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2 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Matt Larsen: This work is considered to be the first printed work ondancing, with all earlier works being manuscripts, and so would have beenavailable to a larger audience than any previous work. Like the BrusslesManuscript, this work includes a short discussion on steps and a list <strong>of</strong> 45basse dances, with the music for their tenor lines. Some dances appear inBrussels or Moderne, as well as here. It should be noted that thediscussion <strong>of</strong> dancing and in particular the descriptions <strong>of</strong> steps whichappear here and in Brussles and Moderne are far from clear and concise,but must be considered carefully when attempting to interpret the steps.Given an interpretation <strong>of</strong> the steps, the actual dance choreographies arerelatively unambiguous.(author unknown). Mazzo 4, No. 14. , Role de chansons a danser du XVIsiecle. 1518.Matt Larsen: Torino Ms. Untitled single sheet in Torino, Archivi Biscaretti.Published by P. Meyer in Romania. This sheet includes notation for 20dances in the style <strong>of</strong> Brussels, Moderne and Toulouze, including somedances which are listed in those works. As with Moderne, no music isgiven; however, the article in Romania suggests some possible tunes forsome <strong>of</strong> the choreographies.Andrew Draskoy: Also known as the Stribaldi Roll.(author unknown). fonds notarial 3,3. , Cervera manuscript. c. 1496.Matt Larsen: Cervera Ms. Untitled, undated (c. 1496) pair <strong>of</strong> paper sheetspreserved in a notarial manual in Cervera, Archivo Historico. Facsimile involume edited by Carreras, vol. I, p. vii; vol.II, p. 303. This source is twosheets <strong>of</strong> what appear to be choreographic notations for basse dances. It is<strong>of</strong> interest primarily because it uses a curious notation to set down thechoreographies. The style <strong>of</strong> the dances is more similar to the Burgundiandances <strong>of</strong> about the same period than it is to the Italian bassadanza andballi. The sheets do not include music, although some <strong>of</strong> the titles <strong>of</strong> thedances correspond to music which is found in other sources.(author unknown). Coll. Salazar, Th. fol. 149v del T.N. 25. , (Reglas dedancar).Matt Larsen: Ms. in Madrid, Biblioteca del Real Academia. This source is apair <strong>of</strong> pages. As it is only a couple <strong>of</strong> pages, I expect that it is onlyvaluable when taken in conjunction with other, more extensive sources.(author unknown). (Salisbury MS). , Fly-leaf in Joh. de Janua, Catholicon(Venice, Io. Hamman, 1497). 1497.biblio editor: Should be listed as a section <strong>of</strong> the whole.


4 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Apel, WilliApel, Willi. The Notation <strong>of</strong> Polyphonic Music 900-1600. Cambridge, MA:The Medieval Academy <strong>of</strong> America, 1953.Dennis Sherman: Invaluable reference for transcription <strong>of</strong> early music,including Spanish, French, and Italian lute tablatures.auto: There is a previous edition from 1942 but it is not in thisbibliography.Apel, WilliApel, Willi. Harvard Dictionary <strong>of</strong> Music. Cambridge, MA: HarvardUniversity Press, 1975.Arbeau, Thoinot Arbeau, Thoinot. Orchesographie. Lengres: Jehan des Preyz, 1589.Arbeau, Thoinot Arbeau, Thoinot, and Fonta, Laure. Orchesographie. Paris: 1888.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Orchesographie, 1589.Arbeau, ThoinotArbeau, Thoinot, and Evans, Mary Stewart, and Sutton, Julia.Orchesography. New York: Dover, 1967.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Orchesographie, 1589.See entry <strong>of</strong> original for comments.Arbeau, ThoinotArbeau, Thoinot, and Beaumont, Cyril W. Orchesography. New York:<strong>Dance</strong> Horizons, 1968.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Orchesographie, 1589.See entry <strong>of</strong> original for comments.Arbeau, Thoinot Arbeau, Thoinot. Orchesographie. 1596.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Orchesographie, 1589.Arbeau, ThoinotArbeau, Thoinot. Orchesographie, Methode Et Theorie En Forme DeDiscours Et Tablature Pour Apprendre a Danser, Battre Le Tambour.Geneve: Mink<strong>of</strong>f, 1972.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Orchesographie, 1596.Dennis Sherman: Facsimile <strong>of</strong> the 1596 edition.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 5Matt Larsen: This manual, in the Evans translation edited by Sutton, isthe best known original source within the SCA, because <strong>of</strong> its wideavailability. It contains a wide variety <strong>of</strong> dances, many fairly simple indescription and therefore easy to reconstruct. As with most manuals <strong>of</strong> thetime, the more complicated instructions are open to multipleinterpretations, and are <strong>of</strong>ten very confusing. Attempts to reconstructthese dances are best done with reference to the original French, sincethere are many nuances lost in translation. This is a work worthy <strong>of</strong> beingre-examined from time to time, as one will <strong>of</strong>ten rediscover some detailwhich had been forgotten. Persons interested in learning aboutreconstructions may want to start with this work, since it <strong>of</strong>fers theopportunity to examine descriptions <strong>of</strong> dances which one already knows,and see how other people have reconstructed dances.Arbeau, ThoinotArbeau, Thoinot, and Evans, Mary Stewart. Orchesography. Kamin <strong>Dance</strong>Pub., 1948.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Orchesographie, 1589.See entry <strong>of</strong> original for comments.Arbeau, ThoinotArbeau, Thoinot, and Beaumont, Cyril W. Orchesography. New York:<strong>Dance</strong> Horizons, 1925.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Orchesographie, 1589.See entry <strong>of</strong> original for comments.Arena, Antonius de Arena, Antonius de. Ad Suos Compagniones Studiantes. Avignon: c. 1520.Nathan Kronenfeld: According to Pierre Chartrand, this is currentlyavailable and in print as "A ses compagnons etudiant"... Antonius Arena,ed. L'Atelier de danse populaire, 4 rue Laterale, 94000 Creteil, France(ISBN: 2-907567-02-0)Matt Larsen: This is a treatise on the basse dance and dance etiquette,written in Latin. It was apparently intended for law students at theUniversity <strong>of</strong> Avignon, who were familiar with some dances but not bassedances. Included are 19 basse dances, but no music. A large part <strong>of</strong> thetext is devoted to telling "middle class" law students what was and was notproper on the dance floor. The instructions which are given for steps areminimal and, as usual, far from clear. They are also difficult to resolvewith instructions from other manuals and therefore pose an interestingproblem to dance historians. It has been noted that the choreographieswhich Arbeau gives for bassedances are included in Arena, which has leadto speculation that Arbeau may have used Arena as a source for a dancewhich he himself was not completely familiar with. He would certainlyhave had access to Arena, since it was reprinted in many editions over aspan <strong>of</strong> more than two centuries, with the last reprint being about 1758.


