Secret des Muses (Vallet, Nicolas)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 books
Composition Year	1615
Genre Categories	Methods; For lute; Scores featuring the lute; For 1 player; For guitar (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For 1 player (arr)

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Book 1
*#294269 - 39.94MB, 110 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1461×⇩ - Rob Peters

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Rob Peters (2013/9/1)

Publisher. Info.	Amsterdam: Jan Jansz, 1618
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Book 2
*#294270 - 18.04MB, 55 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 873×⇩ - Rob Peters

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Rob Peters (2013/9/1)

Publisher. Info.	Amsterdam: Jan Jansz, 1619
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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La Princesse
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Sammyjava (2025/9/25)

Arranger	Samuel Hokin (b. 1960)
Publisher. Info.	Samuel Hokin, 2025.
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Misc. Notes	Arranged for guitar, in d minor, from Le Secret des Muses I, 1618, p.81. Original key: c minor.
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Complete Score
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Bernhard Manger (2017/9/30)

Arranger	Bernhard Manger (b. 1953)
Publisher. Info.	Bernhard Manger
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Misc. Notes	6 short pieces adapted for the guitar. Prelude, Ballet, Fortune angloise, Onder de Linde groene, Pavane en forme de Complainte, Chanson angloise.
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Work Title	Secret des Muses
Alternative. Title	Le secret des mvses. Avqvel est nayfvement demonstrée la vraye maniere de bien & promptement apprendre a sonner du luth.
Composer	Vallet, Nicolas
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	INV 3
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 books
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1615
First Publication.	1615-16 (self-published)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Baroque
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	lute
Extra Information	"His primary work, Le Secret des Muses, contains compositions and instruction for the 10-string Renaissance lute. It appeared, in two parts, in 1615 and 1616. It was among the last compositions to appear for this instrument, before it was supplanted by the Baroque lute."