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Une Douceur Violente
Despite being the two last important representatives of a school of lute playing dominated by Ennemond and Denis Gaultier, neither Jacques de Gallot nor Charles Mouton can be accused of simply keeping the flame alive. Though both publicly acknowledged their debt to the Gaultiers, their own music displays true originality. Of the two, Mouton s music is nearest in style to that of the Gaultiers, and nowhere is this more evident than in the doubles composed to some of their courantes. Jacques de Gallot s music, in contrast, represents a distinct departure from the earlier style. His pupil Johann Armand von Uffenbach illustrates the perfection of his music: No harmony of any sort of music, be it as perfect as it may, can compare to that of this soloist.