6 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Baert, LievenBaert, Lieven (editor), and Fack, Veerle (editor). (Salisbury MS). , Fly-leaf inJoh. de Janua, Catholicon (Venice, Io. Hamman, 1497). Gent: IHDP.On line URL: http://caagt.rug.ac.be/~vfack/ihdp/salisbur.htmlReprint <strong>of</strong> (Salisbury MS), 1497.Baert, LievenBaert, Lieven (editor), and Fack, Veerle (editor). Brussels, BibliothequeRoyale, Ms 9085. Gent: IHDP.On line URL: http://caagt.rug.ac.be/~vfack/ihdp/brussels.htmlReprint <strong>of</strong> Le Manuscrit Dit Des Basses Danses De La Bibliotheque DeBourgogne, 1975.Barlow, JeremyBarlow, Jeremy (editor). The Complete Country <strong>Dance</strong> Tunes FromPlayford's Dancing Master. London: Faber Music, Ltd., 1985.Cover blurb: This book brings together, for the first time under one cover,535 tunes and their variants from the eighteen original editions <strong>of</strong> TheDancing Master. It provides a fund <strong>of</strong> musical material for performers,whether folk musicians or baroque instrumentalists, and for class andinstrumental music teachers. It is also an invaluable reference book foranyone interested in the history <strong>of</strong> English music.Barron, MarshallBarron, Marshall. Early Playford For Early Instruments. Privatelypublished, 1987.Justin du Coeur: Marshall Barron is a fiddler who has been teachingEnglish Country dance with the CDSS for many years. These books arecollections <strong>of</strong> her arrangements <strong>of</strong> melodies from the first edition <strong>of</strong>Playford. They are invariably danceable, and generally fairly pleasant tolisten to; Marshall is quite explicit in her desire to see people use thesearrangements to promote more reconstruction <strong>of</strong> Playford. I have heard arumor that a third volume has been published but have not seen it yet.Basso, ABasso, A (editor). Musica in scena. Storia dello spettacolo musicale.Torino: Utet, 1995.Pontremoli,AlessandroPontremoli, Alessandro. La danza negli spettacoli dal Medioevo alla fine delSeicento. Torino: Utet, 1995.(In Musica in scena. Storia dello spettacolo musicale pp 1-36.)Berman, PeggyRuthBerman, Peggy Ruth. French Names for the <strong>Dance</strong> to 1588. 222 p. AnnArbor, Mich.: University Micr<strong>of</strong>ilms, Thesis (Ph.D.), University <strong>of</strong>Pennsylvania, 1968., 1969.Bonnet, JacquesBonnet, Jacques, and Bourdelot, Pierre. Histoire Generale De La DanseSacree Et Pr<strong>of</strong>ane. ii, xl, 274 p. 20 cm Geneve: Slatkine Reprints, 1969.auto: There is a previous edition from 1723 but it is not in thisbibliography.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 7Bonnet, JacquesBonnet, Jacques. Histoire Générale De La Danse, Sacrée Et Prophane.Paris: 1724.Bowles, Edmund ABowles, Edmund A, and Chauvel, Claude. La Pratique Musicale Au MoyenAge. , Musical Performance in the Late Middle Ages. Geneva: Mink<strong>of</strong>f &Lattès, 1983.Dennis Sherman: One <strong>of</strong> Mink<strong>of</strong>f's Musical Iconography series, this is acollection <strong>of</strong> plates, many, perhaps most, in color. The focus <strong>of</strong> the book isthe practice <strong>of</strong> music, but the musicians are playing for dancing in many<strong>of</strong> the plates, documenting a wide variety <strong>of</strong> instrumentation for dancemusic. The plates may also be <strong>of</strong> some use in interpreting dance steps.Brainard, Ingrid GBrainard, Ingrid G. The Art <strong>of</strong> Courtly Dancing in the Early <strong>Renaissance</strong>.Privately printed, 1989.Del (D.Elson): This book contains a study on the 15th century dances,considered one <strong>of</strong> the best.Brainard, Ingrid G Brainard, Ingrid G. Three Court <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the Early <strong>Renaissance</strong>. ix, 23 p.: ill., music ; 28 cm New York: <strong>Dance</strong> Notation Bureau Press, 1977.Brissenden, AlanBrissenden, Alan. Shakespeare and the <strong>Dance</strong>. Atlantic Highlands: NJ:Humanities Press, 1981.Andrew Draskoy: Gives all the references to dance in Shakespeare anddiscusses the role <strong>of</strong> dance in these and other plays <strong>of</strong> the period. Includesplates <strong>of</strong> iconography, esp. from England. Much <strong>of</strong> the analysis relating tospecific dances is, in my opinion, debatable, but there is much usefulbackground material here.Busch, CarolannBusch, Carolann. The <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Battistino: Five Italian <strong>Renaissance</strong> DuetsFrom the Sixteenth Century. Master's Thesis (UCLA-1984), UCLA, 1984,1984.


8 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Abstract: Sixteenth century court dance has been preserved in Fabrito M.Caroso's Italian manual Il Ballarino (1581). Within the Caroso work, twelvedances are attributed to a Messer Battistino. Five <strong>of</strong> these dances, allduets, are the focus <strong>of</strong> this thesis. These dances were chosen as typical <strong>of</strong>Battistino's work and, to the author, the most interesting choreographies.The dances are: "Contentezza d'Amore," "Rustica Amorosa," "LucretiaFavorita," "Bassa Toscana," and "Barriera Balletto." This study documentsthe process <strong>of</strong> reconstructing these dances from an original dance manual,and some comparative remarks. In recreating these dances, Il Ballarino isthe primary and only source used for the dance directions and music. Thestep descriptions and some stylistic remarks on execution and etiquetteare found in the first section <strong>of</strong> the book. In realizing dances <strong>of</strong> any givenera, it is important to follow those step rules and instructions found withinthe same manual as the dances themselves. Each <strong>of</strong> the dances describedwill be followed by a discussion <strong>of</strong> the text which will examine the variousareas <strong>of</strong> interpretation. The dancer cue sheet, floor plan and lutetranscription are provided as aids for further reconstructions <strong>of</strong> theseworks by other interested parties.Caroso, MarcoFabritioCaroso, Marco Fabritio. Raccolta di varij balli.... Rome: 1630.Matt Larsen: Essentially a reprinting <strong>of</strong> Nobiltà di Dame with a new title.Caroso, MarcoFabritioCaroso, Marco Fabritio. Nobiltà di dame. Venice: Presso il Muschio, 1600.Caroso, MarcoFabritioCaroso, Marco Fabritio. Il ballarino. Venice: Apresso Francesco Ziletti,1581.Matt Larsen: This particular manual, Il Ballarino, or The Dancing Master,is the first <strong>of</strong> the Italian manuals <strong>of</strong> this era to be published. It containstwo sections, one on steps and dance manners, and one which containschoreographies. The second section includes eighty dances, with lutetabulature for the accompanying music, as well as scores for some <strong>of</strong> thedances.Caroso, MarcoFabritioCaroso, Marco Fabritio, and Sutton, Julia. Nobiltà di dame. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, 1986.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Nobiltà di dame, 1600.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 9Matt Larsen: Caroso's second book is a refinement <strong>of</strong> the first, to theextent that the cover page subtitles it the "Second Edition <strong>of</strong> the BookCalled Il Ballarino." This is in spite <strong>of</strong> the fact that only some twenty <strong>of</strong> theforty-nine dances presented in it duplicate dances found in the previousvolume. But while it is not a true second edition, there are many additionsand refinements to both the "rules" for the steps and the dancesthemselves. As a result, any reconstruction <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the dances whichappears in both volumes should rely on the second for the definitiveversion. Even when reconstructing a dance from Il Ballarino which doesnot appear in Nobiltà di Dame, one should examine the step descriptionsin the second volume, since they are in general more clear and precise.Julia Sutton's translation makes this one <strong>of</strong> the more accessible <strong>of</strong> thesixteenth century Italian sources, but one should be careful not to rely tooheavily on it in creating reconstructions, as there are always nuances lost,however good the translation may be.Lizbeth Langston: I disagree that "...any reconstruction ... should rely onthe second...." While Nobiltà can be useful for clarifying passages in IlBallarino, the first book must be taken on its own terms, reflecting a dancetradition reaching back towards the middle <strong>of</strong> the 16th century, asattested by balli d'incerti (dances <strong>of</strong> uncertain origin) and dances by other,earlier dancing masters. If you are interested in dance <strong>of</strong> an earlier time,use Il Ballarino. Note that descriptions <strong>of</strong> certain <strong>of</strong> Caroso's step unitschange between the books. The seguito spezzato is one example, in whichthe second foot is placed differently: to the instep in Il Ballarino, and to theheel in Nobiltà. In the seguito ordinario, Caroso specifically instructsdancers to finish with the back heel down in Il Ballarino, but allows it torise in Nobiltà. In spite <strong>of</strong> what Caroso says, I do not consider the earlierdance and step-unit instructions wrong or "badly made," rather, as anhistorian, I assume that each book reflects what Caroso thought wascorrect at the time. If you want the most interesting/complicated danceand exact time period doesn't matter, look at all the variations and pickthe one you like best. Finally, if you are in a situation where historicalaccuracy is not the highest priority, adapt, mix, interpret, orrechoreograph the originals as much as you want!Caroso, MarcoFabritioCaroso, Marco Fabritio. Il ballarino. New York: Broude Brothers, 1967.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Il ballarino, 1581.Carreras y Candi, FCarreras y Candi, F (editor). Folklore Y Costumbres De Espana. Barcelona:1934.(author unknown). Cervera manuscript.Castelli, PatriziaCastelli, Patrizia, and Mingardi, Maurizio, and Padovan, Maurizio. MesuraEt Arte Del Danzare : Guglielmo Ebreo Da Pesaro E La Danza Nelle CortiItaliane Del XV Secolo. 160 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 28 cmPesaro: Pucelle, 1987.Lizbeth Langston: Exhibit catalog to accompany 1987 Ebreo conference. InItalian. Four articles, pr<strong>of</strong>usely illustrated. Thoughts on dance and musicin the 15th C. with particular reference to visual materials. This volume isparticularly valuable for the well-reproduced illustrations, in color andblack and white, <strong>of</strong> old standards and others not usually seen.


10 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Closson, ErnestClosson, Ernest (editor). Le Manuscrit Dit Des Basses Danses De LaBibliotheque De Bourgogne. Geneve: Mink<strong>of</strong>f, 1975.Matt Larsen: Ms in Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, Ms 9085. Facsimile withintroduction and transcription by Ernest Closson. This manuscriptincludes a short discussion on steps for the Burgundian style <strong>of</strong> bassedance, which are processional in nature, beginning with a reverence (i.e.bow) and branle, followed by some combination <strong>of</strong> single steps, doublesteps, reprises and branles. The most well-known <strong>of</strong> these dances in theSCA are <strong>Dance</strong> de Cleves and Fransois Nouvele, both reconstructed fromthis manuscript. This work includes a list <strong>of</strong> 59 bassedances, along withmusic. The music given is only the tenor line, as the musicians wereexpected to improvise one or two more parts around the base given to thetenor. The introduction by Closson is dated, and has been supplanted bynewer scholarship.Nathan Kronenfeld: There are also two dances which are not basse dances.auto: There is a previous edition from 1912 but it is not in thisbibliography.Cochlaus,JohannesCochlaus, Johannes. Hie Jnnen sindt geschriben die wellschen tenntz. c.1517.Matt Larsen: Nurnberg Ms. "Hie Jnnen sindt geschriben die wellschentenntz." Brief,undated (c. 1517) ms. in Nurnberg, Germ. Nat. Mus. (MS8842). Discussion with facsimile <strong>of</strong> single page in Ingrid Brainard. "The Art<strong>of</strong> Courtly Dancing in Transition...", pp. 61-79. This is a small manuscript,consisting <strong>of</strong> seven pages. It <strong>of</strong>fers eight choreographies, but no music ordescription <strong>of</strong> how the steps are performed is included. Dr. Brainardattributes this source to one Johannes Cochlaus, a German who was atthe university <strong>of</strong> Bologna. The manuscript was apparently compiled for apair <strong>of</strong> young ladies in Nurnberg, who desired some knowledge <strong>of</strong> currentfashion in Italian dancing, for use at local dances. Most <strong>of</strong> the includeddances appear in the Italian sources <strong>of</strong> the period, but this source <strong>of</strong>fers apoint <strong>of</strong> view other than that <strong>of</strong> a dancing master.Colombo, CarmelaColombo, Carmela. La Danza Nel Seicento. 47 p. 10 plates. 33 cmBellinzona: La Vesconta, 1962.Compasso, LutioCompasso, Lutio, and Sparti, Barbara. Ballo della gagliarda : opera nuovae dilettevole. Freiburg: fa-gisis, 1995.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Ballo della gagliarda : opera nuova e dilettevole, 1560.Compasso, LutioCompasso, Lutio. Ballo della gagliarda : opera nuova e dilettevole.Florence: 1560.Concord <strong>of</strong> SweetSoundsConcord <strong>of</strong> Sweet Sounds. Le Divertissement du Roi. CD Herald, 1808.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 11AB: contains: Pavans; galliards; Hearts Ease; Packington's Pound;Greensleeves.Coplande, RobertCoplande, Robert. The Manner <strong>of</strong> Dauncynge <strong>of</strong> Bace Daunces. , Oxford,Bodleian Library (Douce B. 507).Cornazano,AntonioCornazano, Antonio. Libro Dell'arte Del Danzare. Florence: La Bibli<strong>of</strong>ilia,1916.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Libro Dell'arte Del Danzare, 1455.Matt Larsen: Ms. copy (c.1465) in Rome Biblioteca Aposolica Vaticana(Codex Capponiano,203. About two fifths <strong>of</strong> the book contains adiscussion <strong>of</strong> the qualities which one needs for dancing, such as Memory,Measure, Manner, Spirit, Variety and Use <strong>of</strong> Space. These generalities giveway to a discussion <strong>of</strong> tempo and steps, although the step descriptionsgiven are hazy and open to multiple interpretations (as is usually the casewith these manuals). The remaining three fifths <strong>of</strong> the book are given overto descriptions <strong>of</strong> dances, balli and bassedanza, some <strong>of</strong> which appear inthe other available sources.Cornazano,AntonioCornazano, Antonio, and Inglehearn, Madeleine, and Forsyth, Peggy. TheBook on The Art <strong>of</strong> Dancing. London: <strong>Dance</strong> Books Ltd, 1981.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Libro Dell'arte Del Danzare, 1455.Matt Larsen: This is the first available translation <strong>of</strong> a fifteenth centuryItalian treatise, and so is one <strong>of</strong> the earliest sources easily accessible tomost readers. Anyone who is at all serious about fifteenth century danceshould obtain a copy, although consultation <strong>of</strong> the original and othersources in the Italian are a must for any serious reconstruction <strong>of</strong> thedances. See entry <strong>of</strong> original for further comments.Cornazano,AntonioCornazano, Antonio. Libro Dell'arte Del Danzare. 1455.Cornazano,AntonioCornazano, Antonio. Proverbi di messer Antonio Cornazano in facetie.Bologna: Forni, 1968.auto: There is a previous edition from 1865 but it is not in thisbibliography.Corso, Rinaldo Corso, Rinaldo. Dialogo del Ballo. 1555.Corso, RinaldoCorso, Rinaldo, and Arcangeli, Alessandro. Dialogo del Ballo. Verona:Antique Musicae Italicae Studiosi, 1987.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Dialogo del Ballo, 1555.


12 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Cruciani, FabrizioCruciani, Fabrizio. Teatro nel Rinascimento Roma 1450-1550. Rome:Bulzoni, 1983.Cruickshank,DianaCruickshank, Diana. Dancing in the Inns <strong>of</strong> Court. London: Jordan &Sons, Ltd., 1965.Dennis Sherman: Includes transcriptions <strong>of</strong> four mss.Cruickshank,DianaCruickshank, Diana. Danzare Et Sonare.Del (D.Elson): 15th Century Italian <strong>Dance</strong>s, arranged and played by theLongslade Consort. <strong>Dance</strong>s interpreted by Diana Cruickshank.Cruickshank,DianaCruickshank, Diana. Danzare Et Balare, Vol. 1. Spiral boundCruickshank,DianaCruickshank, Diana. Selva Amorosa.Del (D.Elson): This is a collection <strong>of</strong> 18 <strong>of</strong> the dances from Caroso's Ilballarino (1581) and Nobiltà di Dame (1600). The book gives thechoreographies, translated and interpreted by Diana Cruickshank. Theaccompanying cassette tape, played by Scaramella, contains the music forthe dances, arranged by Stewart McCoyCruickshank,DianaCruickshank, Diana. Danzare Et Balare, Vol. 2. Spiral boundCunningham,James PCunningham, James P (editor). Dancing in the Inns <strong>of</strong> Court. London:Jordan & Sons, Ltd., 1965.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 13Matt Larsen: Six manuscripts all originally relating to dancing at theLondon Inns <strong>of</strong> Court: Oxford, Bodleian Library (Rawl. Poet.108) (c. 1570).London, British Museum Library (Harley 367) (n.d.). Oxford, BodleianLibrary (Douce 280) (c. 1606). Oxford, Bodleian Library (Rawl. D. 864) (c.1630). London, Inner Temple Library (Misc. Vol. XXVII) (mid. 17thcentury). London, Royal College <strong>of</strong> Music (Ms. 1119) (mid. 17th century).All mss. have been transcribed by Cunningham. These manuscriptsdescribe the dancing which was done during the early seventeenth centuryat the four London Inns <strong>of</strong> Court. Dancing at the Inns <strong>of</strong> Court consisted <strong>of</strong>a fixed program <strong>of</strong> dances, beginning with pavans and almains, andfollowed by galliards, corantos and branles. These manuscripts areprobably notes for the dancers, to remind themselves <strong>of</strong> the steps andpatterns <strong>of</strong> the dances, and as such can be difficult to understand,particularly for the more complicated dances. Of the two transcriptions,Wilson's is the better, having Cunningham to draw on. Wilson also pointsout a number <strong>of</strong> flaws in Cunningham's transcriptions, which are worthexamining. Cunningham, on the other hand, gives more background onthe Inns <strong>of</strong> Court and gives a great many quotes from accounts whichdescribe the dancing, expanding on the text which is given in themanuscripts themselves. Also transcribed with commentary by D.R.Wilson, 1986/87.<strong>Dance</strong> HistoryScholars<strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. International Encyclopedia <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>. 6 vols. NewYork: 1998.Brainard, IngridBrainard, Ingrid. Medieval <strong>Dance</strong>.(In International Encyclopedia <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>.)Brainard, IngridBrainard, Ingrid. <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> Technique.(In International Encyclopedia <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>.)Daugenti, Carl Daugenti, Carl. <strong>Dance</strong> in Medieval Western Europe. v, 83 leaves : ill. ; 28cm Master's Thesis (UCLA-1987), UCLA, 1987.Davies, Sir John Davies, Sir John. Orchestra, a Poem <strong>of</strong> Dancing. London: 1594.Matt Larsen: This is an Elizabethan poem which celebrates dancing as anart, and in particular indicates that the dancing which was done at thetime in the court <strong>of</strong> Elizabeth I was the ultimate form <strong>of</strong> the art. The poemis <strong>of</strong> interest to dance historians in that it includes some passages whichdescribe the dancing <strong>of</strong> the time. These passages are not very detailed,however, so their value lies mostly in providing some supporting evidencefor interpretations <strong>of</strong> steps and dance forms which are described in moredetail in other sources.DeMol, Karen ADeMol, Karen A. Tonal Practices in Early Seventeenth Century German<strong>Dance</strong>s. dissertation, 1990.Dixon, PeggyDixon, Peggy. Early <strong>Dance</strong> Book 1, Medieval to 15th C French Basse<strong>Dance</strong>. Glasgow: Nonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Society.


