Saint-Lambert, De

DE SAINT-LAMBERT [active ca. 1700-1710] The obscure French keyboardist named de Saint-Lambert (who is easily confused with his countryman Michel Lambert and therefore sometimes erroneously provided with the first name »Michel«) wrote two popular volumes during the first decade of the eighteenth century. The first, Les principes du clavecin (1702), is aimed at youngsters just beginning their study of harpsichord playing. In addition to the technical details of fingering and ornamentation, it…