Jean Lacquemant or Jean Lacman, also known as DuBuisson or Du Buisson (1622 or 1623 – 1680 or 1681) was a French composer of
Baroque music
Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transiti ...
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Life
Lacquemand was born in
Picardie
Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France.
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. What little is known about him is due to
Jonathan Dunford
Jonathan Dunford (born 30 October 1959 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American violist specialising in the baroque repertoire.
Biography
After studying the viol at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Dunford was awarded a scholars ...
who showed that Jean Lacquemant and DuBuisson would be the same composer. Moreover, the name or nickname Du Buisson seems to be that of several French musicians of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries; it is mostly unknown if they are related.
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Works
DuBuisson composed at least 111 pieces. They are all composed for the
viola da gamba
The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitc ...
alone. The known works are contained in six manuscripts, held in libraries in Europe and the United States.
References
External links
DuBuisson, by Jonathan Dunford
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French composers of sacred music
French Baroque composers
Date of birth unknown
People from Picardy
Date of death unknown