Élisabeth Jacquet De La Guerre has been played on NTS in shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, featured first on 11 July 2021. Songs played include Harpsichord Suite No. 3 In A Minor.

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (full name Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre; born Élisabeth Jacquet, 17 March 1665, Paris – 27 June 1729, Paris) was a French musician, harpsichordist and composer.

Life and works

Élisabeth Jacquet was born into an important family of musicians and masons in the parish of Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile, Paris. A childhood prodigy, she played the harpsichord, recorder, and various small viols before King Louis XIV to inaugurate her career as a…