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