Elisabeth-claude Jacquet De La Guerre's lyrics & chords

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729) was a French harpsichordist and composer. She was born Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet on the 17th March 1665 in the parish of Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile, Paris, into an important family of musicians and masons. A child prodigy, she played the harpsichord before King Louis XIV at the age of five. At court she was noticed by Madame de Montespan, and was kept on in her entourage. She married the organist Marin de La Guerre in 1684 and left the court. After her marriage she taught and gave concerts at home ...read more