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The French organ school formed in the the first half of the 17th century. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar It progressed from the strict polyphonic music of Jean Titelouze (ca 1563–1633) to a unique, richly ornamented style with its own characteristic forms that made full use of the French classical organ. Jean ( Jehan) Titelouze (c 1562/3 &ndash 24 October 1633 was a French composer poet and organist of the early Baroque period Instrumental in establishing this style were Louis Couperin (ca 1626–1661), who experimented with structure, registration and melodic lines, expanding the traditional polyphonic forms, and Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632–1714), who established the distinct forms and styles of what was to become the French organ tradition. Louis Couperin (c 1626 &ndash 1661 was a French Baroque Composer who made significant contributions to the development of Baroque keyboard music Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632-1714 was a French musician who was born lived and died in Paris.

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Characteristic forms

Composers

First period: the development of free polyphony

Second period: the establishing of the French Classical Organ School

Third period: 18th century

References and further reading

See also

First manner Jacques Champion de Chambonnières Louis Couperin Nicolas Lebègue Jean-Henri d'Anglebert The 17th century organ composers of Germany can be divided into two primary schools the north German school and the south German school (sometimes a third school The following is a list of organ composers. It details those composers who wrote or write for the pipe organ. The organ repertoire consists of Music written for the organ.
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