Thanks for the clarification. Also thanks to Monica for mentioning the doubtful Portuguese connection.
On 28 Feb 2014, at 6:49 am, Jean-Marie Poirier <[email protected]> wrote: > True we do not know exactly where de Visée was from, but he was probably born > in the Paris area and was active at court as early as 1680. In 1692 du Pradel > (aka de Blégny), in his list of masters for the guitar, mentions "de Vizé (a > very common spelling of his name at the time), à Luxembourg", which means he > lived near the Palais du Luxembourg and not the country of the same name... > > Best, > > Jean-Marie > > > -------------- > >> I am going off topic here, but do we really know where Robert de Visée is >> from? I recall finding an entry in a modern edition of Nicolas Blégny's Le >> livre commode (1692) about a certain Visée (spelt differently). He is said >> to be from one of the low countries, but I cannot remember which one. Of >> course, I could be totally wrong. >> >> On 28 Feb 2014, at 4:00 am, howard posner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Feb 27, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Jean-Marie Poirier <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Robert de Visée was obviously one of the best on the guitar, theorbo and >>>> lute of his time, but his French grammar was not really spotless... ;-) >>> >>> He was a Spaniard, and he used Google Translate. >>> -- >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> -- > > --
