Jacques Gallot - Suite in F Sharp Minor - Prelude - A Magical Music

Jacques Gallot (or Jacques de Gallot, le vieux Gallot de Paris) (c. 1625 -- c. 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 differens mode introduced by a brief treatment of the lute.

Style brisé (French: "broken style") is a term for broken, arpeggiated texture in instrumental music. It usually refers to French Baroque music for lute, keyboard instruments or the viol. French Baroque musicians referred to this type of texture as style luthé ("lute style"), since it originated in lute music.

The defining feature of style brisé is the use of diverse, unpredictable ways of breaking up chordal progressions and melodies. This technique was first used by early French lutenists such as Ennemond Gaultier (c.1575--1651) and Denis Gaultier (1603--1672) and quickly gained popularity in France.

Jacques Gallot was also one of the developers of this musical form and the music heard in this video is a great example of that style of composition and playing of the lute.

It is a magical music!!!

From the CD Jacques de Gallot - Pièces de Luth
Astrée Auvidis
Hopkinson Smith, Lute

Видео Jacques Gallot - Suite in F Sharp Minor - Prelude - A Magical Music канала Marcos Oliveira