I think I remember reading somewhere that Gogo was the name of a parrot or some sort of exotic bird, some aristoctrat's pet, and this Tombeau was written in honour of this pet...
I found the reference, in Monique Rollin's introduction to Mouton Complete Works for the CNRS Editions : "This Tombeau is probably destined to evoke the famous parrot of Madame du Plessis Bellière, an influent lady in the high society and in the arts around Fouquet. The death of the animal in 1653 inspired a lot of poems, including one by Sarrasin"... (my translation) p. XLI in the CNRS edition. Hope it helps ;-) All the best, Jean-Marie ================================= == En réponse au message du 05-05-2012, 13:27:57 == > > Does anyone have a theory of who or what 'gogo' in Charles Mouton's > 'Tombeau de gogo' refer to? > > It's the nom de plume of a lady whose real name presently doesn't come > to my mind. > > Mathias > > -- > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html ========================================
