Name Ennemond Gaultier Role Composer | Died December 17, 1651 | |
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Similar People Denis Gaultier, Charles Mouton, Hopkinson Smith, Miguel Yisrael, Robert de Visee | ||
Ennemond gaultier 1575 1651 la cascade chaconne in f major miguel yisrael 11c baroque lute
Ennemond Gaultier (Gaultier le Vieux, Gaultier de Lyon) (c. 1575 – 17 December 1651) was a French lutenist and composer. He was one of the masters of the 17th century French lute school.
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- Ennemond gaultier 1575 1651 la cascade chaconne in f major miguel yisrael 11c baroque lute
- Ennemond gaultier chaconne
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Gaultier was born in Villette, Dauphiné, France. He worked first in Lyon and in 1620, he became valet of the Queen Mother Marie de' Medici and court lutenist in Paris. It is possible that he was a pupil of René Mezangeau. In 1631, he retired to Nèves and he spent the rest of his life there.
Ennemond gaultier chaconne
Works
His cousin Denis Gaultier published a printed lute book in 1669, which contained compositions by Ennemond as well. However, assignment of the authorship to one of them is difficult. This is similar also for other collections where works appear under name Gaultier. However, these works had a great influence on the development of lute music of the following years.
Among his most famous works are Le Tombeau de Mezangeau (Allemande), La Belle Homicide (Courante) or Les Canaries du Vieux Gaultier, which became cornerstones of the repertoire of the French Baroque lute. His piece Le Tombeau de Mezangeau (1638) may be the earliest example of the tombeau.