Gervais-François Couperin

• Illustration — Main Organ at the Paris Saint Gervais - Saint Protais church where the Couperin family played. He studied with his father Armand-Louis Couperin. In 1789, Gervais-François replaced his father at the Sainte-Chapelle organ. Gervais-François succeeded his brother Pierre-Louis Couperin at Notre-Dame de Paris, a position he held until the Revolution. He was later an organist at St-Gervais-et-St-Protais and Saint-Merri (1818–1826). He married Hélène Thérèse Frey, a singer, with whom he had a daughter, Céleste Thérèse (1793–1860), who succeeded him briefly as the organist at St-Gervais-et-St-Protais. She became the last member of the Couperin musical dynasty. Gervais-François Couperin died in Paris on 11 March 1826 at the age of 66.

• 1782: Rondo in D major for harpsichord or pianoforte • 1788: Deux Sonates Op. 1 for harpsichord or pianoforte with violin and violoncello ad libitum • 1790: Ah! Ça ira!, variations for harpsichord • 1797: Ouvertures d'Iphigénie et de Démophon for the pianoforte and violin ad libitum • 1797: Les Incroyables et Les Merveilleuses for pianoforte • 1799: Premier Recueil contenant six Romances, avec accompagnement de piano-forte ou harpe • 1816: Louis XVIII ou le Retour du bonheur en France.