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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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