Michel Corrette was a French organist, composer, and teacher who was born in Rouen, Kingdom of France, in 1707. He achieved early professional recognition after moving to Paris and publishing his first collection of sonatas (1727). Corrette is famous for his 25 concertos comiques based on popular themes and for authoring nearly twenty pedagogical method books for various instruments. Between 1733 and 1773, he served as a conductor at the Parisian fairs of Saint-Laurent and Saint-Germain. He held the position of organist at Sainte-Marie du Temple for 54 years, ending in 1791. Corrette also served as organist at the Jesuit College in Paris (1758–1762) and was appointed organist to the Duke of Angoulême in 1780. His discography of published works includes the collections Premier livre de pièces de clavecin (1734), Premier livre d’orgue (1737), and Pièces pour l’orgue dans un genre nouveau (1787). He authored influential instruction manuals including L'école d'Orphée (1738), Le maître de clavecin pour l'accompagnement (1753), and Le parfait maître à chanter (1758). Corrette died in 1795.
