Yesterday, DH was listening to Classic FM on the radio and heard a piece of
music whose composer was a lacemaker.
Being a good sort, he emailed to the presenter to ask for more information
and got a reply today.
It seems that the composer Jean-Marie Leclair (1697 - 1764) came from a
family of lacemakers. His father was a lacemaker and his mother a cellist
and he was considered a master of both the violin and his father's
lacemaking trade by the time he reached adulthood. He was born in Lyons,
France, and h is 3 younger brothers were also musicians.
I expect that David Collyer would be able to give more information on the
musical side and I don't know what lace would have been made in Lyons around
1700 but I thought that it would be of interest to the list.
Greetings from
Janis in South AFrica
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