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Robert de Visée (ca. 1650 1725) was a lutenist, guitarist
Baroque guitar

The Baroque guitar is a guitar from the Baroque music , an ancestor of the modern classical guitar. The term is also used for modern instruments made in the same style....
, theorbist
Theorbo

A theorbo is a plucked string instrument. As a name, theorbo signifies a number of long-necked lutes with second peg-boxes, such as the liuto attiorbato, the French th?orbe des pi?ces, the English theorbo, the archlute, the German baroque lute, the Ang?lique or angelica....
 and viol player
Viol

The viol is any one of a family of bow , fretted, stringed instruments musical instruments developed in the 1400s and used primarily in the Renaissance music and Baroque music periods....
 at the court of Louis XIV, as well as a singer, and composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 for lute, theorbo and guitar.

rt de Visée's origin is unknown, although a Portuguese origin of his surname had been suggested. He was likely to have studied with Francesco Corbetta
Francesco Corbetta

Francesco Corbetta was an Italy Baroque guitar virtuoso, teacher and composer. He worked at the royal court of Louis XIV of France in Paris and then left for London....
. About 1680 he became a chamber musician to Louis XIV, in which capacity he often performed at court.






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Robert de Visée (ca. 1650 1725) was a lutenist, guitarist
Baroque guitar

The Baroque guitar is a guitar from the Baroque music , an ancestor of the modern classical guitar. The term is also used for modern instruments made in the same style....
, theorbist
Theorbo

A theorbo is a plucked string instrument. As a name, theorbo signifies a number of long-necked lutes with second peg-boxes, such as the liuto attiorbato, the French th?orbe des pi?ces, the English theorbo, the archlute, the German baroque lute, the Ang?lique or angelica....
 and viol player
Viol

The viol is any one of a family of bow , fretted, stringed instruments musical instruments developed in the 1400s and used primarily in the Renaissance music and Baroque music periods....
 at the court of Louis XIV, as well as a singer, and composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 for lute, theorbo and guitar.

Biography

Robert de Visée's origin is unknown, although a Portuguese origin of his surname had been suggested. He was likely to have studied with Francesco Corbetta
Francesco Corbetta

Francesco Corbetta was an Italy Baroque guitar virtuoso, teacher and composer. He worked at the royal court of Louis XIV of France in Paris and then left for London....
. About 1680 he became a chamber musician to Louis XIV, in which capacity he often performed at court. He is also mentioned (in 1709) as a singer in the royal chamber, and in 1719 he was named "Guitar Master of the King" (maître de guitare du Roy). Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau was a major philosopher, writer, and composer of the eighteenth century The Age of Enlightenment, whose political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political and educational thought....
 reported that he also played the viol at court. Visée wrote two books of guitar music which contained twelve suites between them: Livre de guitare dédié au roy (Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, 1682) and Livre de piéces pour la guitare (Paris 1686). He composed many suites of pieces for theorbo
Theorbo

A theorbo is a plucked string instrument. As a name, theorbo signifies a number of long-necked lutes with second peg-boxes, such as the liuto attiorbato, the French th?orbe des pi?ces, the English theorbo, the archlute, the German baroque lute, the Ang?lique or angelica....
 and Baroque lute
Lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
 (the bulk of which are preserved in the Saizenay Ms.), as well as a collection of ensemble pieces.

Works

Complete index of de Visée's pieces for the guitar:
  • 1682 “Livre de Guitarre, dedie au Roy”:
  • Suite ? 1 in A Minor
Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Passacaille Gavotte Gavotte Bourrée
  • Suite ? 2 in A Major
Allemande Courante Sarabande
  • Suite ? 3 in D Minor
Prelude Allemande Courante Courante Sarabande Sarabande Gigue Passacaille Gavotte Gavotte Menuet Rondeau Menuet Rondeau Bourrée
  • Suite ? 4 in G Minor
Prelude Allemande Courante Double de la Courante Sarabande Gigue Menuet Gavotte
  • Suite ? 5 in G Major
Sarabande Sarabande Gigue
  • Suite ? 6 in C Minor
Prelude Tombeau de Mr. Francisque Corbet Courante Sarabande Sarabande en Rondeau Gavotte
  • Suite ? 7 in C Major
Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue, a la Maniere Angloise Gavotte Menuet
  • Chacone (F Major)
  • Suite ? 8 in G Major
Prelude (Accord Nouveau) Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Sarabande Chacone Gavotte Menuet Bourrée

  • 1686 Livre de Pieces pour la Guitarre:
  • Suite ? 9 in D Minor
Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Gavotte Bourrée Menuet Passacaille Menuet
  • Suite ? 10 in G Minor
Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Menuet Chacone Gavotte Bourrée Menuet Sarabande (A Minor) Gigue (A Minor) Sarabande (A Major) Menuet (A Major)
  • Suite ? 11 in B Minor
Prelude Allemande Sarabande Gigue Passacaille Suite ? 12 in E Minor Sarabande Menuet Passacaille Menuet (C Major)
  • Manuscript Pieces:


  • Pieces in A minor
Prelude Allemande Villanelle (& Contrepartie)
  • Pieces in A major
Prelude Rondeau
  • Pieces in C major
Courante Gigue
  • Pieces in D minor
Allemande “La Royalle” Sarabande Masquerade Gigue Gavotte Chacone
  • Pieces in D major
Sarabande Gavotte Chacone Gavotte Rondeau (& Contrepartie)
  • Pieces in G minor
Prelude Prelude Allemande Sarabande Gavotte Gavotte en Rondeau Ouverture de la Grotte De Versaille (de Lully) Entrée d’Appollon (de Lully)
  • Pieces in G major
Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Gigue Musette (Rondeau)

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