Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin
b. 1705, Paris; d. circa 1778, Paris
French harpsichordist Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin was the first woman to hold the position ordinaire de la musique de la chambre du roi pour le clavecin (court musician to the king of France), a post she assumed in 1730 after her father, François Couperin, retired. In addition to her duties at the royal court, Couperin was harpsichord mistress to the king’s daughters.
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