Couperin family
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The Couperin family was a dynastic musical family of professional composers and performers. They were the most prolific family in French musical history, and were very active during the Baroque era. The Couperin family originated from Chaumes-en-Brie, a little town about 30 miles east of Paris in the modern (département of Seine-et-Marne).
Several members of this family were titular organists at the Church Saint-Gervais, near the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, a post the Couperin family held for 173 years. This church had an important instrument.
The most gifted and illustrious among them were Louis Couperin and François Couperin the Great, the former's nephew.
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