- Jacques de Gouy
Jacques de Gouy (c. 1610 – after 1650) was a French Baroque
composer of Dutch ancestry. He was acquainted with composers in Parisian music circles of the early 17th century such asÉtienne Moulinié andMichel Lambert . [ [http://phonoarchive.org/grove/Entries/S11553.htm Denise Launay, "Gouy, Jacques de"] The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians]Works
In his writings, de Gouy mentions having composed
motet s and airs, yet all of his published work is lost, save his "Airs à quatre parties sur la Paraphrase des pseaumes de Godeau" (1650), a setting ofAntoine Godeau 's "Paraphrases", including a long and informative preface. De Gouy only published the first 50 of the 150 psalms, because the work was received as too academic. [ [http://phonoarchive.org/grove/Entries/S11553.htm Denise Launay, "Gouy, Jacques de"] ]De Gouy promoted
Jean Le Maire 's new system of notation, called "la musique almérique", by handing out engraved music scores to concert guests attending thepremière of "Estrennes pour Messieurs et Dames du Concert de la Musique Almérique, presentée par M. Goüy premier professeur en icelle: en l'année 1642", achanson in four parts specifically written for that occasion. [ [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0001-6241(196310/12)1:35:4%3C175:JLMALM%3E2.0.CO;2-Y Albert Cohen, "Jean Le Maire and La Musique Almerique"] JSTOR: Acta Musicologica: Vol. 35, Fasc. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1963), p 175] He also published a learning method forplainchant according to Le Maire's system, "Table en faveur des ecclésiastiques, pour apprendre facilement le plain-chant selon l’art de l’incomparable M. Le Maire", which is also lost. [ [http://phonoarchive.org/grove/Entries/S11553.htm Denise Launay, "Gouy, Jacques de"] ]Notes
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