MARCHAND, Louis
(1669–1732)> ORG. · COMP.
MARCHAND (Louis). French org. and comp., Lyons, Feb. 2, 1669 [1671]. S. at Paris, and became famous as an org. Exiled for dissipated habits. Offered post of court organist by King of Poland. Played in opposition to J. S. Bach, but was defeated. Was challenged by Bach to another trial, but disappeared. Feb. 17, 1732. He comp. an opera, Pyramus et Thisbe, and some vocal and organ music. He appears to have been something of an empiric, and to have received more credit for his performance than was…