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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1671-09
- Active to
- 1745-06-28
Discography
- Pièces de viole avec la basse continuë, Tome I, suites I & II1978
- Pièces de Viole, Pièces de Clavecin1991
- Harpsichord Suites Nos.1, 3 and 51995
- Pièces pour clavecin1999
- Pièces de Violes avec la Basse Continuë2000
- Pièces de violes2000
- Pièces de clavecin2001
- Pièces de Viole mises en Pièces de Clavecin2002
- Harpsichord Suites nos. 2 and 42003
- Pièces de Clavecin2008
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baroqueClassicalfrenchviola da gambaearly music
Antoine Forqueray (c. 1671–1745) was a French composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba. Forqueray, born in Paris, was the first in a line of composers who included his brother Michel Forqueray (1681-1757) and his sons Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699-1782) and Nicolas Gilles Forqueray (1703-1761). Forqueray was named musicien ordinaire of La Chambre du Roy of Louis XIV in 1689 and played at court. Until 1710, he was accompanied by his wife on the harpsichord in his recitals. In 1730, he retired
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antoine
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Mantes-la-Jolie
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- classical music
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- viol
- Image
- Antoine Forqueray.jpg
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- date of death
- 1745-06-28
- date of birth
- 1672-09-01
- name in native language
- Antoine Forqueray
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- Antoine Forqueray
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