Loulié, Étienne
(1655–1707)
ÉTIENNE LOULIÉLOULIÉ, ÉTIENNEÉTIENNE LOULIÉ [* ca. 1655-† ca. 1707] Étienne Loulié, a student of OUVRARD, was a practical theorist whose goals included making the acquisition of musical knowledge easy for his readers. He incorporated a variety of examples, as well as exercises for the student. His Éléments ou principes de musique (1696) is an excellent source of information on French melodic ornamentation in the late seventeenth century. Active as an inventor as well, he devised a chronomètre—a…