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“Allemande” from Suite in F Major by Jan Antonín Losy

“Allemande” from Suite in F Major by Jan Antonín Losy (c.1650 – 1721) Brian Bartling, Baroque lute 11-course lute by Dan Larson, 2015 Audio recording by Barry Hufker Video editing by Brian Bartling Early Music Missouri opened its 2025-2026 season with “Le Cabinet Extraordinaire,” a solo recital featuring 17th-century music performed by Baroque lutenist Brian Bartling. Drawing inspiration from a 1695 publication with that title, the program featured music by Phillip Franz Lesage de Richée, Jan Antonín Losy, Charles Mouton, and others. The word “Cabinet” (or “Kabinett” in modern German) refers to a “collection of treasures.” This concert presented Baroque lutenist Brian Bartling’s own version of a “Cabinet Extraordinaire,” an offering of extraordinary 17th-century lute music by Phillip Franz Lesage de Richée (fl. 1695) and his mentors. Lesage de Richée (fl. 1695) remains one of the most mysterious figures in the history of the lute. We know virtually nothing of his life, and none of his music survives in any known manuscript source, a highly unusual situation in a tradition that relied so heavily on recording and sharing music through manuscripts. Instead, every known piece by this lutenist-composer can be found only in his self-published volume “Cabinet der Lauten,” a collection probably printed in Breslau in 1695. Written for the 11-course French baroque lute, this volume contains twelve suites, or “Partien,” in various keys. In the remarkable frontispiece to the Cabinet der Lauten, the four books lying on the ground present spines that list the names of lutenist-composers: Gaultier (a family of composers but most likely the vieux, or old, Ennemond), Mouton, Dufaut, and Logy. The influence of Jan Antonín Logy (or Losy), (c.1650 – 1721), a contemporary Bohemian lutenist who also combined the French and Italian styles in his music, can be clearly heard in Lesage’s Cabinet der Lauten. Visit earlymusicmissouri.net for more information and to subscribe to our newsletter.