>On French-Spanish relationships, it might be worth pointing out that Louis' >mother, Anne of Austria, in spite of her name, was a Spanish Habsburg, >the >daughter of King Philip III. Furthermore, Louis married the Infanta, Maria >Teresa, daughter of Philip IV of Spain. In his biography of Louis XIV, >>Olivier Bernier mentions that she arrived in France not knowing a word of >French and throughout her life always spoke it with a heavy Spanish >accent >(p. 68). She probably brought Spanish musicians in her retinue. > >Peter Danner
Precisely one of the possible reasons why Briceño chose to settle in Paris and had his book published by "Pedro Ballard" in 1626. Anne and her Spanish retinue had been in France for more than ten years by then... Another clear hint at the Spanish influence is the number of Airs de Cour in Spanish by Gabriel Bataille and by Moulinié (with guitar tablature). There is a short but very good chapter on this subject by Mrs Georgie Durosoir who is one of the best specialists of the 17th century in France in a book entitled "L'âge d'or de l'influence espagnole; la France et l'Espagne à l'époque d'Anne d'Autriche - 1615 - 1666" (pp. 385 - 392). Mont-de-Marsan : Editions Interuniversitaires, 1991 A fascinating period ! Best wishes, Jean-Marie To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
