About Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier
Lived 1734 – 1794 (aged 59). Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier was a French organist, composer and harpsichordist.
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (28 June 1734 – 6 May 1794) was a celebrated French organist and composer.
He was born in Abbeville. From 1763, he was a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts de Lyon (now École des Beaux-Arts). Then, from 1783 to 1793, he was organist at the Notre Dame de Paris.
Beauvarlet-Charpentier composed sonatas for keyboard and violin and numerous pieces for organ. He died in Paris.
His son Jacques-Marie (1766–1834) was also an organist and composer.
Discography Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, œuvres pour orgue. Marina Tchebourkina aux grandes orgues historiques de l’Abbatiale Sainte-Croix de Bordeaux. CD I–II. — Paris : Natives, 2007.
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French organist and composer
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Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier was born on 28 June 1734 in Abbeville.
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Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier died on 6 May 1794 in Paris.
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Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier was an organist, composer and harpsichordist.
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Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier was French.
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