Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre was a child prodigy who grew up to be an esteemed performer and composer. The French woman was a harpsichordist and organist born in 1665 — two decades before Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Today’s Beautiful Music features harpsichordist Elisabetta Guglielmin playing two movements — the prelude and allemande — from the First Suite by Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre.
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre: Harpsichord Suite #1. Prelude – Elisabetta Guglielmin – YouTube
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre: Harpsichord Suite #1, Allemande – Elisabetta Guglielmin – YouTube