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Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era

Denis Gaultier
La Rhétorique des Dieux
Edited by David J. Buch
B 62 ISBN 0-89579-238-9 (1990) xxi+92 pp. $41.00
  ISBN 978-0-89579-238-9 (13-digit)
B 62F Facsimile supplement $26.00
  ISBN 978-0-89579-360-7  
This publication of Denis Gaultier's 11 lute suites from the well-known manuscript La rhétorique des dieux presents the first accurate transcription based entirely on this source, supplemented by a complete facsimile of the original tablature, art, and literary material. The preface includes commentary on the suite form, the manuscript's modal designations and depictions, the style of contemporary lute repertory, and performance practice, as well as a list of concordances and translations of the literary texts.

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