Short bio Louis Marchand
Birthday:
1669 in Paris, France
Died:
1732 in Paris, France
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Baroque
Full biography Louis Marchand
Louis Marchand was a renowned French Baroque composer, harpsichordist, and organist who was born on February 2, 1669, and passed away on February 17, 1732. He came from a family of organists and showed great musical ability from a young age. He was considered one of the finest keyboard players of his time.
Marchand's compositions were highly regarded during his lifetime, though much of his music has been lost over the years. He composed for various keyboard instruments, including harpsichord and organ, and his works are known for their complex harmonies and intricate counterpoint.
In addition to his compositions, Marchand was also known for his performances. He was considered one of the greatest organists of his time and was highly sought-after for concerts and performances. He was also known to be a great improviser and was said to have astounded audiences with his ability to improvise elaborate melodies on the spot.
Marchand's life was not without drama, however. The most famous story about him involves a musical duel that was arranged with Johann Sebastian Bach in 1717. However, Marchand fled the contest before it could take place, leaving Bach to be declared the victor by default. This incident is still talked about today as one of the most famous musical duels in history.
Despite the scandal, Marchand continued to be highly respected for his musical abilities, and his influence can be seen in the music of later composers such as Jean-Philippe Rameau. Today, his surviving works continue to be performed and studied, offering a glimpse into the genius of this remarkable Baroque composer.
Compositions featuring Louis Marchand
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prélude, for harpsichord (from 1st book) | 2:48 min | Keyboard | 1699 |
| 2 | Chaconne, for harpsichord (from 1st book) | 3:55 min | Keyboard | 1699 |
| 3 | Quatuor, for organ | 3:11 min | Keyboard | - |
| 4 | Suite for harpsichord in G minor | 12:08 min | Keyboard | - |
| 5 | Suite du cinquième ton | Orchestral | - | |
| 6 | Récit for organ in mode 6 (from 2nd book) | 1:59 min | Keyboard | - |
| 7 | Récit for organ in mode 5 (from 4th book) | 3:37 min | Keyboard | - |
| 8 | Récit for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 3:37 min | Keyboard | - |
| 9 | Récit en taille, for organ (from 5th book) | 2:39 min | Keyboard | - |
| 10 | Récit & Dialogue for organ | 3:42 min | Keyboard | - |
| 11 | Suite for harpsichord No. 1 in D minor | 24:04 min | Keyboard | - |
| 12 | Plein-jeu for organ | 1:52 min | Keyboard | - |
| 13 | Plein jeu, for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 1:51 min | Keyboard | - |
| 14 | Pièces de clavecin | Keyboard | - | |
| 15 | Pièces d'orgue, Troisième livre, for organ | 9:35 min | Keyboard | - |
| 16 | Pièces d'orgue, Premier livre, for organ | 29:20 min | Keyboard | - |
| 17 | Pièces d'orgue, Livre II (Mss. 61/1 de Verailles) | 11:54 min | Keyboard | - |
| 18 | Pièces d'orgue, Cinquième Livre | Keyboard | - | |
| 19 | Suite for organ in A major (Book 2) | 9:41 min | Keyboard | - |
| 20 | Suite for organ in C major (Book 5) | 10:11 min | Keyboard | - |
| 21 | Suite for organ in F major (Book 2) | 8:19 min | Keyboard | - |
| 22 | Suite for organ in mode 1 | 18:26 min | Keyboard | - |
| 23 | Te Deum, for organ (from Deuxième Livre) | 15:35 min | Keyboard | - |
| 24 | Tierce en Taille (I) for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 3:04 min | Keyboard | - |
| 25 | Tierce en Taille (II) for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 2:07 min | Keyboard | - |
| 26 | Tierce en taille for organ | 3:12 min | Keyboard | - |
| 27 | Trio for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 2:24 min | Keyboard | - |
| 28 | Trio for organ in mode 6 (from Pièces d'orgue, 2nd book) | 2:14 min | Keyboard | - |
