of the Te Deum. Because the music of Gigault's second Livre is more representative of the French style of the third quarter of the century, rather than the last, the collection may have been a compilation of earlier composed material. All major French forms are represented, although Gigault's way of naming them differs from his contemporaries: he uses the term "fugue" much more broadly (e.g., he uses "Fugue à 2" instead of "Duo"), never uses the term "dialogue", etc. The music is notated meticulously, with more attention to details of performance than in other contemporary sources. There is much use of notes inégales, so much that some scholars believe the music to be unlistenable today, and in general, Gigault's work was judged negatively by most scholars. Nevertheless, the music is distinguished by a serious style, more suitable to the church than that of Lebègue; Gigault's dialogues go beyond those of his contemporaries, Nivers and Lebègue, in that they employ more divisions, and he also cultivates a number of five-voice genres: préludes and récits with pedal cantus firmus in the tenor. Gigault's 1685 Livre was most probably meant as a record of Gigault's style, rather than a book for lesser organists; the music is at times quite sophisticated and requires a high degree of skill. Notes References Apel, Willi. 1972. The History of Keyboard Music to 1700. Translated by Hans Tischler. Indiana University Press. . Originally published as Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700 by Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel. Hardouin, Pierre. 1941. Quatre Parisiens d'origine: Nivers, Gigault, Jullien, Boyvin, RdM xxxix–xl, pp. 73–78. Pyle, Daniel Sherman. 1991. Nicolas Gigault's Livre de Musique Pour L'Orgue as a Source on Notes Inégales. Dissertation, University of Rochester, supervised by Eastman School of Music. Available online. External links Listen to a prelude by Gigault 1620s births 1707 deaths French Baroque composers French classical musicians French male classical composers French classical organists French male organists Composers for pipe organ 18th-century keyboardists 17th-century male musicians Male classical organists