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Grove Music Online
Objet
JANE M. BOWERS: 'Anne de la Barre', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 9 June 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Anne de la Barre (b Paris, bap. 3 July 1628; d before 7 March 1688). Singer, daughter of Pierre de la Barre. One of the leading singers at the French court, she was praised as early as 1646 by Luigi Rossi for her excellent interpretation of his music. In late 1652 or early 1653 she left for the Swedish court at the invitation of Queen Christina, staying on the way with Huygens at The Hague. She remained in Sweden, where she enjoyed enormous success, until well into 1654. She then went to serve the Queen of Denmark at Copenhagen, returning to France through Kassel in late 1655. Between 1656 and 1664 she sang frequently in court ballets, Italian operas (including Cavalli’s Ercole amante) and church music on ceremonial occasions. She also appeared privately before the king in his chamber. When in January 1661 she was in fact appointed ordinaire of the king’s chamber music, the announcement of her appointment praised her in terms scarcely equalled in other such documents. By 1667, when she married a bourgeois named Antoine Coquerel, her career seems to have slackened, but she remained in the royal chamber music until she was pensioned in 1686."
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