| 29 | Trio, for organ in mode 1 (from 2nd book) | 2:35 min | Keyboard | - |
| 30 | Trompette en taille, for organ | 3:27 min | Keyboard | - |
| 31 | Venitienne, for harpsichord | 2:05 min | Keyboard | - |
| 32 | Voix humaine en Taille, for organ in mode 1 (from 5th book) | 6:57 min | Keyboard | - |
| 33 | Duo for organ in mode 5 (from 5th book) | 3:05 min | Keyboard | - |
| 34 | Basse de Cromorne for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 1:06 min | Keyboard | - |
| 35 | Basse de cromorne, for organ | 1:12 min | Keyboard | - |
| 36 | Basse de Cromorne, for organ in mode 1 (from 5th book) | 4:25 min | Keyboard | - |
| 37 | Basse de Trompette, for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 1:50 min | Keyboard | - |
| 38 | Basse de trompette, for organ in mode 5 (from 4th book) | 2:30 min | Keyboard | - |
| 39 | Cantique Spirituel No. 1 "a la louange de la charité" | 19:14 min | - | |
| 40 | Cantique Spirituel No. 2 "sur le bonheur des justes et sur le malheur des réprouvés" | 13:13 min | - | |
| 41 | Cantique Spirituel No. 3 "plaintes d'un chrétien sur les contrariétés qu'il éprouve au dedans de lui" | 5:01 min | - | |
| 42 | Cantique Spirituel No. 4 "sur les vaines occupations des gens du siècle" | 10:19 min | - | |
| 43 | Cromorne en taille, for organ | 2:49 min | Keyboard | - |
| 44 | Cromorne en Taille, for organ in mode 1 (from 4th book) | 3:04 min | Keyboard | - |
| 45 | Dialogue for organ in C major | 7:09 min | Keyboard | - |
| 46 | Dialogue for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 2:59 min | Keyboard | - |
| 47 | Duo for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 1:27 min | Keyboard | - |
| 48 | Badine, for harpsichord (Berkeley MS 775) | 1:33 min | Keyboard | - |
| 49 | Fond d'orgue du quatrième ton | 2:10 min | Keyboard | - |
| 50 | Fond d'orgue for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 2:13 min | Keyboard | - |
| 51 | Fugue for organ in C minor (from 5th book) | 2:56 min | Keyboard | - |
| 52 | Fugue for organ in mode 1 (from 1st book) | 2:05 min | Keyboard | - |
| 53 | Fugue for organ in mode 6 (from 2nd book) | 1:55 min | Keyboard | - |
| 54 | Fugue sur les anches, for organ | 1:55 min | Keyboard | - |
| 55 | Gavotte, for harpsichord (Berkeley MS 1372) | 0:55 min | Keyboard | - |
| 56 | Grand Dialogue for organ in C major (3d Livre) | 7:52 min | Keyboard | - |
| 57 | Grand jeu for organ in C major | 7:36 min | Keyboard | - |
| 58 | Grand jeu, for organ in mode 1 (from 2nd book) | 8:09 min | Keyboard | - |
| 59 | Grand plein-jeu for organ | 1:35 min | Keyboard | - |
| 60 | Offertoire, for organ | 8:15 min | Keyboard | - |
| 61 | Petit plein-jeu for organ | 0:58 min | Keyboard | - |
| 62 | Pièces choisies (12), for organ | 24:03 min | Keyboard | - |
Albums featuring Louis Marchand
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Marchand • Rameau • Royer • François, Louis & Armand-Louis Couperin - Svitlana Shabaltina – Les Maîtres Du Clavecin Français | 2023 | Da Vinci Classics |
| 2 |  |
Louis Marchand, Ewa Mrowca – Pièces de Clavecin(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2021 | DUX Recording Producers |
| 3 |  |
David Ponsford, Louis Marchand, Jean Adam Guilain – French Organ Music : Volume 7(CD, Album) | 2019 | Nimbus Alliance |
| 4 |  |
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Louis Marchand, Yago Mahugo – Complete Harpsicord Music(CD, Stereo) | 2016 | Brilliant Classics |
| 5 |  |
Marchand, Clerambault - Luca Oberti – Complete Harpsichord Works(CD, Album) | 2015 | Stradivarius |
| 6 |  |
Louis Marchand, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Christophe Rousset – Clavecin Donzelague 1716(CD, Album) | 2012 | Ambronay Éditions |
| 7 |  |
Louis Marchand - Jean-Baptiste Robin – L'Œuvre Pour Orgue(CD, Album) | 2001 | Triton (3) |
| 8 |  |
François Couperin, Louis Marchand - Helmut Deutsch, Ensemble CANTICUM, Christoph Erkens – Couperin: Messe Pour Les Couvents • Marchand: Te Deum(CD, ) | 1999 | Arte Nova Classics |
