by Mrs. Norman O'Neill
There were two Scarlattis, both of whom were brilliant performers and prolific composers, and the whole family to which they belonged consisted almost wholly of musicians. Domenico, son of Alessandro, achieved a wider fame than his father, not only as pianist, but as a composer for his instrument and the stage.
The long line of Couperins was prominent in the history of French music from the middle of the seventeenth century down to the nineteenth. The most famous member of the clan was Francois, who was born in Paris in 1668, and who died there 1733.
In a later generation than Couperin, Rameau won for himself the undoubted position of the greatest French musician of his time. Already at the age of seven he played the harpsichord brilliantly, and as organist and composer he was held in such honour that he was on the point of being raised to noble rank in 1764, when he died.
In the first half of the eighteenth century Leo was distinguished as a composer for the church and of comic operas. He is known to have composed serious opera too, but so few of there survive that it is not possible to judge how far they were successful.
In the latter half of the seventeenth and the first years of the eighteenth centuries, Pasquini held an important place in the music of Rome, as harpsichord player, as teacher, and as composer.
Van den Ghen was the name of a famous family of bell founders and players of carillons; the name can be found on sets of bells in Europe to this day.

Presto in E - Scarlatti
Allegro in C - Scarlatti
Tempo di Ballo in D - Scarlatti
Pastorale in D Minor - Scarlatti
Allegro in C - Scarlatti
Allegro in A - Scarlatti
Presto in D - Scarlatti
Cat's Fugue - Scarlatti
Air and Variations - Handel
Soeur Monique (The Nun) - Couperin
La Joyeuse - Rameau
Tambourin - Rameau
Arietta - Leonardo Leo
Coucou - Pasquini
Coucou - Prelude - Van den Ghen