Medieval instrumental dances / Timothy J. McGee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGee, Timothy J. (Timothy James), 1936-

Series:

Music: Scholarship and Performance

Music--scholarship and performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance music--500-1400.

Dance music.

Dance music--15th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Europe the tradition of secular dance has continued unbroken until the present. In the late Middle Ages it was an important and frequent event-for the nobility a gracious way to entertain guests, for the peasantry a welcome relaxation from the toils of the day. Now back in print, this collection presents compositions that are known or suspected to be instrumental dances from before ca. 1420. The forty-seven pieces vary in length and style and come from French, Italian, English, and Czech sources. Timothy McGee relates medieval dances to the descriptions found in literary, theoretical, an

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; DANCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES; The Evidence; PLATES; Dance in the Garden of Mirth; 1. Detail from The Effects of Good Government; 2. Detail from Church; 3. Fresco, Trent; 4. Music in the Garden of Delight; Theoretical Statements and the Dance Repertory; Vocal Dances; Instrumental Dances; THE REPERTORY OF TEXTLESS DANCES; Estampie; Ductia; Nota; Other Dances; Saitarello; Dance Pairs and Trotto; Unidentified Dances; ""Bel fiore dança""; ""ChançonetaTedescha""; ""Czaldy Waldy""; ""Chose Tassin""; No. 42; Summary; DANCING; Round and Carol

Estampie PERFORMANCE PRACTICES; Instruments; Tempo; Ornamentation and Improvisation; Theoretical Evidence; Ornamented Manuscripts; Improvisation over a Cantus Firmus; Improvising Additional Dance Material; Preludes and Postludes; Drones; Monophonic and Polyphonic Performance; Notes; THE DANCES; Editorial Practices; Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 22543; 1a. Kalenda Maya; Paris, Bibliothèque l'Arsenal 5198; 1b. Souvent Souspire; Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 139; 2.; Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 844c; 3. [La Prime Estampie Royal]; 4. La Seconde Estampie Royal

5. La Tierche Estampie Roial6. La Quarte Estampie Royal; 7. La Quinte Estampie Real; 8. La Seste Estampie Real; 9. La Septime Estampie Real; 10. La Uitime Estampie Real; 11. Dansse Real; 12.; 13. Danse; London, British Library, Additional 29987; 14. Ghaetta; 15· Chominciamento di Gioia; 16. Isabella; 17· Tre Fontane; 18. Belicha; 19· Parlamento; 20. In Pro; 21. Principio di Virtu; 22. Salterello [1]; 23· Salterello [2]; 24· Salterello [3]; 25· Salterello [4]; 26. Lamento di Tristano-La Rotta; 27· La Manfredina-La Rotta della Manfredina; 28. Trotto

Florence, Archivio di Stato, Antecosimiano No. 1787929. Dança Amorosa-Troto; Prague, State Library XVII F9; 30. Czaldy Waldy; Montpellier, Bibliothèque de la Facultè de Mèdecine MS H196; 31. Chose Tassin [1]; 32. Chose Tassin [2]; 33· Chose Tassin [3]; 34. Chose Loyset; London, British Library, Additional 29987; 35. Chançoneta Tedescha [1]; 36. Chançona Tedescha [2]; 37· Chançona T edescha [3]; 38. Chançona Tedescha [4]; London, British Library, Harley 978; 39.; 40.; 41.; London, British Library, Additional 28550 (Robertsbridge Codex); 42.; 43·; 44. Petrone

Faenza, Biblioteca Comunale 117 (Faenza Codex)45. Tumpes; 46. Sangilio; 47. Bel Fiore Dança; Critical Notes; Facsimiles and Transcriptions

Notes:

"This edition contains all the compositions known or suspected to be instrumental dances from before ca. 1430"--Pref.

For 1 or 2 instruments.

Texts of the 2 vocal works in Old French.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 14, 2014).

ISBN:

9780253013149

0253013143

OCLC:

855711637