Nicolas Vallet: Le Secret Des Muses Transcribed for Classical Guitar (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781513467511)

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

Author: Paul Mascott
ISBN-10: 1513467514
ISBN-13: 9781513467511
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2021
Pages: 76
Format: Paperback