| Nicolas De Grigny |
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| 1672 births | |
| 1703 deaths | |
| baroque composers | |
| french composers | |
| composers for pipe organ | |
| french classical organists | |
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Grigny's work stands at the pinacle of french baroque organ music. His only rivals in terms of both musical science and religious inspiration were François Couperin and Louis Marchand . He was born in and in 1693 he became organist at Saint Denis , near Paris . He got married in 1695 and subsequently had seven children. In 1696 he returned to Reims, where, a year later, he became organist of Notre-Dame De Reims . He occupied the position until his untimely death in 1703, when he was only 31 years old. Grigny's only surviving work is a large volume of organ works, ''Premier livre d'orgue'' (full title ''Premier livre d’orgue contenant une messe et les hymnes des principalles festes de l’année''. Paris, admired the work and made a copy of it for personal use. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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