Jacquet De La Guerre: Sonates pour violon

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Florence Malgoire
Les Dominos
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

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Compositional Technique

Unlike typical French sonatas of the era, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's sonatas do not follow a conventional structure, varying in movement count and tempo order.

Composer Biography

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, a rare female composer of her time, gave her first harpsichord concerts at the age of ten.

Composition History

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's Sonatas were published in Paris in 1707, at a time when French music was slowly accepting Italian influences like the violin sonata.

Critical Reception

King Louis XIV praised Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's sonatas in 1707, noting their originality, which was considered rare at the time.

Instruments

Blandine Rannou plays a harpsichord that is a copy of an anonymous late 17th-century French instrument, made by Philippe Humeau in 1977 and restored in 2007.