"Let us turn to our New Grove's, Volume 3, pages 609 and 610:
Caix, de. French family of viol players flourishing in the 18th century; they are often confused because of their common istrument and the absence of first names in reminiscences and official records. They may be related to Louis de Caix d'Hervelois.
(3) Barthelemy de Caix ('le fils', 'l'aine') (b. Lyons, 20 April 1716). After eight years (1730-38) in Paris, Barthelemy returned to Lyons, but he was back in Paris by 1746, when the Mercure de France reported a concert on 16 September in which he played. He was recalled to the king's service in 1748 to teach Princess Sophie to play the pardessus. Barthelemy published VI sonates pour deux pardessus de violes op. 1 in Paris and Lyons. He may have been the de Caix listed in the Almanach musical as a teacher of pardessus and violoncello from 1775 to 1789, and named among the cellists of the Concert Spirituel in 1775 but Timoleon Louis d'Hervelois de Caix (d. Paris, 1 January 1792 according to the Archives de la Seine) is the likelier candidate."
In fact, the album *is* the VI Sonates, and they mentioned that Princess Sophie might have been one of the performers! They also said that the Pardessus de Viola was a girl's instrument because you could smile pleasantly while you played it, unlike the violin.
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Caix, de. French family of viol players flourishing in the 18th century; they are often confused because of their common istrument and the absence of first names in reminiscences and official records. They may be related to Louis de Caix d'Hervelois.
(3) Barthelemy de Caix ('le fils', 'l'aine') (b. Lyons, 20 April 1716). After eight years (1730-38) in Paris, Barthelemy returned to Lyons, but he was back in Paris by 1746, when the Mercure de France reported a concert on 16 September in which he played. He was recalled to the king's service in 1748 to teach Princess Sophie to play the pardessus. Barthelemy published VI sonates pour deux pardessus de violes op. 1 in Paris and Lyons. He may have been the de Caix listed in the Almanach musical as a teacher of pardessus and violoncello from 1775 to 1789, and named among the cellists of the Concert Spirituel in 1775 but Timoleon Louis d'Hervelois de Caix (d. Paris, 1 January 1792 according to the Archives de la Seine) is the likelier candidate."
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They also said that the Pardessus de Viola was a girl's instrument because you could smile pleasantly while you played it, unlike the violin.