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