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Song by D. Joly

My little duo (voice/guitar) read through a short and easy but very pleasant piece by D. Joly (found on Boijes). Does anyone know anything about this person and if he/she published any more songs?

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Permalink Reply by Lars Hedelius-Strikkertsen on October 12, 2013 at 9:21

I recall reading some place that he (Joly) is french, but I could be wrong. I have a book though on sweedish, sying that in 1822 he published a method. But it dosent say where he lived.

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Permalink Reply by Jelma van Amersfoort on October 12, 2013 at 10:23

Hi Scot

Can you attach the piece or a link to it?

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Permalink Reply by Scot Tremblay on October 12, 2013 at 17:10

Here are all the pieces I've found by Joly. They can be found at IMSPL as well. I'm not sure I'd consider him a "great" composer but we mix our programs up with a variety of pieces, some challenging some not so much. It would be nice to have a small group (3 -4) of his songs in our repertoire.

http://statensmusikverk.se/musikochteaterbiblioteket/ladda-ner-note...

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Permalink Reply by Jelma van Amersfoort on October 12, 2013 at 12:13

Scot, there is a mention of a D. Joly from France in Stenstadvolds 'Annotated Bibliography of Guitar Methods'. This Joly dies after 1820. He wrote a guitar method that was first published in 1819, which contains six songs. It is in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. There are later editions as well.

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Permalink Reply by Scot Tremblay on October 12, 2013 at 17:13

Thanks Jelma and Lars. That's certainly more than I knew about him yesterday. I'll have to see if I can locate a copy of his method...maybe my friend Matanya O. has a copy in his collection.

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Permalink Reply by Jelma van Amersfoort on October 13, 2013 at 13:52

Hi Scot, I have ordered prints of other items from the Bibliothèque Nationale in the past. It takes some time, money and patience but it can be done :-)