Couperin

He later visited the tomb of the French Baroque composer Couperin, which inspired him to write his ode to his fallen friends.

In this work, Ravel paid tribute to Francois Couperin, an important composer at the court of Louis XIV.

In France, a great number of highly characteristic solo works were created and compiled into four books of ordres by François Couperin (1668–1733).

The Piano Trio was almost complete when the conflict began, and the most substantial of his wartime works is Le tombeau de Couperin, composed between 1914 and 1917.