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composer music educator organist

Michel Corrette was a French organist, composer and author of musical method books

Background

Corrette was born in Rouen, Normandy. His father, Gaspard Corrette, was an organist and composer.

Career

lieutenant is also known that he traveled to England before 1773. In 1780 he was appointed organist to the Duke of Angoulême and some 15 years later died in Paris at the age of 87. Aside from playing the organ and composing music, Corrette organized concerts and taught music

He wrote nearly twenty music method books for various instruments—the violin, cello, bass, flute, recorder, bassoon, harpsichord, harp, mandolin, voice and more—with titles such as l"Art de se perfectionner sur le violon (The Art of Playing the Violin Perfectly), le Parfait Maître à chanter (The Perfect Mastersinger) and L′école d′Orphée (The School of Orpheus), a violin treatise describing the French and Italian styles.

These pedagogical works by Corrette are valuable because they "give lucid insight into contemporary playing techniques." by Michel Corrette at the International Score Library Project e-Partitions Organ music Les pantins (from Maîtres français du clavecin des XVIIme et XVIIIme siècles) From Sibley Library Digital Scores Collection Video on YouTube.