I can only tell you what James Tyler has said in his book "The guitar and
its music" (2002) p. 108 as I don't have a copy of Benoit.
Jourdan de la Salle had been Louis XIVs' "Maitre de guittarre" at least
since 1650 and
he died in 1695. He was then succeeded by his son Louis who died in 1620.
Louis Jourdan was succeeded by De Visee.by which time of course Louis XIV
had died and Louis XV had succeeded him.
Jourdan apparently was from Sanlucar de Barrameda in the province of Cadiz.
This is a small town on the coast.
The reference which Jim gives is Benoit "Dictionnairede la musique en France
aux XVIIe et XVIIIe" 1992 p. 728
I am not sure about this and perhaps Jean-Marie can enlighten us - but I
wonder if "Maitre de guitarre" doesn't necessarily mean that he actually
taught Louis to play. More that he was there to play to the King in his
leisure hours. He may not have been a composer but a lot of stuff in
manuscript is anonymous and it may have been difficult to get guitar music
printed in France before engraving rather than printing from musical type
became common.
Best
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Danner" <[email protected]>
To: "Monica Hall" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Lutelist" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 3:04 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: De Visee
Monica is quite right in pointing out that de Visee was never Louis XIV's
official guitar teacher, which brings up another question. It has been
years since I looked into the matter, but I find this in my notes. Perhaps
someone can remind me of the Benoit citation. It identifies de la Salle as
Spanish:
From 1650 Bernard Jourdan de la Salle, a native of Saint-Luc, was the
King's teacher of the guitar. He was replaced by his son Louis Anne in
1695.
"1681. Juillet. Naturalité pour Bernard Jourdan dit la Salle, natif de St.
Luc en Espagne, faisant profession de la Religion catholique, apostolique
et romanine." Benoit, p.79.
Just who was this Bernard Jourdan de la Salle, and where was Saint-Luc?
Why is there no surviving music by him?
Peter Danner
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