title: Gaspard Corrette
text: Gaspard Corrette (c. 1671before 1733) was a French composer and organist.
  
  He was born around 1671, probably in Rouen, where he was organist for the church of St-Herbland. In approximately 1720 he moved to Paris. The exact date of his death is not known. His son, Michel Corrette, also was a musician, composer, violinist, harpsichordist and organist.
  
  Works
  The only surviving work by Corrette is an organ mass in the eighth Church Mode, published in 1703. The mass consists of 24 pieces, all in Tone 5, except for the Elevation which is in Tone 1.
  
  Messe du 8e Ton pour l’Orgue à l’Usage des Dames Religieuses, et utile à ceux qui touchent l’orgue.
  
   Premier Kyrie - Grand Plein Jeu
   Fugue
   Cromhorne en Taille
   Trio à deux dessus
   Dialogue à deux Choeurs
   Gloria In Excelsis - Prélude à deux Choeurs
   Concert pour les Flûtes
   Duo
   Récit tendre pour le Nasard
   Dialogue de Voix humaine
   Basse de Trompette ou de Cromhorne
   Dessus de Tierce par accords
   Tierce en Taille
   Dialogue à deux Choeurs
   Graduel - Trio
   Offerte - Grand dialogue à trois Choeurs
   Premier Sanctus - Plein Jeu
   Second Sanctus - Duo
   Élévation - Cromhorne en Taille
   Plein Jeu à deux Choeurs pour le premier Agnus Dei
   Dialogue en Fugue, pour le Second Agnus Dei
   Deo Gratias - Grand Plein Jeu
   (Autre) Graduel - Basse de Trompette ou de Cromhorne
   (Autre) Élévation - Fond d'Orgue
  
  The composition is the last mass written in the great French tradition established in the 16th century and seen in works of François Couperin and Nicolas de Grigny, among others.
  
  See also
  French organ school
  
  External links
  
  Excerpts from Messe du 8e ton
  
  1670s births
  1730s deaths
  French male classical composers
  French Baroque composers
  French composers of sacred music
  Musicians from Rouen
  18th-century classical composers
  18th-century French composers
  18th-century French male musicians
  17th-century male musicians