Gaspard Le Roux (1660-1707)
- Suite I en ré mineur (1705)
Performers: Jan Devlieger & Guy Penson (cembalo)
Further info: A Due Cembali Obligati
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French harpsichordist and composer. Little is known of his life. The
earliest mention of him is in March 1690, when the Mercure de France
published the opening of a translation of the hymn Veni creator,
referring to a figured bass supplied by Le Roux. He was cited merely as a
music teacher, but when it was mentioned six years later, he was
elevated to ‘famous music teacher’. He was indeed listed with other
prominent Parisian organists and harpsichordists in Blegny du Pradel’s
Livre commode, contenant les adresses de la ville de Paris (Paris,
1692), and he was in the highest tax bracket for such musicians in 1695.
He took a privilege for a book of harpsichord pieces ‘and other music
of his composition’, and his Pièces de clavessin appeared the same year
(Paris, 1705/R). The inventory of his belongings at the time of his
death is cited in a notary’s index for 17 June 1707, but the document
itself is lost, and it is not known how long before that date he died
(Hardouin).
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