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Jacques Champion Chambonnières
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| Chambonnières may be regarded as the founder of the school of French keyboard music that led to François Couperin and Rameau.A member of the minor nobility, he entered the royal service and enjoyed a career of varied material success, while nevertheless winning a considerable reputation as a performer and composer. MIDI
FILE - Canaries in G major (1'20'')
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| The keyboard music of Chambonnières includes dances, a collection of which was published in 1670, assembled into suites by key, although not originally so conceived.
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