'Pieces de Guitarre de differends auteurs recueillis par Henri François de Gallot ... faict a Nantes le xviij . Septembre m vjc lxj. Par son ... serviteur Monnier.' On foll, ii-iii are three complimentary French poems to Gallot. In this volume are about six hundred short pieces for the guitar, in tablature. Some have the following names of composers:--Gallot d'Irlande (passim: apparently the same as H. F. de Gallot), Gallot d'Angleterre (fol. 24, etc.), Gallot cadet (fol. 29), -- Talbot (foll. 36, 86v, etc.), -- Dufault (foll. 59v, 62) -- Clement (foll. 61v, 81bv), 'Arkangelo' Corelli ? (fol. 8ra). Foll. i-iv, 1-139 appear to be the original volume, being partly a copy of a work made in 1661, the copy being written in about 1680-83, some pieces being dated 1660-80: foll, v-x, 140-50 are additions, dated 1682-84: for general divisions see foll. 27, 35, 44, 68v: there are also some rules and helps for learning to play the guitar.
'Ann Wall' (about A.D. 1700 ?) is written on fol. 95.
'Ann Wall' (about A.D. 1700 ?) is written on fol. 95.
Dates
- Written c.1680-1684
Extent
150 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- French
- Italian
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. Sch. C. 94
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20654
Abstract
Different guitar pieces by Henri François de Gallot.
Biographical / Historical
Henri François de Gallot (d c.1684) was a guitarist and lutenist. See the Grove Music Online for further details.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 26464
Hake catalogue (c.1855) no. 64
Hake catalogue (c.1855) no. 64
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition details unknown.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
14 × 9 1/8 in.
- Title
- Different guitar pieces by Henri François de Gallot
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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