| 9 |  |
Boyvin, Guilain, de Grigny, Marchand, Marie-Claudine Touyère – Les Grandes Orgues De Saint-François-De-Sales, Genève(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1997 | VDE-Gallo |
| 10 |  |
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Pierre Du Mage, Louis Marchand / François Espinasse – Pièces D'Orgue(CD, Album) | 1997 | BMG France |
| 11 |  |
Louis Marchand, Johann Sebastian Bach - Thierry Semenoux – Aux Grandes Orgues Historiques De La Cathédrale Saint-Pierre De Saintes(CD, Album) | 1996 | Disques Coriolan |
| 12 |  |
Louis Marchand, Loyset Compère, Jean Japart, Gaspard Corrette, Nicolas De Grigny, Joseph Payne – Early French Organ Music Volume 1(CD, Album) | 1995 | Naxos |
| 13 |  |
Louis Marchand, Bernard Coudurier, Ensemble Alternatim, Jean-Yves Haymoz, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Helmut Schmitt – Pièces D'Orgue De Louis Marchand - Plain-Chant Alterné(2×CD, Album) | 1995 | BNL Productions |
| 14 |  |
Louis Marchand / François Delor – Pieces D'Orgue - Temple De La Fusterie, Genève(CD, Album) | 1994 | Cascavelle |
| 15 |  |
Jean Adam Guilain, Louis Marchand / François Espinasse – Pièces Pour Orgue(CD, Album) | 1993 | Soli Deo Veritas |
| 16 |  |
Christophe Simon (2) / Boyvin, De Grigny, Guilain, Marchand – De L'Orgue Français En Cotentin(CD, ) | 1991 | Pavane Records |
| 17 |  |
N. de Grigny / F. Couperin / L. Marchand - Sergei Dizhur – Organ | 1991 | С.-Петербург. Завод Грампластинок |
| 18 |  |
Blandine Verlet, Louis Marchand – Pièces De Clavecin | 1990 | Astrée |
| 19 |  |
Guilain / Marchand, Christophe Mantoux – Pièces D'Orgue(CD, ) | 1989 | Adda |
| 20 |  |
Michel Chapuis, Louis Marchand – Marchand / Oeuvres d'orgue / Chapuis(CD, Album) | 1988 | Harmonia Mundi France |
| 21 |  |
Pascale Van Coppenolle, Johann Sebastian Bach, Louis Marchand – Rencontre Posthume(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1986 | EMI |
| 22 |  |
Louis Marchand, François-Henri Houbart – L'œuvre D'orgue De Louis Marchard(CD, ) | 1986 | BNL Productions |
| 23 |  |
Marchand / Clérambault / D'Andrieu, Pierre Bardon – Les Organistes Du Roy Soleil | 1984 | Disques Pierre Verany |
| 24 |  |
Louis Marchand - Ketil Haugsand – Pièces De Clavecin | 1981 | Simax |
| 25 |  |
Cabezon / Pasquini / Marchand / Bach / Rameau - Laurence Boulay & Robert Veyron-Lacroix, Gordon Murray – Les Instruments Précieux Du Musée Du Conservatoire - Les Instruments A Clavier(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1979 | Erato |
| 26 |  |
Arturo Sacchetti, Pierre Attaignant, Jehan Titelouze, François Roberday, Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue, Louis Marchand, Jacques Boyvin, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Jean-Henry D'Anglebert, François Couperin, Nicolas De Grigny, Jean-François Dandrieu, Louis-Claude | 1979 | LDC |
| 27 |  |
Cabezon / Pasquini / Marchand / Bach / Rameau - Laurence Boulay & Robert Veyron-Lacroix, Gordon Murray – Les Instruments Précieux Du Musée Du Conservatoire - Vol.1 - Les Instruments A Clavier | 1978 | Erato |
| 28 |  |
Marchand, Thuille, Rainer Goede – Premier Livre D'Orgue, Sonate A-Moll - An Der Rieger-Orgel Der St.-Johannis-Kirche Ansbach(LP, Stereo) | 1978 | LM | M |
| 29 |  |
Louis Marchand / Louis-Nicolas Clérambault - Huguette Grémy-Chauliac – Les Oeuvres Pour Clavecin (intégrale)(2×LP, Album, Stereo) | 1977 | RCA Classique |
| 30 |  |
Louis Marchand, Anne Chapelin-Dubar – Pièces De Clavecin - Premier Et Deuxième Livre(12", 45 RPM, Album, Stereo) | 1977 | Vérité Musicale |
| 31 |  |
Louis Daquin, Louis Marchand / Arthur Wills – Book Of Noëls And Organ Works(2×LP) | 1976 | Saga (5) |
| 32 |  |
Louis Marchand, Marie-Claire Alain – Pièces pour Orgue | 1976 | Erato |
| 33 |  |
J. S. Bach, Widor, Gigout, Raison, De Cabezon, De Arauxo, Cabanilles, Oxinagas, Du Mage, Marchand, Nivers, D'Andrieu - Marie-Louise Girod – Veliki Klasici Orgulja - Les Grands Classiques De L'Orgue (Au Grand Orgue Historique Du Prytanée Militaire De La Fl | 1975 | Jugoton |
