de La Guerre, Élisabeth Jacquet

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre was born in Paris in 1665 and died in Paris in 1729. Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre was a French musician. Jacquet de La Guerre was a significant figure in French Baroque music, particularly in the development of the cantata and harpsichord traditions. She was one of the first women in France to gain recognition as a composer and whose works were widely performed and published. She was among the first French composers to write cantatas, thereby contributing to the establishment of the genre in France. Her independent, expressive, imaginative, influential, and enduring musical legacy remains alive worldwide and continues to receive attentive reception.