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Tombeau logo #10101) Music genre
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Tombeau

Tombeau logo #21000 A tombeau (plural tombeaux) is a musical composition (earlier, in early 16th century, a poem) commemorating the death of a notable individual. The term derives from the French word for `tomb` or `tombstone`. The vast majority of tombeaux date from the 17th century and were composed for lute or other plucked string instruments. The genre gradua...
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tombeau logo #21003(from the article `Gaultier, Denis`) ...popular in his own time, and much of his music was transcribed from lute tablature into staff notation so that it might reach the growing public ...
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