Composer · Composer, harpsichordist and organist
Jean-Henry d’Anglebert
Biography
Jean-Henry d’Anglebert (1629–1691) was a French composer, harpsichordist and organist. Associated with the Parisian keyboard tradition, he held Chambonnières in high esteem and wrote a tombeau in his memory.
His keyboard music combines richly elaborated ornamentation, contrapuntal craft and the rhythmic character of French dances. His published Pièces de clavecin also contain transcriptions of music by Lully and a systematic ornament table. His work is an important source for the interpretation of seventeenth-century French keyboard music.