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Death Anniversary: François d’Agincourt — April 30, 1758

30 April 2027

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He died in Paris on 30 April 1758 after forty-four years as organist of the Chapelle Royale in Versailles alongside François Couperin and Louis-Claude Daquin. Long serving Rouen Cathedral, his published Pièces de clavecin of 1733 represent one of the crowning monuments of the French harpsichord school, blending Couperinian lyricism with Italian fluidity.

A note on this date. The exact day of birth is not preserved in Rouen baptismal archives (c. 1684); we celebrate his verified death anniversary on 30 April. We publish it with the warning rather than leave the page out, and if you can point us to a register or an archive that carries it we will confirm or correct it.

Dates verified on Grove Music Online, entry "Agincour, François d'" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00282); Bibliothèque nationale de France, notice de personne FRBNF14825686 (https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14825686x).

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Under 26 and living in the EU? Walk in free

The permanent collections of France’s national museums have been free to 18-to-25-year-olds resident in an EU country since 2009, and the national monuments — châteaux, abbeys, fortresses — apply the same rule. Bring photo ID: it is checked at the door. The monuments are also free to everyone on the first Sunday of the month in winter, from November to March.

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In September, the doors that are usually shut open

For one long weekend every September, some fifty European countries run the European Heritage Days together: palaces, workshops, archives and private houses that are closed the rest of the year let visitors in, almost always for nothing. France sets its own dates, and they are published a few weeks ahead.

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