Sunday, July 26, 2026

Musical Offering: Couperin’s Motet in Praise of Saint Anne

Couperin, portrait held in Versailles, painter uknown. wikipedia.org/public domain

François Couperin (1668 – 1733) was one of the great Baroque composers, perhaps most famous for his keyboard – harpsichord and organ – works, which are indeed marvelous, and played at many a wedding. He also composed for voice, and here is a little-known motet, from 1679-80, in four voices in praise of good Saint Anne: