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.
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If you were only to buy one book on how to perform the dances of the late sixteenth century then this is the one to choose. It is a practical how to do it guide written by someone who lived at the time. Arbeau contains both the music for the dances (melody line only) and instructions on what to do. Arbeau describes his steps clearly and provides woodcut illustrations where necessary. He also has a novel way of showing how the steps fit to the music that is very clear. The dances range from the very simple to some of moderate difficulty. There are also some notes on period dance music and drumming. The editors have provided copious helpful footnotes.
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If C16th Dance is your thing then this is the book for you, though, as it is far from plain English or even plain (modern) music notation be prepared for further research or prior knowledge of the subject.
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A great resource for Renaissance French dance
26 April 2000
By Marianne Perdomo Machin
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A book to have if you're interested in Renaissance dance and which is especially useful for beginning dance reconstruction as it's quite accessible. It contains a translation of the whole text by Thoinot Arbeau (published in 1589) translated into English, plus notes and a set of modern notation for the dances. The text is structured as a dialogue between an old dancing master and his young student and contains descriptions of steps, various dance trivia and some social context info, and usually the music, coreography and possible variations (though not all of these for every dance). Many of these dances will be known to dancers of early music yet you could be surprised to learn that many so-called Arbeau dances do not follow his text much. Additionally there's quite a scope for improvisation along the guidelines given. The dances include many branles, a couple of pavanes and basse dances, tourdion and galliard variations, etc.
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Let's Go To The Hop!
7 Sep 2011
By Kittybriton
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More than forty years since it was first printed in this translation, with the addition of a Labanotation appendix describing the dances, this remains one of the most important references for anyone interested in renaissance dance described characteristically for the period, in the form of a dialogue between a professor and his visitor, a returning student seeking advice on dance as a means of social interaction and particularly courting. Of almost equal importance to the descriptions of the dance steps are the tunes, presented in the original mensural notation. And many of these tunes should be familiar to anyone who has at least heard Peter Warlock's "Capriol Suite", derived from these pieces.
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An essential for Renaissance Dance
12 Feb 2010
By John Sowerby
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Originally published in the late 1500's, Orcheosgraphy is a wonderful look at period music and dance, in a well translated version. If you have any interest on either of the two, then you should have this book in your library.
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