Laguerre, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de
(1669–1729)> COMPOSER
Laguerre, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de (1669, Paris; 27 June 1729, Paris), composer, became interested in music early in life and charmed Louis XIV at Court with a performance at the harpsichord when she was only fifteen. Mme de Montespan retained her in her entourage for three or four years after her first sensational programs for royalty. She married Marin de Laguerre, who was organist at the churches of Saint-Séverin and Saint-Gervais. They had a son who astonished his audiences by his…