Michel Corrette (1707 – 1795) was a French composer,
organist and author of musical method books. He was
born in Rouen, Normandy. His father, Gaspard Corrette,
was an organist and composer. Corrette served as
organist at the Jesuit College in Paris from about 1737
to 1780. It is also known that he traveled to England
before 1773. In 1780 he was appointed organist to the
Duke of Angoulême and some 15 years later died in
Paris at the age of 87.
Corrette was prolific. He composed ballet...(+)
Michel Corrette (1707 – 1795) was a French composer,
organist and author of musical method books. He was
born in Rouen, Normandy. His father, Gaspard Corrette,
was an organist and composer. Corrette served as
organist at the Jesuit College in Paris from about 1737
to 1780. It is also known that he traveled to England
before 1773. In 1780 he was appointed organist to the
Duke of Angoulême and some 15 years later died in
Paris at the age of 87.
Corrette was prolific. He composed ballets and
divertissements for the stage, including Arlequin,
Armide, Le Jugement de Midas, Les Âges, Nina, and
Persée. He composed many concertos, notably 25
concertos comiques. Aside from these works and organ
concertos, he also composed sonatas, songs,
instrumental chamber works, harpsichord pieces,
cantatas, and other sacred vocal works.
Aside from playing the organ and composing music,
Corrette organized concerts and taught music. He wrote
nearly twenty music method books for various
instruments—the violin, cello, bass, flute, recorder,
bassoon, harpsichord, harp, mandolin, voice and
more—with titles such as l'Art de se perfectionner
sur le violon (The Art of Playing the Violin
Perfectly), le Parfait Maître à chanter (The Perfect
Mastersinger) and L′école d′Orphée (The
School of Orpheus), a violin treatise describing the
French and Italian styles. These pedagogical works by
Corrette are valuable because they "give lucid insight
into contemporary playing techniques."
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Corrette)
Although originally written for Harpsichord, I created
this arrangement of "La Furstemberg" from "Les
Amusemens du Parnasse" for Piano.
