Nicolas Racot de Grandval

Nicolas Racot de Grandval (1676 - 16 November 1753) was a French composer and harpsichordist. He was born and died in Paris.

Although a respectable musician, at one time organist at St Eustache, his interests ran more to comedy, both in written comic dramas, such as the "Broken bed pot"[1] and in musical comedy such as frivolous parodies on Clérambault's cantatas.[2]

Works, editions and recordings

Comedies

Music

References

  1. Companion to Baroque Music - Page 122 Julie Anne Sadie - 1998 "Grandval, Nicolas Racot de (1676-1753). Parisian musician and writer. Although Grandval was a respectable keyboard player - at one time organist at St Eustache - and a composer of harpsichord pieces, numerous airs and cantatas, ...
  2. Two cantatas for soprano and chamber ensemble - Page xix Louis Nicolas Clérambault, Donald H. Foster - 1979 "The section of this chapter on Grandval's parodies also appeared in essentially the same form as "Parodies on Clérambault Cantatas by Nicolas Grandval," Recherches sur la musique franchise classique IV (1964):120-6. 14."
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