André Maugars

André Maugars (c. 1580 – c. 1645) was a French viol player. Marin Mersenne and Nicolas Hotman described him as the first French viol virtuoso, in particular, improviser of diminutions.

In about 1620, he went to England and remained there for four years. He was probably in the service of James I of England in his court orchestra. After his return, he published a French translation of the Francis Bacon's letter Advancement of learning (1605). First he worked as a translator at the French court, later for the Cardinal Richelieu. This made him in 1630 the Prior of the Monastery St. Pierre-Eynac in Le Puy-en-Velay. In 1634, he published a translation of another Bacon's letter Considerations Touching on a War with Spain. In 1637 or in the next years, he travelled to Rome. Following this trip, he wrote an open letter published in Paris about his experiences from his Italian trip. This letter is a valuable historical musical testimony about the contemporary Italian church music, oratories and instrumental works in comparison with the French music of the 17th century.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 189236416 LCCN: nr93035640 ISNI: 0000 0001 0866 7836 GND: 102377197 SUDOC: 030329612 BNF: cb12176742c (data)

External links

A. Maugars: Response to an Inquisitive Person on the Italian Feeling about Music from C. MacClinton: Readings in the history of music in performance on Google Books

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.