14 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>From catalogue: Bransles Double, Simple, and Gai; 7 Branles Coupes;Farandoles; Ductia; Danse Royale; Estampies Simple, Double and Gai; 8Estampies Royales; Old Almaine; Basse <strong>Dance</strong>s.Dixon, PeggyDixon, Peggy. Early <strong>Dance</strong> Book 9, First Supplement. Glasgow: NonsuchEarly <strong>Dance</strong> Society.From catalogue: Manfredina and Rotta; Suite <strong>of</strong> Branles; Branle deBourgogne; short La Spagna; Die Vier Branlen; Il etait une fillette;Shafertanz; 1000 Dukaten; Ligiadra; Tesara; Leoncello; Contentezzad'Amore; Contrapassa Nuovo; La Nizzarda; Il Conto dell'Orco; ChelseaReach; Faine I Would; Well Hall; Wooley and Georgy; Draper's Maggot; TheHole in the Wall; Queen Caroline's March; Passacaille for two ladies, fromArmideDixon, PeggyDixon, Peggy. Early <strong>Dance</strong> Book 4, Elizabethan <strong>Dance</strong>s Part 2. Glasgow:Nonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Society.From catalogue: Bransles Charlotte, Pinagay, Aridan, Horses, Officials,Clogs, Washerwomen's, de la Guerre, de la Montarde, Scots, BranslesCoupes; Black, Queen's and Cecilia's Almaines; Nonsuch, Confesse,Parson's Farewell; Heartsease; Rufty Tufty; Sellinger's Round; Mundesse;Cuckold's All Awry; Shepherd's Holiday; Dargason; Saint Martins; Love forLove.Dixon, PeggyDixon, Peggy. Early <strong>Dance</strong> Book 2, Italian <strong>Renaissance</strong> and Caroso & Negri<strong>Dance</strong>s. Glasgow: Nonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Society.From catalogue: Pellegrina; Rostibolly; Anello; Alexandresca; Gelosia;Mercantia; Daphnes; Sobria; Jupiter (Giove); Zinevra; Prexoniera; Venus;Verceppe; Torneo Amoroso; Bella Gioiosa Austria Felice; Furioso; AltaMendoza; Brando di Cales; Corrente.Dixon, PeggyDixon, Peggy. Early <strong>Dance</strong> Book 5, English Country <strong>Dance</strong>s (17th & 18thC). Glasgow: Nonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Society.From catalogue: Gathering Peascods; Park; Grays' Inn Maske; JennyPlucks Pears; Lull Me Beyond Thee; Mage on a Cree; Picking <strong>of</strong> Sticks;Oranges and Lemons; Mr Beveridge's Maggot; Maids Morris; HunsdonHouse; Scotch Measure; The Slip; The Trip to the Jubilee; The Happy Pair;The Hole in the Wall; The Guidman <strong>of</strong> Balangigh; The Spring; Miss StuartSeton's Reel; The Rakes <strong>of</strong> Rochester.Dixon, PeggyDixon, Peggy. Early <strong>Dance</strong> Book 3, Elizabethan <strong>Dance</strong>s Part 1. Glasgow:Nonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Society.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 15From catalogue: Basse Danse "Jouyessance vous Donnerai" & Tourdion;Almaine & Recoupe; New Almaine; Tant que vivray; Pavane "Belle qui tiensma vie"; Pavanes/Galliards; English Coranto; Spanish Pavane; La Volta;Les Bouffons; Pavane La Bataille; La Morisque; The Fairy Round; music forpractice.DolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>SocietyDolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. To Celebrate a Prince.Del (D.Elson): A reasonable collection <strong>of</strong> 15th C dances from the time <strong>of</strong>Lorenzo de Medici (the book starts with a short biography on Lorenzo).Sixteen dances in all, with tenor lines. A tape <strong>of</strong> the tunes also exists.DolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>SocietyDolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. Il Ballarino.Del (D.Elson): A collection <strong>of</strong> dances reconstructed from Caroso and Negri.There is a similarly titled CD from The Broadside Band, on Hyperion,which contains the music for these dances (CDA66244).DolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>SocietyDolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. Revels For 1588.Del (D.Elson): A collection <strong>of</strong> dances from Arbeau, Playford, Negri, and theInns <strong>of</strong> CourtDolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>SocietyDolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. Georgian Delights.Del (D.Elson): A collection <strong>of</strong> Baroque dances, including a number <strong>of</strong>minuets.DolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>SocietyDolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Queen Elizabeth's Court.Del (D.Elson): A collection <strong>of</strong> 16th Century dances, from Arbeau, Inns <strong>of</strong>Court, and Caroso.DolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>SocietyDolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. Sonare Et Balare.


16 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Del (D.Elson): A good collection <strong>of</strong> 15th C basse danses and balli from Italyand Burgundy.DolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>SocietyDolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. The Art <strong>of</strong> Dancing.Del (D.Elson): A collection <strong>of</strong> Baroque Minuets and some Bourees andAllemandes.DolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>SocietyDolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. Princely Masques and Revels.Del (D.Elson): A collection <strong>of</strong> Galliards, Corantos, Bransles and Balli fromCaroso, Negri, and other sources.DolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>SocietyDolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. Devices For Dancing: 1680 - 1700.Del (D.Elson): A collection <strong>of</strong> country dances and period dances fromEngland and France.Dolmetsch, MabelDolmetsch, Mabel. <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Spain and Italy, 1450-1600. Da Capo Press,1976.Del (D.Elson): An early work on reconstructing the dances from the Italianmanuscripts, from Domenico in 1450 to Caroso and Negri. Much <strong>of</strong> theresearch in this book has since been rendered obsolete.Dolmetsch, MabelDolmetsch, Mabel. <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> England and France from 1450 to 1600. xii,163 p. plates, music. 26 cm London: Routledge and Paul, 1949.Dolmetsch, MabelDolmetsch, Mabel. <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> England and France from 1450 to 1600. NewYork: Da Capo, 1975.Reprint <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> England and France from 1450 to 1600, 1949.Coplande, RobertCoplande, Robert. The Manner <strong>of</strong> Dauncynge <strong>of</strong> Bace Daunces.(In <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> England and France from 1450 to 1600 pp 2-4.)


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 17Matt Larsen: Translation <strong>of</strong> an unknown French source appended to hispublication <strong>of</strong> a French grammar by Alexander Barclay. The introductoryto wryte and to pronounce Frenche. Only copy in Oxford, Bodleian Library(Douce B. 507). This source is very similar to some <strong>of</strong> the French sourcesfrom the fifteenth century, particularly Toulouze, Moderne, and theBrussels manuscript, although this source is somewhat more brief. Itincludes a number <strong>of</strong> the choreographies which appear in the othersources, although it contains no music and <strong>of</strong>fers fewer choreographiesthan the French sources. The discussion is also more brief than that in theother sources, but the information which is there is very similar to parts inthe others.auto: There is a previous edition (year unknown) but it is not in thisbibliography.Domenico daPiacenzaDomenico da Piacenza, and Bianchi, Dante. De Arte Saltandi & ChoreasDucendi. Florence: 1963.Matt Larsen: Ms. in Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale (fonds it. 972). Italiandance <strong>of</strong> the fifteenth century is the earliest form <strong>of</strong> dance for whichwritten instructions have survived to the present. This is the earliest <strong>of</strong>those manuals, and according to some authorities, the best. Many <strong>of</strong> thedances described in this manual continue to appear in manuals up untilthe early sixteenth century, which gives an indication <strong>of</strong> their popularity.Italian dances <strong>of</strong> the time can be broken down into two general categories,bassadanza and balli. The difference between the two is primarily one <strong>of</strong>tempo and meter; bassadanza are always in 3/2 time, while the meter maychange in the middle <strong>of</strong> balli, from 4/4 to 3/2 to 3/4, etc. There are <strong>of</strong>tenseveral such changes in a ballo, sometimes as many as four or five. Ballialso tend to be more involved choreographically, including more complexsteps and figures. This manual consists <strong>of</strong> 56 relatively small pages. Thefirst thirteen <strong>of</strong> these contain instruction on how the dances and steps areto be performed, and the remainder <strong>of</strong> the manuscript consists <strong>of</strong>choreographies and their music. A total <strong>of</strong> fifteen choreographies areincluded.Dorian Longwind <strong>of</strong>NeumesDorian Longwind <strong>of</strong> Neumes. Lord Longwind's Book <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> Music.Albuquerqe, NM: Raymond's Quiet Press, 1985.Dennis Sherman: A collection <strong>of</strong> arrangements <strong>of</strong> dances popular in theSociety for Creative Anachronism. Mostly 3 and 4 part, arranged primarilyfor recorders.Dubruck, EdelgardEDubruck, Edelgard E (editor), and Goller, Karl Heinz (editor). Crossroads <strong>of</strong>Medieval Civilization: The City <strong>of</strong> Regensburg and Its Intellectual Milieu.Michigan: Michigan Consortium for Medieval and Early Modern Studies,1984.


18 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Brainard, Ingrid GBrainard, Ingrid G. The Art <strong>of</strong> Courtly Dancing in Transition: Nurnberg,Germ. Nat. Mus. MS. 8842, a Hitherto Unknown German Source.Michigan: Michigan Consortium for Medieval and Early uModern Studies,1984.(In Crossroads <strong>of</strong> Medieval Civilization: The City <strong>of</strong> Regensburg and ItsIntellectual Milieu.)(author unknown). Nurnberg, German National Museum MS. 8842. ,Nuremburg manuscript.Durham, Peter Durham, Peter, and Durham, Janelle. <strong>Dance</strong>s from the Inns <strong>of</strong> Court. ,1570 - 1675. staple bound booklet Peter and Janelle Durham, 1997.DE: A useful reference manual for the Old Measures, Almans, and otherdances from the Inns <strong>of</strong> Court. Contains reconstructions <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> thedances, and concordances across the various manuscripts. Available witha CD by Jouissance with the same title.Ebreo, GuglielmoEbreo, Guglielmo. Untitled MS: D.I. 42. Foligno: Michele Faloci-Pulignani,1887.Matt Larsen: Ms. in Foligno, Seminario Vescovile, Biblioteca L. Jacobilli.Published (as a nuptial <strong>of</strong>fering to the couple Renier-Campostrini) as "Ottobassdanze di M. Guglielmo de Pesaro e de M.Domenico da Ferrara". This isa short manuscript which contains the choreographies for eightbassadanza. It includes no music, nor is there an introductory sectiondiscussing steps. Among the dances are Pelygryna and La Reale.Ebreo, GuglielmoEbreo, Guglielmo, and Roncaglia, Giovanni Messori. Della Virtue EtarteDel Danzare... Modena: 1885.Matt Larsen: Ms. in Modena, Biblioteca Estense (Ital. 82, a.J.9.4. (formerlyVII.A.82)). Published as "Della virtue etarte del danzare...". Thismanuscript is relatively small, only fifty eight pages, and includes theusual section concerning steps and dancing in general. This is followed bya relatively small number <strong>of</strong> dances, five bassadanza and ten balli. Nomusic is included.Ebreo, GuglielmoEbreo, Guglielmo. Guglielmus Ebreis Pisauriensis De Pracha SeuArtetripudi Vorghare Opusculum. 1510 or 1540.Matt Larsen: Ms.in Florence, Biblioteca Medicea- Laurenziana (CodexAntinori A13). This source is made up <strong>of</strong> ninety pages <strong>of</strong> text, and writtenin a hand that is very difficult to read. It contains the usual remarks onthe art <strong>of</strong> dancing, and a relatively large section <strong>of</strong> choreographies.Eighteen bassadanza and twenty one balli are included. No music is given.Ebreo, GuglielmoEbreo, Guglielmo. Guglielmi Hebraei Pisauriensis De Pratica SeuArtetripudii Vulgare Opusculum. 1463.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 19Matt Larsen: Ms. (by the amanuensis Paganus Raudensis) in Paris,Bibliotheque Nationale (fonds it. 973). All <strong>of</strong> the manuals attributed toGuglielmo Ebreo are roughly similar in structure (note that by manual Imean a work which includes information on how the dances and steps areto be performed, not just choreographies). The discussion in each isbroken down into classifications in a similar fashion to Cornazano,including sections on Measure, Memory, Use <strong>of</strong> Space, etc. The differencesare primarily small changes in the exact wording, although some manualsinclude sections that are not in others, and some sections are moreextensive in some manuals. The primary difference between the manualsis how many choreographies each includes, and which they are. Anotherdifference is whether the manual includes music for the dances or not.This particular manuscript consists <strong>of</strong> one hundred and three small pages.The first forty three discuss steps and their performance. The remainder <strong>of</strong>the manual includes choreographies for thirty one dances, fourteenbassadanze and seventeen balli. The last few pages contain the music forthe dances.Ebreo, Guglielmo Ebreo, Guglielmo. Untitled MS: Fondo Palatino 1021, ff. 105r- 106v.Matt Larsen: Ms. fragment in Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale. Thisis a relatively minor source, being a pair <strong>of</strong> pages which are all that are left<strong>of</strong> a Guglielmo manual. They are from the section on how dances areperformed, so they are <strong>of</strong> some use in reconstructing steps. Their use islimited, however, by the fact that they are not that different from the morecomplete manuals, and by their brevity.Ebreo, GuglielmoEbreo, Guglielmo, and Zambrini, Francesco. De Praticha Seu Arte TripudiiVulgare Opsculum. Bologna: Presso Gaetano Romagnoli, 1873.Matt Larsen: Ms. in Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (CodexMagliabecchiana-Strozziano XIX, 9, Nr. 88). Published as "Trattato dell'artedel ballo di Guglielmo Ebreo, pesarese". This manuscript contains theusual section discussing steps, and a total <strong>of</strong> thirty four dances, seventeenbassadanza and seventeen balli. As usual, most <strong>of</strong> the dances can befound in other sources. No music is included.Ebreo, GuglielmoEbreo, Guglielmo, and Sparti, Barbara. On the Practice <strong>of</strong> the Art <strong>of</strong>Dancing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.Del (D.Elson): A complete transcription and translation <strong>of</strong> Gugliemo's mainmanuscript, with appendices covering the new material from Ambrosio.Ebreo, GuglielmoEbreo, Guglielmo. Guglielmi Ebrei Pisaurienses De Pracha Seu ArtetripudiVulghare Opuschulam Feliciter Incipit Senper Chongratia Sia DidioSenper. c. 1470.


20 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Matt Larsen: Ms. (originally owned by Giorgio del Giudeo (c. 1470),donated by Walter Toscanini) in New York, Public Library, <strong>Dance</strong>Collection (Cia Fornaroli Coll. (S) *MGZMB-Res. 72-254). This manuscriptcontains some thirty seven large pages <strong>of</strong> very difficult to read writting.The first nine pages are discussion <strong>of</strong> dance and how the steps areperformed, while the remaining pages give choreographies for fifty fiveseparate balli and bassadanza. No music is included, but many <strong>of</strong> thedances appear in other manuscripts in which the music is recorded. Thismanuscript is not for the faint <strong>of</strong> heart, as the handwriting is almostillegible, and no transcription exists. It does, however, contain a wealth <strong>of</strong>valuable information. It is also one <strong>of</strong> the few sources which is in the U.S.,which makes it somewhat more available, at least to those who live on theeast coast.Elliott, JanineElliott, Janine. The Relationship Between Music and <strong>Dance</strong> in CotswoldMorris Performance. dissertation, 1993.Ellis, HelenMeredithEllis, Helen Meredith. The <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> J.B. Lully (1632- 1687). xi, 257leaves : ill., facsims., music University Micr<strong>of</strong>ilms, dissertation, StanfordUniversity-1967, 1968.Elson, DavidElson, David. Del's <strong>Dance</strong> Book. CD-ROM and Book Sydney: Privatelypublished, 1993.Del (D.Elson): Yet another SCA dance book, this covers the dancescurrently being done in Lochac (Australia). Re-issued on a semi-regularbasis.http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/ Online versionElyot, Sir ThomasElyot, Sir Thomas, and Lehmberg, S. E. The Boke Named the Governor.Menston, England: The Scolar Press, 1970.Online version http://www.hti.umich.edu/bin/pdidx?type=header"idno=ElyotGoverMatt Larsen: Chapters 19 through 25 deal with dancing. The chapterswhich discuss dancing are interesting, although not <strong>of</strong> direct use inreconstructing choreographies. No specific choreographies are given, nor isany music included. What is given, however, is information about howdances were done in England at this time. It is fairly clear that the danceswere basically similar, if not identical to those which were done in Franceand Burgundy at this time. We can also glean some style information, sothis source is more useful to those working on how the steps wereperformed than it is to those who are interested only in specificreconstructions.auto: There is a previous edition from 1531 but it is not in thisbibliography.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 21Esquivel Navarro,Juan deEsquivel Navarro, Juan de. Discursos Sobre El Arte Del Danzado. Sevilla:Juan Gomez de Blas, 1642.Matt Larsen: This is a relatively short (about fifty pages) manual from themid seventeenth century. It is <strong>of</strong> interest partly because it describes stepsand dances which do not seem to appear elsewhere. Much <strong>of</strong> what isdiscussed seems to be galliard variations, which may have been localfavorites. It may also be that Navarro gives different names to steps whichare described elsewhere. In any case, it is worthy <strong>of</strong> further research,although it is a little out <strong>of</strong> the SCA period (still, if we are using Playford,which is first published almost ten years after this, I think this is justified).Esquivel Navarro,Juan deEsquivel Navarro, Juan de. Discursos Sobre El Arte Del Danzado. Madrid:Asociación de Libreros y Amigos del Libro, 1947.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Discursos Sobre El Arte Del Danzado, 1642.Feves, Angene Feves, Angene. <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> a Noble Gathering. Pleasant Hill, CA: 1985.Florio, JohnFlorio, John. Queen Anna's New World <strong>of</strong> Words. Menston (England): TheScholar Press Limited, 1968.Nathan Kronenfeld: An English/Italian dictionary from the period <strong>of</strong>several dance sources. Andrew Draskoy has entered in some releventdance terms from this source athref="http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~andrew/rendance/florio.html.auto: There is a previous edition from 1611 but it is not in thisbibliography.Fortenberry, HelenFortenberry, Helen. An Investigation <strong>of</strong> the Types and Forms <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Existing From 476 to 1500. iv, 88 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm Micr<strong>of</strong>ormPublications, University <strong>of</strong> Oregon, Master's Thesis (Woman's College,University <strong>of</strong> North Carolina), 1955.Francalanci,AndreaFrancalanci, Andrea. Una Stravaganza Dei Medici. VHS/PAL videocassetteLondon: <strong>Dance</strong> Books, 1992.Del (D.Elson): This is a reconstruction <strong>of</strong> a 1589 Flotentine masque.Currently only available in PAL format on VHS (for England, Australia, NZ,Europe except France), but well worth a look.Franko, Mark Franko, Mark. The Dancing Body in <strong>Renaissance</strong> Choreography (C. 1416-1589). Birmingham, AL: Summa Publications, 1986.


22 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Justin du Coeur: This book explores the motifs <strong>of</strong> motion found in the<strong>Renaissance</strong>, and tries to draw some conclusions about dance movementfrom them. Franko's writing style is extremely dense, making the bookquite difficult to read, but he has some interesting things to say about thenotion <strong>of</strong> movement as a form <strong>of</strong> communication. The book is very heavyon quotes; roughly a third <strong>of</strong> the text is quotes. Most quotes are given bothin the original language and in English.Gargiulo, PieroGargiulo, Piero (editor). La danza italiana tra Cinque e Seicento:studi perFabrizio Caroso da Sermoneta. Roma: Bardi, 1997.Giordano, GloriaGiordano, Gloria (compiler), and Sparti, Barbara (compiler), and Nordera,Marina (compiler). Archivio notizie -- Resoconti di Incontri, Convegni ePresentazione. Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sulla Danza.On line URL: http://www.airdanza.it/agenda/archivio.htmGrove, Sir GeorgeGrove, Sir George, and Blom, Eric, and Stevens, Denis. Grove's Dictionary<strong>of</strong> Music and Musicians. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1964.Hagar the Black Hagar the Black. <strong>Dance</strong> Class 1, 2, & 3.Del (D.Elson): A list <strong>of</strong> SCA dances commonly done in the central WestKingdom.Henry, Susan GHenry, Susan G. The Rose and Nefr <strong>Dance</strong> Manual. Rose and Nefr Press,[1988].Del (D.Elson): One <strong>of</strong> the better in-print general dance manuals for SCAdance. This does not attempt to exclusively cover period dance, however. Anumber <strong>of</strong> the dances included are SCA inventions, and the book focussesheavily on English Country, contains very few Italian rennaissance dances,and omits completely any study <strong>of</strong> the 15th C Basse Danse from Burgundyor Italy.Justin du Coeur: There are two tapes accompanying the book, whichcontain danceable (if not always lovely) recordings <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> the dancescontained therein. Also, while the book does contain some non-perioddances, it is pretty honest about them: there is a "<strong>Dance</strong>s that aren'tperiod" section at the end for the SCA dancs that really have noconnection to period, and it <strong>of</strong>ten (although not always) acknowledges thedances that are a bit borderline. In general, it accomplishes what it set outto do: document SCA dances. I wouldn't recommend it to the researcher,but it's an excellent place to start if you're just interested in learning someperiod dances as generally done today in the SCA.Horst, Louis Horst, Louis. Pre-Classic <strong>Dance</strong> Forms. Princeton: <strong>Dance</strong> Horizons, 1987.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 23Justin du Coeur: This is a very light overview <strong>of</strong> a number <strong>of</strong> dance formspredating modern ballet. It is fairly slim (140 pages), and heavy onpictures and music, so it only spends a few pages on each form. Roughlyhalf the book is arguably related to the <strong>Renaissance</strong> -- out <strong>of</strong> 13 chapters,it has sections on the pavan, galliard, allemande, courante, sarabande,gigue, and gavotte. It's not much use for serious research, but might beuseful for quickly showing some <strong>of</strong> the major dance forms <strong>of</strong> the period.(The rest <strong>of</strong> the book is all Baroque forms.) The book was intended as atextbook, and is very easy reading.auto: There is a previous edition from 1937 but it is not in thisbibliography.Hughes, D. GHughes, D. G (editor). Instrumental Music: A conference at Ishammemorial Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959.Kinkeldey, OttoKinkeldey, Otto. <strong>Dance</strong> Tunes <strong>of</strong> the Fifteenth Century. Cambridge, MA:Harvard University Press, 1959.(In Instrumental Music: A conference at Isham memorial Library pp 3-30and 89-152.)Il PapaIl Papa, and Casazza, Joseph, and Cain, Elizabeth. Il Papa Ms. New York,Public Library, <strong>Dance</strong> Collection (Cia Fornaroli Coll. *ZBD-26). 1997.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Codex Magliabecchiana-Strozziano XIXm cod. 31, .Andrew Draskoy: Electronic format (HTML). Transcription andcommentary.Il PapaIl Papa. Codex Magliabecchiana-Strozziano XIXm cod. 31. , New York,Public Library, <strong>Dance</strong> Collection (Cia Fornaroli Coll. *ZBD-26). , Il Papamanuscript.Matt Larsen: Il Papa Ms. New York, Public Library, <strong>Dance</strong> Collection (CiaFornaroli Coll. *ZBD-26); Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (CodexMagliabecchiana- Strozziano XIXm cod. 31). This is a relatively shortmanuscript, made up <strong>of</strong> some fourteen doublesided pages. It is written ina hand which is fairly difficult to make out, and contains no music for itsdances. The first two pages are introductory in nature, and discuss dancein general. The remaining twelve pages contain a total <strong>of</strong> fifteen dancechoreographies. Some <strong>of</strong> these choreographies are relatively long, whileothers are quite short, as short or shorter than the shortest <strong>of</strong>fered byCaroso. Although this is a relatively minor source from this period, it isavailable in the US.Inglehearn,MadeleineInglehearn, Madeleine, and Pope, Martin. Ten <strong>Dance</strong>s From SixteenthCentury Italy. Witham, Essex, England: Companie <strong>of</strong> Dansers, 1983.Inglehearn,MadeleineInglehearn, Madeleine. 15th Century <strong>Dance</strong>s From Burgundy and Italy.Witham, Essex, England: Companie <strong>of</strong> Dansers, 1983.


24 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Jeppesen, KnudJeppesen, Knud (editor). Balli Antichi Veneziani. , Old Venetian <strong>Dance</strong>s.Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, 1962.Jones, PamelaAnneJones, Pamela Anne. The Relation Between Music and <strong>Dance</strong> in CesareNegri's " Le Gratie D'Amore" 1602, Vol. 1 & 2. UMI, dissertation (University<strong>of</strong> London, King's College), 1989.Keel, JamesFrederickKeel, James Frederick. Music in the Time <strong>of</strong> Queen Elizabeth. 3 p.l., 9-59,m1y p. front., plates. 15 x 12 cm London: privately published, 1914.Keller, Kate VanWinkleKeller, Kate Van Winkle, and Shimer, Genevieve. The Playford Ball. TheCountry <strong>Dance</strong> and Song Society, 1990.Dennis Sherman: A very nice compilation <strong>of</strong> 103 dances from variouseditions <strong>of</strong> Playford. Includes facsimile <strong>of</strong> the original, modern redaction,melody line, and original source <strong>of</strong> dance and music for each selection.Kinkeldey, OttoKinkeldey, Otto. A Jewish Dancing Master <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Renaissance</strong> (GuglielmoEbreo). Pamphlet New York: 1929.auto: There is a previous edition from 1929 but it is not in thisbibliography.Kinkeldey, OttoKinkeldey, Otto. A Jewish Dancing Master <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Renaissance</strong>: GuglielmoEbreo. 44 p. illus., facsim. 21 cm Brooklyn: <strong>Dance</strong> Horizons, 1966.Kirstein, LincolnKirstein, Lincoln. <strong>Dance</strong>: A Short History <strong>of</strong> Classic Theatrical Dancing.Princeton: <strong>Dance</strong> Horizons, 1987.Justin du Coeur: This book is a broad overview <strong>of</strong> the history <strong>of</strong> dance,with a particular focus on theatrical and performance dance. It covers allperiods, from primitive dance up through relatively modern ballet forms,spending several chapters (some 80 pages or so) on the medieval andreanaissance periods. It says very little about actual choreography, buthas some intriguing discussion <strong>of</strong> dance performance, and theenvironment in which these dances were performed.auto: There is a previous edition from 1935 but it is not in thisbibliography.Krajewski, RichardKrajewski, Richard, and Waters, Meaghan. A Collection <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>sPerformed in Lochac and Their Most Often Used and Generally KnownTabulations. 1985.Del (D.Elson): A book describing some <strong>of</strong> the dances performed by SCAgroups in Australia at the time.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 25La Rue, JanLa Rue, Jan (editor), and et al. (editor). Aspects <strong>of</strong> Medieval and<strong>Renaissance</strong> Music: a birthday <strong>of</strong>fering to Gustave Reese. New York:Norton, 1966.Heartz, DanielHeartz, Daniel. A 15th-Century Ballo: Rôti Bouilli Joyeux. New York:Norton, 1966.(In Aspects <strong>of</strong> Medieval and <strong>Renaissance</strong> Music: a birthday <strong>of</strong>fering toGustave Reese pp 359-375.)Southern, EileenSouthern, Eileen. Basse <strong>Dance</strong> Music in Some German Manuscripts <strong>of</strong> the15th Century. New York: [1966].(In Aspects <strong>of</strong> Medieval and <strong>Renaissance</strong> Music: a birthday <strong>of</strong>fering toGustave Reese pp 738-755.)Laban, Juana deLaban, Juana de (editor). Institute <strong>of</strong> Court <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Renaissance</strong> andBaroque Periods. New York: Committee on Research in <strong>Dance</strong>, 1972.Langston, AnnLizbethLangston, Ann Lizbeth. Italian Gagliarda <strong>Dance</strong> Movement in Four <strong>Dance</strong>sFrom Cesare Negri's Le Gratie D'amore (1602). Master's Thesis (University<strong>of</strong> California, Riverside), 1988.Abstract: This thesis focuses on the Late-<strong>Renaissance</strong> Italian gagliardadance type as a component <strong>of</strong> a dance suite within the context <strong>of</strong>choreographic descriptions in Cesare Negri's Le Gratie d'Amore (1602).Definitive materials for reconstruction <strong>of</strong> two dances, "Bassa Gioiosa" and"Laura Gentile," are derived from full execution in a studio situation.Preparatory materials for reconstruction are presented drawn from thedetailed analytical study <strong>of</strong> two other dances, "La Fedelta' d'Amore" and"La Galleria d'Amore." Negri provides rules for proper performance <strong>of</strong> stepunitsused in the duple-meter and triple-meter sections <strong>of</strong> dance suites. Tobetter understand the step-units performed in the dances, Negri'sdescriptions <strong>of</strong> the component step-units were interpreted in Labanotationand word notes. Thus, each detailed interpretation <strong>of</strong> a step-unit is <strong>of</strong>feredhere as one possible and very specific suggestion for use in interpretation<strong>of</strong> the choreographic descriptions in Le Gratie d'Amore.


