Yes, according to an article by George Torres, Lionel de La Laurencie was the first to use the term (Les Luthistes, Paris: Laurens, 1928, p. 109).
It's also true that modern sources give the meaning of style brise as a kind of arpeggio, as though separé and arpègement were the characteristic traits of French baroque lute music. However, the true meaning of style brisé, if any, should refer to melody instead of chords. The impact of playing techniques like separé or arpeggio aims at breaking, i. e. rhythmically shifting, melodies. May I strongly recommend La belle voilée, that marvelous CD by Catherie Liddell who managed not only to play but also to explain the issue sufficiently. Mathias "Mark Probert" <probe...@gmail.com> schrieb: > > The recent thread on Saint Luc brought up the term "brisé" (final > e-accute) that I had not read before. So I went to Groves and found > that "Style brisé" refers to a broken appeggiation style, which, in > reference to early French Baroque lute music, I am familiar with. > > Interestingly, that term, "Style brisé", can't be traced back further > than 1928 and one La Laurencie's "Les luthistes" (Paris, 1928). > Apparently, back in the day, Couperin referred to the technique as > 'luthé'. Thing is, he was referring to harpsichordists using the lute > style, not a lutenist using that style. > > So now we are describing a lute technique using a keyboard style name > that was originally used to describe a lute style. Excellent! > > .. mark To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
