Suite de pièces pour la Maréchalle de Villars
Jaques Martin Hotteterre, known as “Le Romain” – the Roman – was born about 1680 and died at the age of 81 in Paris in 1761. Jaques Martin's father Henri was a well-known chamber musician and excellent instrument maker, so that music became accessible to him at an early age. In 1705, after a long stay in Italy, he entered the service of the French court as an instrumentalist.
Jaques Martin Hotteterre, who enjoyed a high reputation as a flutist, is considered the founder of the great French flute tradition. His method book, Princips de la flûte traversière ou flûte d'Allemagne, de la flûte à bec ou flûte douce et du haut-bois, published in 1707 and reprinted shortly afterwards in the Netherlands and London, is still considered one of the fundamental works for serious flutists today. In addition to further teaching works for the flute and the musette, he wrote a large number of sonatas, duets, trios, suites and pieces, many of which were dedicated to high-ranking persons at court.
