Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century–after 1660) was a French lute

Lute

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nist and composer. She ran a Salon

Salon (gathering)

A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to...

 with a Mlle de Scudéry

Madeleine de Scudéry

Madeleine de Scudéry , often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer. She was the younger sister of author Georges de Scudéry.-Biography:...

 from 1653–1659. She was in contact with members and founders of the Académie française

Académie française

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. Bocquet's compositions explore the chromatic possibilities of the lute, with preludes in every key. Manuscript

Manuscript

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 F-Pn Vm.7 6214 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Bibliothèque nationale de France

The is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is Bruno Racine.-History:...

contains a number of her preludes. Her music is also in French, German, and English manuscripts of the second half of the 17th century.