| 34 |  |
Louis Marchand, André Isoir – Premier Livre (Intégrale) - Deuxième Livre (Extraits) - Troisième Livre (Intégrale) - Cinquième Livre (Extrait)(LP, Album) | 1972 | Calliope |
| 35 |  |
Louis Marchand, Michel Chapuis – Michel Chapuis An Der Historischen Orgel von Souvigny | 1971 | Harmonia Mundi |
| 36 |  |
Delalande / Marchand / Nivers / Bernier – Musique Sacrée En la Chapelle Royale | 1968 | Erato |
| 37 |  |
Jean-Baptiste Lully / D'Andrieu / De La Barre / Couperin / Jacquet De La Guerre / D'Anglebert / Marais / Philidor / Delalande / Marchand / Nivers / Bernier / Francœur – Les Splendeurs Musicales De Versailles(4×LP, Stereo, Mono, Box Set, ) | 1967 | Erato |
| 38 |  |
Raymond Daveluy, Louis Marchand – Music by Louis Marchand - Raymond Daveluy on the St. Joseph's Oratory organ(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1965 | RCA Victor |
| 39 |  |
Nicolas De Grigny / Louis Marchand / Michel Corrette / Dietrich Buxtehude / Jean Sébastien Bach - Gaston Litaize – Enregistrement Inaugural De L'orgue Muller De La Maison De La Radio(LP, Stereo) | 1965 | Disques A Charlin |
| 40 |  |
Finn Viderø - Walther / Pachelbel / Dandrieu / Marchand – » Jesu, Meine Freude « / Präludium / Fuge / Suite / Magnificat / Dialogue(LP) | - | Finn Viderø Society |
| 41 |  |
Gaston Litaize - Georg Böhm, Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann Pachelbel, Samuel Scheidt, Dieterich Buxtehude, Girolamo Frescobaldi, François Couperin, Louis Marchand, Nicolas De Grigny – Les Maîtres d'Orgue de J.S Bach(LP, Mono) | - | Ducretet Thomson |
| 42 |  |
Bach, Marchand, Liszt, Alain - Hayko Siemens – Spielt An Der Marcussen-Orgel Des Meldorfer Doms(LP) | - | Not On Label |
| 43 |  |
Louis Marchand / Nicolas Clérambault – L'Instrument Soliste(LP, Album, Mono) | - | Philips |
| 44 |  |
Antoine Boesset / Henry Thiers Du Mont / Louis Marchand / Nicolas Bernier (2) / André Lefèvre – La Musique Et L'Eglise(LP, Album, Mono) | - | Philips |
| 45 |  |
Marchand / Duphly / Forqueray - Kenneth Gilbert – Les Maitres Du Clavecin En France, Vol. 2(LP) | - | Harmonia Mundi |
| 46 |  |
Louis Marchand, Mario Martinoli – Livre De Pièces De Clavecin, 1754(CD, ) | - | Olive Music |
| 47 |  |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Pachelbel, Louis Marchand, Antonio de Cabezón – Königin der Instrumente (Europäische Orgeln im Hifi-Stereo-Klang)(LP, Stereo) | - | Harmonia Mundi |
| 48 |  |
Cantique Spirituel(LP, Album, Stereo) | - | Westminster |
| 49 |  |
Kenneth Gilbert, Marchand / Duphly / Forqueray – Les Maitres Du Clavecin En France, Vol. 1(LP) | - | Harmonia Mundi |
| 50 |  |
Piroye • Marchand, F. Couperin • L. Couperin, De Grigny • Clerambault, Pierre Froidebise – French Organ Masterpieces Of The 17th & 18th Centuries(LP, Repress, Stereo) | - | Nonesuch |
| 51 |  |
Bach · Corrette · Daquin · Marchand - Mary Prat-Molinier – L'Orgue Christophe Moucherel De La Cathedrale D'Albi(Cassette, ) | - | Dialogues |
| 52 |  |
Louis Marchand, André Isoir – Pièces Pour Orgue(LP) | - | Calliope |
| 53 |  |
Michel Richard Delalande, Louis Marchand, Ensemble Instrumental Jean-Marie Leclair – Cantiques Spirituels Sur Des Textes de Jean Racine(LP) | - | Erato |
| 54 |  |
Antoine Boesset / Henry Thiers Du Mont / Louis Marchand / Nicolas Bernier (2) / André Lefèvre – La Musique Et L'Eglise(LP, Compilation, Mono) | - | Epic |
Videos featuring Louis Marchand
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord) Marchand, Duphly, Forqueray. Clavecin Collesse 1774 - 1777
Clavecin Collesse construit de 1774-1775 à 1777
Musée Instrumental du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris, collection Thibault.
Longueur totale: 2330 mm, Largeur 935 mm, Claviers 840 mm, Hauteur caisse 300 mm.
5 octaves (fa-fa) + 1 note au
Louis Marchand (1669-1732) - Pieces De Clavecin (Blandine Verlet)
Louis Marchand (1669-1732)
Pieces De Clavecin (Blandine Verlet)
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