List of compositions by Louis Couperin
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Harpsichord music

Couperin's harpsichord music was catalogued by Bruce Gustafson. The same numbering scheme is used in the 1983 Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre
Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre
Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre is a music publishing company financed and established in Paris in 1932 by Louise Dyer , an Australian pianist and philanthropist....

 edition, as well as in the first complete harpsichord works recording, by Davitt Moroney
Davitt Moroney
Davitt Moroney is a British-born and educated musicologist, harpsichordist and organist. His parents were of Irish and Italian extraction – his father was an executive with the Anglo-Dutch Unilever conglomerate...

. The Baroque suite
Suite
In music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet , or incidental music to a play or film , or they may be entirely original movements .In the...

 was not codified at the time, so French dances are found in manuscripts grouped by tonality. This approach is used here, as well, with some deviations reflecting the diverse nature of the sources.
  1. Prelude in D minor
  2. Prelude in D major
  3. Prelude in G minor
  4. Prelude in G minor
  5. Prelude in G minor
  6. Prelude à l'imitation de Mr. Froberger
    Johann Jakob Froberger
    Johann Jakob Froberger was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. He was among the most famous composers of the era and influenced practically every major composer in Europe by developing the genre of keyboard suite and contributing greatly to the exchange of musical...

    in A minor
  7. Prelude in A minor
  8. Prelude in A major
  9. Prelude in C major
  10. Prelude in C major
  11. Prelude in C major
  12. Prelude in F major
  13. Prelude in F major
  14. Prelude in E minor
  15. Allemande in C major
  16. Courante in C major
  17. Courante in C major
  18. Courante in C major
  19. Courante in C major
  20. Sarabande in C major
  21. Sarabande in C major
  22. Sarabande in C major
  23. Sarabande in C major
  24. Sarabande in C major
  25. Sarabande in C major
  26. Chaconne in C major
  27. Passacaille in C major
  28. Sarabande in C major
  29. Menuet in C major
  30. Allemande La précieuse in C minor
  31. Courante in C minor
  32. Sarabande in C minor
  33. Gigue in C minor
  34. Chaconne La bergeronnette in C minor
  35. Allemande in D minor
  36. Allemande in D minor
  37. Pièces de trois sorts de mouvements in D minor
  38. Courante in D minor
  39. Courante in D minor
  40. Courante in D minor
  41. Courante in D minor
  42. Courante in D minor
  43. Courante in D minor
  44. Sarabande in D minor
  45. Sarabande in D minor
  46. Sarabande in D minor
  47. Sarabande en canon in D minor
  48. Sarabande in D minor
  49. Sarabande in D minor
  50. Sarabande in D minor
  51. Sarabande in D minor
  52. Canaries in D minor
  53. Volte in D minor
  54. La pastourelle, in D minor
  55. Chaconne in D minor
  56. Sarabande in D minor
  57. Chaconne La complaignante in D minor
  58. Allemande in D major
  59. Courante in D major
  60. Sarabande in D major
  61. Gaillarde in D major
  62. Chaconne in D major
  63. Allemande de la paix in E minor
  64. Courante in E minor
  65. Sarabande in E minor
  66. Allemande in F major
  67. Allemande grave in F major
  68. Courante in F major
  69. Courante in F major
  70. Courante in F major
  71. Courante in F major
  72. Sarabande in F major
  73. Branle de basque in F major
  74. Sarabande in F major
  75. Sarabande in F major
  76. Gigue in F major
  77. Gaillarde in F major
  78. Chaconne in F major
  79. Gigue in F major
  80. Chaconne in F major
  81. Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher, in F major
  82. Allemande in G major
  83. Allemande in G major
  84. Courante in G major
  85. Courante in G major
  86. Courante in G major
  87. Sarabande in G major
  88. Gaillarde in G major
  89. Chaconne in G major
  90. Courante in G major
  91. Courante in G major
  92. Courante in G major
  93. Allemande in G minor
  94. Courante in G minor
  95. Sarabande in G minor
  96. Chaconne ou passacaille, in G minor
  97. Sarabande in G minor
  98. Passacaille in G minor
  99. Allemande in A minor
  100. Allemande in A minor
  101. Allemande L'amiable in A minor
  102. La Piémontoise, in A minor
  103. Courante in A minor
  104. Courante in A minor
  105. Courante La mignonne in A minor
  106. Courante in A minor
  107. Sarabande in A minor
  108. Sarabande in A minor
  109. Sarabande in A minor
  110. Sarabande in A minor
  111. Menuet de Poitou et double, in A minor
  112. Courante in A major
  113. Sarabande in A major
  114. Gigue in A major
  115. Allemande in B minor
  116. Courante in B minor
  117. Sarabande in B minor
  118. Allemande in B-flat major
  119. Courante in B-flat major
  120. Pavanne in F-sharp minor
  121. Chaconne in G minor
  122. Gigue in D minor
  123. Gavotte in D minor
  124. Gavotte, double, in A minor
  125. Allemande Le moutier, double, in C major
  126. Rigaudon et double in C major
  127. Prelude in C minor
  128. Prelude in G major
  129. Gavotte, double, in C major
  130. Allemande in A minor
  131. Courante in A minor
  132. Autre courante in A minor

