le Feu

Les Grâces pour musette

2ème Musette

Les Ris: rondeau

Tambourin

Les Jeux: rondeau

Second Livre de Pièces de clavecin

Les Forgerons, le Concert des faunes et autres pièces de clavecin. Troisième Livre

Several arias for two parts and continuo