Gaspard le Roux
Gaspard le Roux (* around 1660 in Paris ; † 1707 there ) was a French harpsichordist and composer of the Baroque.
Life
Little that has survived of Gaspard le Roux is a mention in a list of distinguished professors in Paris and a single collection of 41 suites for one or two harpsichords , published by Estienne Roger in Amsterdam in 1705 . The pieces were made about 10 years earlier. In the foreword, le Roux said that printing was necessary because there were so many incorrect copies. This collection, the Pièces de Clavessin , integrated itself into the French tradition with those of Jean-Henri d'Anglebert and François Couperin and undoubtedly forms the most important harpsichord book between the other two composers. Johann Gottfried Walther copied about half of the collection and mentioned le Roux in his Musicalisches Lexicon from 1732.
In addition, only a single motet ( Thuris odor ) and a 1701 at the publisher Tessier in Recueil d'airs sérieux et à boire published Air de Cour in his name receive. The surviving vocal music le Roux 'is due exclusively to the collection of the Abbé Sébastien de Brossard , who described him as a célèbre maître de clavessin et excellent musicien .
Gaspard le Roux was the first of a few Baroque composers to write works for two harpsichords. Most of his compositions are written for solo harpsichord.
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Gaspard Le Roux in the International Music Score Library Project
- Bruce Gustafson: Le Roux, Gaspard. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- John McKean: Gaspard Le Roux's Pièces de Clavecin and the Harpsichord Duet: Contexts and Performance Traditions
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Le Roux, Gaspard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French harpsichordist and Baroque composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1660 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1707 |
| Place of death | Paris |