Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (29 September 1674 -- 16 July 1763), also known as Jacques Martin or Jacques Hotteterre, was a French composer and flautist. Jacques-Martin Hotteterre was the most celebrated of a family of wind instrument makers and wind performers. Jacques-Martin Hotteterre was born in Paris, the son of Martin Hotteterre (d. 1712) and Marie Crespy. In about 1704, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre succeeded his cousin Jacques in the post of basse de hautbois et taille de violon at the royal court. Hotteterre lived and studied in Rome early in his career, and his nickname le Romain (the Roman) came from this period. He spent two years (1698--1700) employed by Prince Francesco Ruspoli in Rome, before adopting the nickname of "Le Romain" at some point between 1705 and 1707. By 1708, he became a musician to the king of France, in the king's 'Grande Écurie, and in 1717, he inherited René Pignon Descoteaux's post as 'Jouëur de Fluste de la musique de chambre'. Hotteterre owed his fame largely to his talent playing the flute, an instrument for which he wrote a number of pieces, significantly extending the repertory for the instrument. In addition, he played the bassoon, oboe, and musette. Jacques-Martin Hotteterre was also an internationally celebrated teacher to aristocratic patrons. He wrote one method for the transverse flute, recorder, and oboe, published in 1707, as well as a method for the musette, published in 1737. His 'L'Art de préluder sur la flûte traversière' was published in 1719. It underscores his highly developed technique and includes pieces in nineteen keys. In addition to performance and teaching, Hotteterre continued his family's tradition of wind instrument making. It may have been Hotteterre who made a number of changes in the design of the transverse flute, though there is little concrete evidence for this. Most notably, the flute, which had previously been made in one cylindrical piece, was cut in three pieces: the head (with the mouthpiece), the body (with most of the holes), and the foot (with one, keyed hole for the low E♭). He died in Paris in 1763. (source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Martin_Hotteterre) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Further reading: Principes de la flûte traversière ou flûte d'allemagne, de la flûte à bec ou flûte douce, et du haut-bois par le Sieur Hotteterre-le Romain. Deutsche Übertragung von Hans Joachim Hellwig. Documenta Musicologica, I/34. Kassel, 2/1965. 51, 48 & 5 foldouts pp. Line-cut of the Amsterdam, 1710 edition, together with a complete translation and afterword in German. * English edition: Principles of the flute, recorder and oboe. Dover Pubn Inc., 1984 Giannini, T. 1993a. "Jacques Hotteterre le Romain and his Father Martin: A Re-examination Based on Recently Found Documents". Early Music 21, no. 3 (August): 377--95. [Includes genealogical chart, illustrations, transcriptions and translations of documents.] J.J. Quantz: Versuch einer Anweisung, die Flöte traversière zu spielen. Nachdruck der Ausgabe Berlin 1752. 2nd edition. Documenta Musicologica, I/2. Kassel, 1986 * English edition: On playing the flute. Northeastern University Press, 2001 C.Ph.E. Bach: Versuch über die wahre Art, das Klavier zu spielen. Erster und zweiter Teil Reprint der 1. Auflage Berlin 1753 und 1762. Herausgegeben und mit modern geschlüsselten Notenbeispielen und einem ausführlichen Register versehen von Wolfgang Horn. Kassel, 1994. 12˚, 592 pp. Line-cut of the first printed edition. L. Mozart: Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (dtv). Reprint der 1. Auflage 1756. Herausgegeben und mit einem Kommentar versehen von Greta Moens-Haenen. Kassel, 1995. 12˚, 321 pp. Line-cut in reduced format of the author's edition, Augsburg, 1756 J.G. Tromlitz: Kurze Abhandlung vom Flötenspielen. Leipzig, 1786 [in German] J.G. Tromlitz: Ausführlicher und gründlicher Unterricht, die Flöte zu spielen [...], Adam Friedrich Böhme Verlag, 1791 [in German] J.G. Tromlitz: The Virtuoso Flute-Player, Cambridge Univ. Press Th. Böhm: Die Flöte und das Flötenspiel. München, 1871 [in German] B. Kuijken: The Notation Is Not the Music. Reflections on More Than 40 Years' Intensive Practice of Early Music * ASP Vub Press, 2010 R. Brown: The Early Flute: A Practical Guide (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music), Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003 H.-P. Schmitz: Die Kunst der Verzierung im 18. Jahrhundert. Instrumentale und vokale Musizierpraxis in Beispielen. [in German] * H.-P. Schmitz: Querflöte und Querflötenspiel in Deutschland während des Barockzeitalters. [in German]