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Jacques Gallot

1625-1695 FR
Composer of Classical

Jacques Gallot (or Jacques de Gallot, le vieux Gallot de Paris) (ca. 1625 – ca. 1695, Paris, France) was a French lutenist and composer.He came from a Parisian family of lutenists and composers. He was a student of Ennemond Gaultier. In Paris, he published Pièces de luth composées sur différens mode introduced by a brief treatment of the lute. The pieces in this work are organized by tone and include also minuets. Some pieces signed vieux Gallot can be also found in the manuscript II 614 in Musikbibliothek Leipzig. His compositions include musical portraits, such as La Fontange, La Montespan and also tombeaux (Turenne, Condé, Madame). He was one of the developers of this musical form.