Description
Generally regarded as the most valuable book on 16th-century dance and music available, this volume offers detailed instructions for all of the steps involved in pavans, gavottes, galliards, and more. References to the practices of instrumental music of the 1500s appear throughout the text, in addition to 47 dance tunes with period barring and notation. 44 illustrations.
Author: Thoinot Arbeau, J. Sutton
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 08/18/2011
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.62w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780486217451
ISBN10: 0486217450
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | General
Author: Thoinot Arbeau, J. Sutton
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 08/18/2011
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.62w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780486217451
ISBN10: 0486217450
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | General
About the Author
Thoinot Arbeau is an anagram of Jehan Tabourot (1519-95), a French cleric who strongly advocated dance for purposes of exercise, courtship and "manly display," declaring it as virile a pursuit as fencing and military marching.
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