Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (29 September 167416 July 1763), also known as Jacques Martin or Jacques Hotteterre, was a French composer and flautist, instrument maker and teacher, who was the most celebrated of a family of wind instrument makers and wind performers. Biography Hotteterre was born in Paris, France, 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. Jacques-Martin Hotteterre was the most prominent member of the Hotteterre family, a dynasty of woodwind players and instrument makers. His father, Martin Hotteterre, trained him in performance and instrument making, and his el