Mel Bay Nicolas Vallet: Le Secret des Muses - Vallet/Mascott - Classical Guitar - Book

Composer: Nicolas Vallet (c. 1583 - c. 1642)
Transcribed: Paul Mascott
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Classical Guitar

This book of 53 intermediate-level guitar pieces is derived from Le Secret des Muses, a two-volume collection of lute tablature by Nicolas Vallet (c. 1583 c. 1642). Born in France, by 1614 Vallet had relocated to Amsterdam where he established a dance school and was active as a composer, lute teacher and leader of a consort that played at weddings and festivals.

Le Secret des Muses is among the last published collections of French lute tablature intended for the 10-course Renaissance lute, which was ultimately supplanted by the larger 13-course Baroque model. Most of these pieces consist of traditional European dance forms, but also contains a few settings of popular lute themes and longer works suitable for concert performance are included.

Written in standard notation only with occasional drop-D tuning, these pieces make excellent sight-reading and warmup material as well as historically significant concert selections.

Contents:

• L'Espagnolle
• Bouree
• La Sarabande Espagnole
• Volte du Roi
• Volte
• Volte
• La Daulphine
• Bouree
• Lamoresque
• Ballet
• Ballet
• Ballet
• La Chacone
• Pavanne de Spagne
• Malsimmes
• L'auignonne
• La Durette
• La Signolle
• Bouree de Village
• Bouree
• Bouree d'Avignon
• Fortune Angloise
• Slaep Soete Slaep
• La Piccarde
• La Favorite
• Ballet
• Ballet
• Ballet
• Ballet
• Ballet
• Ballet
• Ballet des Queux
• Gaillarde de la Passemeze
• Courante
• Courante
• Courante
• Courante
• Courante de Mars
• Courante de Mars
• Suite
• Pavanne de Espagne
• Susannesco
• L'escossoise
• La Pincante
• La Princesse
• Courante sur la Gaillarde de Bocquet
• Aton Bras Droit
• Volte
• Gaillarde
• Passameze d'Italye
• Gaillarde Angloise
• Puisque Vosyculs
• Babdaille