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.