List of French harpsichordists

This article lists French composers who wrote for the harpsichord during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Chronology[]

1640–1710: Beginnings of harpsichord music in France[]

• Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601–1672)
• Louis Couperin (c.1626–1661)
• Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
• Charles Dieupart (1667–1740)
• Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694)
• Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665–1729)
• Nicolas Lebègue (1631–1702)
• Gaspard Le Roux (1660–1707)
• Louis Marchand (1669–1732)
• Nicolas Siret (1663–1754)

1710–1789: Second period[]

• Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1724–1799)
• Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
• François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)
• Jean-Odéo Demars (1695–1756)
• Josse Boutmy (1697–1779; Flemish)
• Bernard de Bury (1720–1785)
• Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)
• Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
• Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789)
• François Couperin (1668–1733)
• Jean-François Dandrieu (1681–1738)
• Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
• Louis-Antoine Dornel (1680–1756)
• Jacques Duphly (1715–1789)
• Pierre Février (1696–1760)
• Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699–1782)
• Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772)
• Jean-Adam Guilain (1680–1739; German)
• Célestin Harst (1698–1778)
• Christophe Moyreau (1690–1772)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
• Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer (1705–1755)
• Simon Simon (1720?–1788)
• Philippe-François Véras (fl. 1740)

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