# Nicolas Vallet

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{{Short description|French composer}}
thumb|''Portrait of Nicolas Vallet'', 1615
'''Nicolas Vallet''' (also ''Valet'';<ref>{{Cite Grove |last=Tollefsen |first=Randall H. |last2=Grijp |first2=Louis Peter |title=Vallet, Nicolas|name-list-style=amp}}</ref> c. 1583 – c. 1642) was a French lutenist and composer who emigrated to the [Dutch Republic](/source/Dutch_Republic).

Vallet, a [Huguenot](/source/Huguenot), was born at [Corbeny](/source/Corbeny), [Aisne](/source/Aisne), but fled around 1613 from France to the Netherlands for unknown reasons. In [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) he worked as a self-supporting musician, lute teacher, and as the owner of a dance school.

His primary work, ''Le Secret des Muses,'' contains compositions and instruction for the 10-course Renaissance lute. It was published 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.

He also wrote a ''Psalms of David'' (in 1615) and ''Regia Pietas'' (in 1622).

According to Frederick Neumann,<ref>Neumann, Frederick (1983). {{Google books|7yEUTTyqgJkC|Ornamentation in baroque and post baroque music: With Special Emphasis on J. S. Bach}}. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 66. {{ISBN|0-691-02707-2}}.</ref> Vallet may have been among the first to introduce [ornaments](/source/ornament_(music)) to the lute [tablature](/source/tablature).

==References==
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*{{cite book|last=Bailes|first=Anne|title=Nicolas Vallet (1583-1642): Pieces for 4 Lutes|publisher=Tree Edition|year=1984|location=Lübeck; Münich|oclc=11938111}}
*{{cite book|last1=Vallet|first1=Nicolas|title=Le Secret des Muses|last2=Souris |first2=A. |last3=Rollin |first3=M.|publisher=Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique|year=1970|location=Paris|oclc=255665595}}
*{{cite book|last=O'Dette|first=Paul|title=Booklet to CD of Secret des Muses|
publisher=Harmonia Mundi France|year=2003}}

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