James Paisible

Jacques Paisible (ca. 1656 – 1721), also known as James Peasable or James Paisible, was a French baroque composer and recorder virtuoso who lived and worked in London for about forty years. Paisible arrived in London from France in September 1673, one of the four oboists among the musicians accompanying Robert Cambert. He married Moll Davis, singer and mistress of Charles II, in 1686. He made his living playing the bass violin and composing theater music. He developed a reputation as a first-rate performer on the recorder. Most of his surviving compositions use the recorder in various combinations. His music has been characterized as "craftsmanlike and idiomatic, with no virtuoso pretensions." Paisible was a contemporary of Henry Purcell (1659–1695), one of England's great composers, and long outlived him in years, if not in reputation.

The Mad Virgin - 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Foreign Masters - 2024-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

the flutefancier’s delight - 2024-01-27T00:00:00.000000Z

The Queen’s Favourites - 2022-04-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Historical Fiction - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Indoor Fireworks - 2019-11-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Concierto Barroco - 2017-11-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Paisible: Complete Recorder Sonatas - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Paisible: Complete Recorder Sonatas - 2015-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Ceremonial Court Music in Europe During XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries - 2014-12-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Purcell, Morley & Tomkins: English Royal Funeral Music - 2013-03-04T00:00:00.000000Z

The London Flute - 2013-02-15T00:00:00.000000Z

The Business of Angels: English Recorder Music from the Stuart Era - 2011-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Purcell's Trumpets : From Shore to Shore... - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Chiaroscuro - 2009-04-17T00:00:00.000000Z

A Noble Entertainment - Music From Queen Anne's London - 2006-08-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind - 2004-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

AMEB Flute Series 2 First Grade - 2001-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Paisible: 6 Setts of Aires - 2000-10-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Pepusch: English Cantatas - 1998-11-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Cerimonial Court Music in XVII and XVIII Centuries - 1997-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Sound the Trumpet: Music By Purcell & His Followers (English Orpheus 35) - 1996-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Playhouse Aires: 18th Century English Theatre Music - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Music for Queen Mary: A Celebration of the Life and Death of Queen Mary - 1995-02-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Recorder Recital: Schneider, Michael - Handel, G.F. / Telemann, G.P. / Barsanti, F. / Scarlatti, A. / Sammartini, G. / Mancini, F. / Castrucci, P. - 1995-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z