Pierre Février

Pierre Février (21 March 1696 – 5 November 1760) was a French baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. Biography Born in Abbeville, Province of Picardy, in 1696, he arrived in Paris in 1720 and served as titular organist of two churches on Saint-Honoré street: the Jacobins’ church (destroyed at the Revolution) and Saint-Roch (still standing). Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, who moved to Paris in 1750, was among his pupils and eventually succeeded Février at Saint-Roch. Pierre Février died in Paris on 5 November 1760. Works Two volumes of his harpsichord pieces are extant. The first one is dated 1734 and contains five suites: * Suite in A major ** Allemande la Magnanime ** Le Concert des Dieux - Double du concert ** La Délectable ** Le Berceau ** La Boufonne ou la Paysanne * Suite in D minor ** Fugue ** Courante ** Les Plaisirs des Sens ** Le Labyrinthe ** Ariette et doubles * Suite in B minor ** Fugue ** L’Intrépide ** La Grotesque * Suite in D major ** Gavotte et doubles ** Le Brinborion ** Le Tendre Language ** Tambourin * Suite (Festes de Campagne) in C major ** Entrée ** Musette ** 2 Menuets ** Le Gros Colas et la Grosse Jeanne ** Les Petites Bergères The second volume, compose