Jean Baur (1719-1777)
- Sonate pour harpe et clavecin des 'Sonates pour la harpe dont deux
avec un accompagnement chantant pour le clavecin ou le forte-piano et
deux
avec un accompagnement de violon ad libitum ... œuvre VIII'
(c.1774)
Performers: Clara Izаmbеrt (harp); Marie van Rhіjn (harpsichord)
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French composer and harpist. He was the first member of a family of
musicians. He settled in Paris in 1745, four years before Georg Adam
Goepfert introduced the pedal harp there. Jean Baur was among the first
one on using the pedal harp in his chamber works, and his sonatas with
clavecin or fortepiano accompaniment mark him as the earliest known
composer to differentiate between the harp and keyboard instruments.
Among his works, dozens of sonates for several instruments compiled in
collections printed and published in Paris. His daughter
Marie-Marguerite Baur (1748-after 1790) was also an harpist active in
Paris, where she made her début at the Concert Spirituel in 1762. His
son Barthélemy Baur (1751-1823) was an harpist and composer active in
Tours, and his grandson Charles-Alexis Baur (1789-after 1820) was an
harpist, pianist, teacher and composer active in London.
