without a harpsichord. A tip of the mystery veil could be lifted by this fact: in 1785, Antoine de Sartine, ex-chief of Police, and ex-minister of the Navy, lived at the same address. Duphly left his possessions to his servant, who was with him for 30 years. Only fifty-two works by Duphly are known, most of which were published during his lifetime in the four volumes of harpsichord music mentioned above. The titles of the work refer to well-known protectors of art (e.g. La Victoire, la de Sartine) or other composers (e.g. La Forqueray). His late music contains elements typical of the early classical movement - e.g. the use of Alberti bass, quite dissimilar to Jean-Philippe Rameau or François Couperin. See also French baroque harpsichordists Sources References David Fuller. "Jacques Duphly", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed August 4, 2005), grovemusic.com (subscription access). Sleeve notes of vinyl record "Le Clavecin Français" par Pauline Aubert, Vogue MC 20123 Françoise Petit: ‘Sur l’œuvre de Jacques Duphly’, Courrier musical de France, 23 (1968), pp. 188–90 On the address of M. de Sartine: A. de Maurepas et A. Boulant "Les ministres et les ministères du siècle des Lumières", page 249 External links Pièces pour clavecin Complete scores (Book I, II, III and IV) freely downloadable (modern edition), Discography. 1715 births 1789 deaths French Classical-period composers Composers for harpsichord French harpsichordists French male classical composers Musicians from Rouen 18th-century classical composers 18th-century French composers 18th-century French male musicians