Louis Marchand (Lyons, February 2, 1669- Paris, February 17, 1732), Virtuoso organist and harpsichordist. Lyons), see Lyons (disambiguation). ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... This article or section should be merged with Pipe organ The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is a type of keyboard musical instrument, distinctive because the sound is not produced by a percussion action, as on a piano or celesta, or by... Instrumentalists who play the harpsichord are known as harpsichordists. ...

At the age of thirty-one, he became "Organist to the King". He was known for his flamboyant nature both personally and musically, and took Paris by storm when he arrived there from Lyons. By nature he was a difficult and unreliable person. Nevertheless he was known by many as "Marchand le Grand". One anecdote that survives of him states that, while on tour in Leipzig, he engaged himself in a competition upon the organ with Johann Sebastian Bach, yet he left the city shortly before the competition was set to begin. Many stated that he fled out of fear of being shown up by Bach, but no conclusive proof of this can be verified. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Lyons), see Lyons (disambiguation). ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig   Leipzig? [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... Johann Sebastian Bach, 1748 portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 (O.S.) – 28 July 1750 (N.S.))[1] was a German composer and organist of the baroque period, and is widely acknowledged[2] as one of the greatest composers in the Western tonal tradition. ...

A more reliable account of Marchand does indeed survive and indicates the boldness of his manner. After Marchand's wife had left him, the king ordered him to pay half of his salary to her. As a result of that, an enraged Marchand broke off in the middle of one of his concerts and, before the entire assembled court, told the king that if his wife was receiving half of his salary she should come and play the rest of the concert.

Despite Marchand's success and popularity in his day, only a few airs and cantatas, plus two harpsichord suites (1702) were published. Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ...

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