| 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 pinnacle 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 was appointed titular organist at Saint Denis , near Paris . He was 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 music is a large volume of organ works, ''Premier livre d'orgue''.''Premier livre d’orgue contenant une messe et les hymnes des principalles festes de l’année''. Paris, admired the work and copied it by hand. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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