Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (28 June 1734 – 6 May 1794) was a celebrated French

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. From 1763, he was a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts de Lyon (now École des Beaux-Arts). Then, from 1783 to 1793, he was organist at the

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. Beauvarlet-Charpentier composed sonatas for keyboard and violin and numerous pieces for organ. He died in

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. His son Jacques-Marie (1766–1834) was also an organist and composer.

Discography

* ''Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, œuvres pour orgue''.

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aux grandes orgues historiques de l’Abbatiale Sainte-Croix de Bordeaux. CD I–II. — Paris :

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, 2007.

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