Nicolas Vallet

Nicolas Vallet (also Valet;[1] c. 1583 – c. 1642) was a French lutenist and composer who emigrated to the Dutch Republic.

Vallet, a Huguenot, was born at Corbeny, Aisne, but fled around 1613 from France to the Netherlands for unknown reasons.

In 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.

According to Frederick Neumann,[2] Vallet may have been among the first to introduce ornaments to the lute tablature.