Organ music

The vast majority of Couperin's organ pieces—the contents of the so-called Oldham manuscript—were unknown until 1957, and remained unpublished until the 1990s. The numbering in the following list is derived from the Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre edition, the only available as of 2009. Many of the pieces in the Oldham manuscript are inscribed with the date of composition and/or the composer's name; these notices are reproduced here (with respect to the original spelling and punctuation) to facilitate navigation. The order of the pieces is similar to the one in the Oldham manuscript.
  1. Duretez Fantaisie (Couperin le 8e Nov 1650)
  2. Fantaisie (Couperin le 15e Novembre 1650)
  3. Fugue Grave sur Urbs Beata Jherusalem (Couperin 1654)
  4. Autre Fugue Grave sur le mesme subject (A Paris le 15e Octobre 1656)
  5. Urbs Beata Jherusalem en Haulte Contre avec le poulce droict ou en trio (Couperin 1657)
  6. Conditor en Haultecontre avec le poulce droict en trio (Couperin)
  7. Conditor (Couperin a paris le 26e Novembre 1656)
  8. Conditor a 2 dessus (Couperin a paris Le 3e Decembre 1656)
  9. Ave Maris Stella (Couperin au mois d'Aoust 1658)
  10. Ave Maris Stella. Trio (Couperin a paris Le 1er Janvier 1657)
  11. Fugue (Couperin a Meudon le 18e Juillet 1656)
  12. Fantaisie (Couperin)
  13. Fantaisie (Couperin a Meudon le 8e Octobre 1656)
  14. Duo (Couperin a Toulouze le unz? Octobre 1659)
  15. Fantaisie (Couperin a Paris au mois de Decembre 1656)
  16. Duo (Couperin)
  17. Fugue (Couperin a Meudon le 20e Septembre 1656)
  18. (Fugue) (Couperin a paris Le 18e Febvrier 1657)
  19. Fugue (Couperin a paris le 1er 7bre 1656)
  20. Fugue sur le Cromhorne (Couperin a Meudon le 1er Aoust 1656)
  21. Fantaisie (Couperin au mois de Mars 1656)
  22. Fantaisie (Couperin a paris le 22e May 1656)
  23. Fantaisie (Couperin)
  24. Fantaisie (Couperin le 8 mai 1656)
  25. Fantaisie (Couperin)
  26. Fantaisie (Couperin Org de S Gervais le 4e Juillet 1653 a Paris)
  27. Fantaisie (Couperin 1654)
  28. Fugue (Couperin 1654)
  29. Fugue qu’il faut jouer d’un mouvement fort lent sur la tierce du Grand Clavier avec le tremblant lent (Couperin a paris le 14e Mars 1655)
  30. Fantaisie (Couperin a paris le 28e Aoust 1655)
  31. Ut Queant Laxis (Trio) (Couperin 2e Decembre 1656)
  32. Ut Queant Laxis (Trio) (Couperin a Paris au mois de decembre 1656)
  33. Iste Confessor (Trio)
  34. Pange Lingua en basse (Couperin)
  35. Pange Lingua (Trio) (Couperin 1656)
  36. Pange Lingua (Couperin 1656)
  37. Beata Nobis Gaudia (Couperin a Paris le 22e Janvier 1657)
  38. Beata Nobis Gaudia. Trio (Couperin a Paris le 25e Janvier 1657)
  39. Jesu Salvator Sæculi (Couperin a Paris le 10e Apvril 1657)
