Robert de Visée

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Robert de Visée (* around 1656/1660, † 1732 in Paris ) was a French lutenist , guitarist , theorbist , viola player , singer and composer at the court of Louis XIV .

Life

The origin of Robert de Visée is not known; his last name suggests Portuguese roots. Around 1680 he came to the court of Louis XIV as a chamber musician , where the guitar stood in high favor as an accompanying instrument for courtly dance and new playing techniques were developed.

In 1682 Robert de Visée published his first book of compositions for guitar Livre de Guitare, dedié au Roy . He also dedicated the Livre de pièces pour la guitare , published in 1686, to the king, who let him play him every evening. He also composed many pieces for theorbo and lute. Most of it is preserved in the Saizenay manuscript from 1699.

Louis XIV commissioned de Visée as a guitar teacher for the Dauphin . The official title "Royal Guitar Teacher", however, was reserved for the Spanish guitarist Jourdan de la Salle . In 1695 de Visée became "royal guitar player" and in 1709 a singer in the royal chamber choir. In 1716 he published "Pièces de Theorbe et de luth mises en Partition Dessus et Baße", a collection of arrangements of his theorbo and lute compositions for upper voice and figured bass. In the foreword he gives information about the usual performance practice, namely with viola da gamba, violin and harpsichord. After the death of Jourdan de la Salle in 1719, de Visée was his successor as "Royal Guitar Teacher" with a salary of 1200 livres , which he received later. He gave up this office in 1721 after the death of his wife. His name is mentioned in courtly records until his resignation as a guitar player in 1732. It is believed that he died soon after.

Works for guitar

The originals are in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

  • Livre de Guitarre, dedié au Roy (1682)
    • Suite No. 1 in A minor (Prélude / Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Gigue / Passacaille / Gavotte / Gavotte / Bourrée)
    • Suite No. 2 in A minor (Allemande / Courante / Sarabande)
    • Suite No. 3 in D minor (Prélude / Allemande / Courante / Courante / Sarabande / Sarabande / Gigue / Passacaille / Gavotte / Gavotte / Minuet Rondeau / Minuet Rondeau / Bourrée)
    • Suite No. 4 in G minor (Prélude / Allemande / Courante / Double de la Courante / Sarabande / Gigue / Minuet / Gavotte)
    • Suite No. 5 in G major (Sarabande / Sarabande / Gigue)
    • Suite No. 6 in C minor (Prélude / Tombeau de Mr. Francisque Corbet / Courante / Sarabande / Sarabande en Rondeau / Gavotte)
    • Suite No. 7 in C major (Prélude / Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Gigue, a la Maniere Angloise / Gavotte / Minuet)
    • Chacone in F major
    • Suite No. 8 in G major (Prélude / Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Gigue / Sarabande / Chacone / Gavotte / Minuet / Bourrée)
  • Livre de pièces pour la guitar (1686)
    • Suite No. 9 in D minor (Prélude / Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Gigue / Gavotte / Bourrée / Minuet / Passacaille / Minuet)
    • Suite No. 10 in G minor (Prélude / Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Gigue / Minuet / Chacone / Gavotte / Bourrée / Minuet)
    • Sarabande (A minor)
    • Gigue (A minor)
    • Sarabande (A major)
    • Minuet (A major)
    • Suite No. 11 in B minor (Prélude / Allemande / Sarabande / Gigue / Passacaille)
    • Suite No. 12 in E minor (Sarabande / Minuet / Passacaille)
    • Minuet (C major)

literature

  • Robert Wolff: Die Barockgitarre and Robert de Visée , nova giulianiad 12/88, p. 155 ff.
  • Pièces de Theorbe et de luth mises en Partition Dessus et Baße, Paris, 1716
  • Manuscript Vaudry de Saizenay, Besançon 1699
  • Adalbert Quadt : Guitar music from the 16th to 18th centuries Century. According to tablature ed. by Adalbert Quadt. Volume 1-4. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1970 ff .; 2nd edition ibid 1975-1984, Volume 1, pp. 28-45, Volume 3, pp. 44-61, and Volume 4, pp. 19-25.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Konrad Ragossnig : Handbook of the guitar and lute. Schott, Mainz 1978, ISBN 3-7957-2329-9 , p. 44 (around 1660 - after 1720 Paris).
personal data
SURNAME Visée, Robert de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Musicians and singers in France
DATE OF BIRTH around 1660
DATE OF DEATH 1732
Place of death Paris