Cloches Mr Gaultier - Music

Jacques Gaultier Or Gauterius Gouterus Goutier Gautier Gautier D'Angleterre Born C. 1600 Fl. 1617–1652 Was A French Baroque Lutenist. He Was Not Relative To The Composers And Lutenists Denis Gaultier And Ennemond Gaultier. Not Much Is Known About His Early Life. In 1617 He Had To Leave France Due To A Duel And He Escaped To England. He Enjoyed The Patronage Of George Villiers The Favourite Of James I Of England. In 1622 Gaultier Met Dutch Poet And Composer Constantijn Huygens With Whom He Engaged In An Exchange Of Letters. From 1625 He Was A Musician At The English Royal Court Under Charles I Of England. He Had To Remain There At Least Until 1640 As He Appears As An Employee In The Court Records For That Year. In 1627 He Was Convicted And Imprisoned Because Of English Royal Family Defamation. In 1630 He Travelled To Netherlands. From There He Went To Madrid To Play At The Spanish Court. In Early 1630s Gaultier Returned Back To England. Around 1632 He Was Portrayed By Anthony Van Dyck. Then He Was Employed Again As A Court Musician Among Others At The Performances Of Masques The Triumph Of Peace 1634 By James Shirley And William Davenant's Britannia Triumphans 1637 . read less