La Pothouin is a short piece for
harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one ...
by French
baroque
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composer
Jacques Duphly
Jacques Duphly (also Dufly, Du Phly; 12 January 1715 – 15 July 1789) was a French harpsichordist and composer.
Early career as an organist
He was born in Rouen, France, the son of Jacques-Agathe Duphly and Marie-Louise Boivin. As a boy, he s ...
. It is still popular today and is often played in concerts and collections of Baroque music. It has also been transcribed for guitar.
Origin of name
The origin of the name "La Pothouin" is obscure, though it may be associated with the Pothouin family or a member of it.
Pierre-Salomon Pothouin,
Bâtonnier
In some legal systems, the bâtonnier is the head of the legal profession (the bar).
Jersey
In Jersey, the Bâtonnier is head of the profession of advocate. The role includes administering the legal aid system for the island (the day-to-day adm ...
of the Ordre des Avocats (barristers) of the
Parlement of Paris
The ''Parlement'' of Paris () was the oldest ''parlement'' in the Kingdom of France, formed in the 14th century. Parlements were judicial, rather than legislative, bodies and were composed of magistrates. Though not representative bodies in the p ...
from 1745 to 1746, lived and worked in Paris between 1673 and 1755 when Duphly was in residence there. Pothouin's son Pierre-Charles was also
bâtonnier
In some legal systems, the bâtonnier is the head of the legal profession (the bar).
Jersey
In Jersey, the Bâtonnier is head of the profession of advocate. The role includes administering the legal aid system for the island (the day-to-day adm ...
of the barristers of the Parlement of Paris (1775-1776). Another son François-Salomon was known as "Maître Pothouin d'Huillet".
Pierre-Salomon's elder brother was a librarian in Paris.
Pothouin is also the name of one of the clique of
Jansenist
Jansenism was a 17th- and 18th-century theological movement within Roman Catholicism, primarily active in France, which arose as an attempt to reconcile the theological concepts of free will and divine grace in response to certain development ...
lawyers who were among the most staunch defenders of the
ancien régime
''Ancien'' may refer to
* the French word for " ancient, old"
** Société des anciens textes français
* the French for "former, senior"
** Virelai ancien
** Ancien Régime
** Ancien Régime in France
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in France between 1720 and 1745.
See also
*''Power and Politics in Old Regime France, 1720-1745'', Peter R. Campbell, Routledge (1996)
References
External links
Article on Duphly's four books of harpsichord pieces. (in French)Biography of Pierre-Salomon Pothouin (in French)
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Compositions for harpsichord
1768 compositions