  40. Tristes Erant Apostoli (Couperin a Paris le 11e? Apvril 1657)
  41. A Solis en Taille (Couperin a Paris le 11e? Apvril 1657)
  42. A Solis en Haulte Contre (Couperin)
  43. A Solis. Trio (Couperin a paris 1656)
  44. A Solis en basse (Couperin 1656)
  45. A Solis En triple. A la Haulte Contre (A Toulouze le 5e decembre 1659 - Couperin)
  46. Prelude Autre Livre. Grand Livre d’Orgue - "Il faut jouer cecy d'un Mouvemen fort lent" (Couperin 1654)
  47. Fantaisie (Couperin 1651)
  48. Fantaisie (Couperin a paris le 12e Aoust 1651)
  49. Fantaisie (Couperin 1654)
  50. Regina Coeli (Couperin)
  51. Invitatoire pour le Jour de Pasques (Couperin)
  52. Invitatoire de la Trinité (Couperin)
  53. Invitatoire de la Feste Dieu (Couperin)
  54. Ad Coenam Agni Providi comme il se chante au Montmartre (Couperin)
  55. (Ad Coenam Agni Providi) 3e Verset (Couperin)
  56. Fantaisie 2me Livre (Couperin a paris le 3e May 1656)
  57. Fantaisie sur le Cromhorne (Couperin 1655 au mois de Septembre)
  58. Fantaisie sur la tierce du Grand Clavier (Couperin)
  59. Fantaisie (Couperin a Paris le 15e may 1656)
  60. Fugue Renversée (Couperin a paris le 15e Juillet 1656)
  61. Fugue (Couperin a paris le 22e Juillet 1656)
  62. Fugue (Couperin a Meudon le 4e octobre 1656)
  63. Fugue sur la tierce du Grand Clavier (Couperin a paris le 6e Octobre 1656)
  64. Fugue sur la tierce (Couperin a Paris le 15e Novembre 1657)
  65. Fugue sur le Cromhorne (Couperin Commencée a Meudon & achevée a paris au mois de Novembre 1658)
  66. Fantaisie (Couperin le 8e Octobre Mil six cent cinquante)
  67. Fantaisie (le 15e octobre 1651, a paris Couperin)
  68. Fantaisie (Au mois de Novembre 1655 - Couperin)
  69. Fantaisie (Couperin)
  70. Fantaisie (Couperin a Meudon 1656)

Other works

  • 2 fantaisies for 2 viol
    Viol
    The viol is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed musical instruments developed in the mid-late 15th century and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The family is related to and descends primarily from the Renaissance vihuela, a plucked instrument that preceded the...

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  • 1 simphonie, for one instrument and basso continuo
  • 2 simphonies, for two instruments and basso continuo
  • 2 fantaisies à 5 for shawm
    Shawm
    The shawm was a medieval and Renaissance musical instrument of the woodwind family made in Europe from the 12th century until the 17th century. It was developed from the oriental zurna and is the predecessor of the modern oboe. The body of the shawm was usually turned from a single piece of wood,...

    band
  • 2 fantaisies à 5 (for strings?)

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