This article lists French composers who wrote for the harpsichord during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Chronology

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1640–1710: Beginnings of harpsichord music in France

  • Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
  • Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601–1672)
  • Louis Couperin (c.1626–1661)
  • Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
  • Charles Dieupart (1667–1740)
  • Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694)
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665–1729)
  • Nicolas Lebègue (1631–1702)
  • Gaspard Le Roux (1660–1707)
  • Louis Marchand (1669–1732)
  • Nicolas Siret (1663–1754)

1710–1789: Second period

  • Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1724–1799)
  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
  • François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)
  • Jean-Odéo Demars (1695–1756)
  • Josse Boutmy (1697–1779; Flemish)
  • Bernard de Bury (1720–1785)
  • Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)
  • Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
  • Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789)
  • François Couperin (1668–1733)
  • Jean-François Dandrieu (1681–1738)
  • Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
  • Louis-Antoine Dornel (1680–1756)
  • Jacques Duphly (1715–1789)
  • Pierre Février (1696–1760)
  • Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699–1782)
  • Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772)
  • Jean-Adam Guilain (1680–1739; German)
  • Célestin Harst (1698–1778)
  • Christophe Moyreau (1690–1772)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
  • Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer (1705–1755)
  • Simon Simon (1720?–1788)
  • Philippe-François Véras (fl. 1740)