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The almain in Britain, c.1549-c.1675 : a dance manual from manuscript sources / Ian Payne.

Van Pelt Library GV1796.A6 P395 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Payne, Ian.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Allemande--Great Britain--History--16th century.
Allemande.
Allemande--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Basse danse (Dance)--Great Britain--History--16th century.
Basse danse (Dance).
History.
Great Britain.
Country dancing--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Country dancing.
Choreography.
Physical Description:
xviii, 268 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]
Contents:
Plate 1 Watermarks from the dance manuscripts xix
Plate 2 GB-Lcm MS 1119, fols 23v-24r xxi
Part 1 The Sources and the History
1 The Manuscript Sources and their Contents 7
2 The Measures and Country Dance: Trends and Influences, c. 1509-c. 1675 24
3 The Almain in the Tudor Period: Origins of the Dance and its Music 46
4 Some Aspects of Almain Choreography 65
5 The Almain and its Music, I: Phrase-Structure and the Transition from Dance-Music to Art-Music 79
6 The Almain and its Music, II: Trends and Influences, c.1599-c.1673 97
Part 2 The Dances
7 Steps used in the Almain and other Measures 115
8 Some Measures other than Almains and their Music 138
9 The Old Almain 168
10 The New Almain 177
11 Brunswick [Almain] 182
12 Lorayne Almain 184
13 The Queen's Almain 187
14 Cecilia Almain 192
15 New Cecilia Almain 196
16 Black Almain 200
17 Lady Layton's Measures [?Almain] 205
Part 3 A Critical Edition of the Manuscripts
18 Editorial Method 211
19 Source A: GB-Ob, MS Rawlinson Poet. 108, fols 10r-11r 213
20 Source B: Taunton, Somerset Record Office, DD/WO 55/7, Item 36 218
21 Source C: GB-Lbl, MS Harley 367, fols 178r-9v 220
22 Source D: GB-Ob, MS Douce 280, fols 66(a)v-66(b)v 222
23 Source E: GB-Ob, MS Rawlinson D864, fols 199r-v, 203r-204v 228
24 Source F: London, Inner Temple Library, Records of the Inner Temple, Volume XXVII, fols 3r-6v 233
25 Source G: GB-Lcm, MS 1119, fols 1r-2v 238
Appendix GB-Lbl, MS Lansdowne 1115, fols 35v-8r 242.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [246]-255) and index.
ISBN:
0859679659
OCLC:
50334252

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