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Jacques Boyvin

1650 – 1706

French organist and composer

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Lived 1650 – 1706 (aged 55–56). Jacques Boyvin was a French composer and organist.

Jacques Boyvin (c. 1649 – 30 June 1706) was a French Baroque composer and organist.

He was probably born in Paris, and studied there. One of his first jobs was that of organist of the Parisian church des Quinze-Vingts, and in 1674 he was appointed titular organist of the Rouen Cathedral, where Jean Titelouze served as organist some 40 years earlier. Other jobs included playing the organ of Rouen's Saint Herbland Church and supervising the rebuilding of the giant four-manual Clicquot cathedral organ. Boyvin was also an organ teacher: François d'Agincourt was one of his pupils and succeeded him as organist of the Rouen Cathedral. Like Titelouze, Boyvin remained the organist of the cathedral until his death on 30 June 1706.

Boyvin published two collections of organ works, in 1689 and in 1700, both featuring pieces spanning all church modes. The books contain 16 suites, no less than 120 individual pieces total. The second book contains the Traité abrégé de l'accompagnement, a treatise on accompaniment. The pieces are liturgical in nature and exhibit a brilliant style which makes use of forms and discoveries by Nicolas Lebègue and Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers.

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Who was Jacques Boyvin?

French organist and composer

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Jacques Boyvin was born in 1650 in Paris.

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Jacques Boyvin died on 30 June 1706 in Rouen.

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Jacques Boyvin was a composer and organist.

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Jacques Boyvin was French.

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· Wikipedia: Jacques Boyvin

· Wikidata: Q1355872

· DBpedia: Jacques Boyvin

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