François d'Agincourt

French organist, harpischord player and composer who studied with the organist Boyvin at Notre Dame, Rouen. Dagincour became organist there upon his teacher's death. Few of his songs survive though some of his organ pieces and works for the clavecin do. The song pieces that do survive show a marked melodic pathos and the primary feature of the organ works is that they were composed and arranged as to their mode. "Pieces de clavecin" was a collection of 43 pieces for the harpsichord dedicated to the Queen. Dagincour arranged this collection by key (D minor, F, D, and E major) and pays tribute to F. Couperin who greatly influenced him. ~ Keith Johnson