There has been an edition of Jacques Gallot's Petite Serail by Wilfred Foxe. I seem to remember that he wrote that this piece was modelled after a play for the stage where an older man is surrounded by two mistresses of different humours, or something along those lines.
Mathias -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im Auftrag von Matthew Daillie Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Dezember 2015 11:28 An: lutelist Net; Baroque Lute List (E-mail) Betreff: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Gallot titles Dear David, I don't know whether you have the CNRS edition of Gallot's works. It contains a section on the sub-titles used by Gallot for his pieces. 'La comète' is almost certainly the comet in December 1680 which inspired the French philosopher Pierre Bayle to write a text criticising religious fanaticism and the worshiping of idols at the expense of freedom of speech. Here is what they have to say on 'Le Petit Serail': (cette pièce) pourrait évoquer les turqueries à la mode, entre autres, dans le "Bourgeois gentilhomme" = (this piece) could be a reference to the turquerie movement which was in fashion and notably depicted in Molière's "Bourgeois gentilhomme". There is no explanation given for 'La Diamantine' but it can be translated as a diamond necklace and so may well refer to a particular lady wearing one. Following in the footsteps of La Fontaine, there is a series of pièces with names from the animal kingdom and 'La mouche' (the fly) is one on them. It would appear that these titles were used to help identify a certain piece (rather than having to refer to yet another 'allemande' or 'courante') and were often dedicated to Gallot's acquaintances or to different aspects of everyday life. I don't think they should be considered as character pieces, unlike many of the later works of a composer such as Rameau. I hope this is of some help. Best Matthew On 15/12/2015 09:02, David van Ooijen wrote: > >> > On 15 December 2015 at 08:42, David van Ooijen > <[1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear collectedwisom > Can someone shed any light on the titles of following four > chaconnes by > Gallot? > > > 1) La Comete > The comet Kirch/Newtons comet of 1680, right? > > > 2) Le petite Serail > Now demolshed government building in Beirut, the one that > preceeded the > Wikipedia petit Serail from 1884, presumably, right? > > << > Or simply the 'small harem'. More likely? > >> > > 3) La diamantine > A cold lady, perhaps? > > > 4) La Mouche > A not-so-cold lady, perhaps? > > << > > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > [1][2]davidvanooi...@gmail.com > [2][3]www.davidvanooijen.nl > ******************************* > -- > References > 1. mailto:[4]davidvanooi...@gmail.com > 2. [5]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ > To get on or off this list see list information at > [6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com > 2. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com > 3. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ > 4. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com > 5. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ > 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > ----- > Aucun virus trouve dans ce message. > Analyse effectuee par AVG - www.avg.fr > Version: 2016.0.7294 / Base de donnees virale: 4483/11181 - Date: > 15/12/2015 > >
