What is Louis-Nicolas Clérambault?
[[File:Louis-Nicolas Clerambault.jpg|thumb|220px]] '''Louis-Nicolas Clérambault''' (born [[Paris]], 19 December 1676; died Paris, 26 October 1749) was a [[France|French]] [[pipe organ|organist]] and [[composer]]. Clérambault (pronounce “CLAY-ram-bow”) came from a musical family. He learned to play the [[violin]] and [[harpsichord]] when he was young, and also learned the [[pipe organ|organ]], [[musical composition|composition]] and [[singing]]. He became the organist at the church of the Grands-Augustins and then at [[Saint-Sulpice]]. He worked for Madame de Maintenon who arranged concerts for [[Louis XIV of France|King Louis XIV]]. He also had a job at the royal house of Saint-Cyr, which was a school for young girls from the poor [[nobility]]. He directed the music there, played the organ and trained the [[choir]]. Clérambault was the first important French composer of [[cantata]]s. They were often about [[Greek mythology|Greek]] and [[Roman mythology|Roman]] [[myth]]s. He also composed for the [[pipe organ|organ]], [[harpsichord]] and [[violin]]. He was thought of as France’s greatest organist. Two of his sons took over jobs held by their father after his death. ==References== {{refbegin}} * {{citation |last1=Tunley |first1=David |title=Clérambault family |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05945 |website=Grove Music Online |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05945 |isbn=9781561592630 |accessdate=22 March 2022}} {{refend}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas}} [[Category:1676 births]] [[Category:1749 deaths]] [[Category:17th-century French composers]] [[Category:Baroque composers]] [[Category:18th-century French composers]]