Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
French musician
Élisabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (, née Jacquet, 17 March 1665 – 27 June 1729) was a French musician, harpsichordist and composer. Jacquet de La Guerre was a significant figure in French Baroque music, particularly in the development of cantata and keyboard traditions. She was one of the earliest women in France to achieve recognition as a composer and to have her works widely performed and published. She was among the first French composers to write cantatas, helping establish the genre in France. She was closely associated with the court of Louis XIV, where her career was shaped by royal patronage and the musical culture of Versailles. Her music blends French stylistic traditions with elements of Italian influence, particularly in her vocal and instrumental works.
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Works
- Céphale et Procris
- Judith
- Le Sommeil d'Ulisse
- Le passage de la mer rouge
- Pieces de Clavecin (1687): Suite in A minor
- Pieces de Clavecin (1687): Suite in F major
- Pieces de Clavecin (1687): Suite in G minor
- Pieces de Clavecin (1707): Suite in D minor
- Pieces de Clavecin (1707): Suite in G major
- Pièces de clavecin
- Pièces de clavecin qui peuvent se jouer sur le viollon : Suite en ré mineur
- Samson
- Semelé
- Sonata no. 1 in D minor for Violin and Continuo
- Sonate en trio III en ré majeur
- Sonate in A minor
- Sonate pour le violon et le clavecin in A minor
- Sonate pour le violon et le clavecin in D minor
- Sonate pour violon & basse continue en ré mineur
- Sonates pour le violon et pour le clavecin
- Suonata IIIa en Ré majeur
- Suonata IIa en Do mineur
- Suonata IIa en La mineur
- Suonata IVa en Sol mineur
- Suonata Ia en La mineur
- Suonata Ia en Si♭ majeur
Box sets & recent recordings
- Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Céphale et Procris — Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis, Chœur De Chambre De Namur (2024) box set · 94 tracks Spotify
- Jacquet De La Guerre: Harpischord Suites Nos. 1-6 — Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Elizabeth Farr (2005) box set · 52 tracks Spotify
- Jacquet de La Guerre: Complete Harpsichord Works — Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Francesca Lanfranco (2018) box set · 50 tracks Spotify
- Jacquet de la Guerre: Chamber Music — Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (2015) box set · 43 tracks Spotify
- La Guerre: Suites for Harpsichord — Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Carole Cerasi (1998) box set · 43 tracks Spotify
- Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonates pour le violon et basse continue — Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Patxi Montero, Lina Tur Bonet, Kenneth Weiss (2012) box set · 33 tracks Spotify
- Hall of Mirrors — Mishka Rushdie Momen, François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (2026) Spotify
- Jacquet de La Guerre: Pièces de clavecin I, Suite No. 2 in G Minor: V. Sarabande — Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Mishka Rushdie Momen (2026) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.