26 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Lizbeth Langston: According to Negri, two step-units are considered thebasis <strong>of</strong> all cinque-passi variations, the cinque-passi in gagliarda and thecinque-battute di campanella. Though several other dancing mastersdescribe the cinque-passi, Negri is the only master to describe thecampanella as a separate and important step-unit. Examination <strong>of</strong>variations whithin choreographic descriptions reveals that most aremixtures <strong>of</strong> the two basic types, the cinque- passi and the campanella,rather than elaborations <strong>of</strong> one or the other. Three <strong>of</strong> the four dancesanalyzed ("Bassa Gioiosa," "La Fedelta' d'Amore" and "La Galleria d'Amore")contain cinque-passi step-units and variations on the basic cinque-passi,while in the fourth ("Laura Gentile,") seguiti ordinarii replace the cinquepassistep-units. The cinq-pas documented in Orchesographie, by ThoinotArbeau, is the most similar step-unit to Negri's cinque- passi. The basiccinque-passi step-unit from the two manuals <strong>of</strong> Fabritio Caroso, IlBallarino and Nobiltà di Dame, is different from that <strong>of</strong> Negri and Arbeau,for his description specifies a more complex set <strong>of</strong> movements with feweraerial steps. Descriptions <strong>of</strong> cinque-passi step-units in the works <strong>of</strong> theless well-known masters, Prosper Luti di Sulmona and Lodovico Iacobilli,are similar to those <strong>of</strong> Caroso.Lizbeth Langston: For a dance reconstructor, this thesis is most useful forthe interpretations <strong>of</strong> step-units given in Labanotation and word-notes. Ihave notated all Negri's basic gagliarda step-units and most <strong>of</strong> the otherstep-units given in his Rules, but not the various gagliarda variations heenumerates in the second treatise. The dance reconstructions are lessuseful. I have corrected errors and changed my thinking on all the dancesI reconstructed. I have changed the figures radically. I have alsoreinterpreted the proper performance <strong>of</strong> the gagliarda variations. I stillstand by the translations, but the dance scores contain some errors, andthe figures are all incorrect. Therefore, since my interpretations <strong>of</strong> thesedances "sono mal fatto," I do not recommend these reconstructions!Lauze, Francois de Lauze, Francois de. Apologie De La Danse. Geneva: Mink<strong>of</strong>f, 1977.Matt Larsen: This manual describes in great detail a number <strong>of</strong> the dancespopular in the early seventeenth century, including the courante, severaldifferent bransles, the galliard, as well as a few words on the gavotte. Oneinteresting feature is that the work is composed <strong>of</strong> two separate manuals,one for gentlemen, and the other for ladies. To the best <strong>of</strong> my knowledge,this is the first dance manual which indicates that the man is doing steps(other than the bow) which are significantly different from those which thewoman is doing. The manual is dedicated to George Villiers, then Marquis<strong>of</strong> Buckingham. The descriptions are probably meant to discuss the samemovements which Arbeau and others describe (de Lauze actually refers thereader to Arbeau in one instance), but de Lauze's descriptions are sodetailed and involved that it is difficult to understand what he is trying toget across. Thus, while this is a valuable work, it is very difficult to makedefinitive interpretations <strong>of</strong> the descriptions. One cannot help but feel,however, that careful reading <strong>of</strong> the manual and much work would yieldsome very valuable insights. In short, this manual <strong>of</strong>fers a lot <strong>of</strong> promise,but ought not to be tackled unless one is willing to exert a great deal <strong>of</strong>effort.auto: There is a previous edition from 1623 but it is not in thisbibliography.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 27Lauze, Francois deLauze, Francois de, and Wildeblood, Joan. Apologie De La Danse. London:Frederick Muller Ltd., 1952.See entry <strong>of</strong> original for comments.Lehner, MarcusLehner, Marcus. A Manual <strong>of</strong> Sixteenth-Century Italian <strong>Dance</strong> Steps.Freiburg: fa-gisis, 1997.Leitner, Quirin vonLeitner, Quirin von (editor). Freydal des Kaisers Maximilian I. Turniere undMummereien Herausgegeben... Vienna: 1800- 1882.John Forrest: A species <strong>of</strong> reproduction <strong>of</strong> the FREYDAL CODEX, a series<strong>of</strong> engravings <strong>of</strong> masqueraders, musicians and dancers commissioned byMaximillian I HRE. There are about 120 images in all, half <strong>of</strong> which are <strong>of</strong>dance and masquerade.Little, MeredithLittle, Meredith, and Marsh, Carol G. La Danse Noble : An Inventory <strong>of</strong><strong>Dance</strong>s and Sources. Williamstown, MA: Broude Brothers, 1992.Lupi da Carravagio,LivioLupi da Carravagio, Livio. Mutanze Di Gagliarda, Tordiglione, Passo emezzo, Canari e Passeggi. Palermo: gli Heredi di Gio. Francesco Carrara,1600.Lupi da Carravagio,LivioLupi da Carravagio, Livio. Libro Di Gagliarda, Tordiglione, Passo E Mezzo,Canari E Passeggi. Palermo: Gio. Battista Maringo, 1607.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Mutanze Di Gagliarda, Tordiglione, Passo e mezzo, Canari ePasseggi, 1600.Matt Larsen: This is a lengthy volume (about 300 pages) discussing, as thetitle suggests, galliards, tordions, passo e mezzo and canaries. It openswith a short disscussion <strong>of</strong> steps and choreographies for two dances. Themajority <strong>of</strong> the volume, however, is devoted to describing hundreds <strong>of</strong>short sequences <strong>of</strong> galliards, tordions, etc. These are apparently intendedfor use when one needed to "invent" a galliard or other variation. Thereader would memorize and practice several passages from each section,so as to have them ready at need. It is difficult to imagine anyonememorizing all <strong>of</strong> the literally hundreds <strong>of</strong> variations <strong>of</strong>fered here, but it isclear that no one would have been considered an accomplished dancerwithout knowing a few (or better yet, being able to invent them as needed).All in all, an interesting volume, but not as generally useful as either <strong>of</strong>Caroso's works or Negri's book.Lutii de Sulmona,ProsperoLutii de Sulmona, Prospero. Opera Bellissima Nella Quale Si ContegonoMulte Partite, Et Passeggidi Gagliarda .... Perugia: 1589.Matt Larsen: This work is similar to that <strong>of</strong> Lupi, but much shorter. Thediscussion <strong>of</strong> steps is a single page, speaking mostly about caprioles, andonly some thirty-two variations are presented. Only galliard variations arediscussed.


28 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>On line version: http://www.erols.com/eacain/dance/Lutii.htmlMalvezzi,Crist<strong>of</strong>anoMalvezzi, Crist<strong>of</strong>ano, and Walker, D.P. Musiques des Intermèdes de "laPellegrina". Les fêtes du mariage de Ferdinand de Mèdicis et de Christinede Lorraine, Florence, 1589. Paris: Editions du Centre National de laRecerche Scientifique, 1963.Marsh, CarolMarsh, Carol. French Court <strong>Dance</strong> in England, 1706-1740 : A Study <strong>of</strong> theSources. ix, 354 leaves : ill., music, facsims. ; 29 cm UMI, dissertation(City University <strong>of</strong> New York-1985), 1986.Martin, JenniferKaye LoweMartin, Jennifer Kaye Lowe. The English Dancing Master, 1660-1728 : HisRole At Court, in Society and on the Public Stage. iv, 167 leaves : ill. ; 21cm UMI, dissertation (University <strong>of</strong> Michigan), 1977.McGee, Timothy JMcGee, Timothy J. Medieval Instrumental <strong>Dance</strong>s. Indiana UniversityPress, 1989.Justin du Coeur: This book is a little early, but useful for those who areexperimenting with medieval dance. It is primarily a collection <strong>of</strong> all (?) theknown medieval dance tunes, collected into one volume. The introductorysections have a few pages on what is known about the form <strong>of</strong> the dances,although the bulk is spent on discussing the music.McGinnis,Katherine TuckerMcGinnis, Katherine Tucker. Moving in high circles: Courts, dance, anddancing masters in Italy in the long sixteenth century (Guglielmo Ebreo daPesaro, Cesare Negri). UMI, 2001.UMI order number 3007843McGowan,Margaret MMcGowan, Margaret M. L'art Du Ballet De Cour En France, 1581-1643.351 p., 12 leaves <strong>of</strong> plates : ill. ; 23 cm Paris: Centre national de larecherche scientifique, 1963.Mellor, HughMellor, Hugh (editor), and Brinkwater, Leslie (editor). The English DancingMaster or, Plaine and easie Rules for the Dancing <strong>of</strong> Country <strong>Dance</strong>s, withthe Tune to each <strong>Dance</strong>. London: <strong>Dance</strong> Books Ltd., 1984.Dennis Sherman: A semi-facsimile <strong>of</strong> the first edition <strong>of</strong> Playford. Veryminimal notes and discussion.Andrew Draskoy: What does "semi-facsimile" mean?auto: There is a previous edition from 1651 but it is not in thisbibliography.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 29Meredith, Peter Meredith, Peter. The Maner <strong>of</strong> Dauncynge. 1 videocassette (VHS; PAL) (25min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Leeds: The Audiovisual Service, The University <strong>of</strong>Leeds, 1980.Meurs, JohannesvanMeurs, Johannes van. Ioannis Mevrsi Orchestra. Sive, De SaltationibvsVetervm, Liber Singularis. Lvgdvni Batavorvm: ex <strong>of</strong>ficina GodefridiBasson, 1618.. 4 p.l., 111 p. 21 cmMillar, JohnFitzhughMillar, John Fitzhugh. Elizabethan Country <strong>Dance</strong>s. Williamsburg, VA:Thirteen Colonies Press, 1985.Dennis Sherman: Compilation <strong>of</strong> country dances from various editions <strong>of</strong>Playford.Lizbeth Langston: Highly inaccurate. Some <strong>of</strong> the dances bear littlerelation to the original, with no warning that they are adaptations.Moderne, JacquesModerne, Jacques (publisher), and Toulouze, Michel (publisher). DossierBasses-<strong>Dance</strong>s; S'Ensuit L'art Et Instruction De Bien <strong>Dance</strong>r andS'ensuyvent Plusieurs Basses <strong>Dance</strong>s Tant Communes Qu'incommunes:Comme on Pourra Veoyr Cy Dedans. Paris; Lyon: J. Moderne, M. Toulouze,1532;. Genève: Mink<strong>of</strong>f, 1985.Dennis Sherman: Facsimile edition, two basse-dance manuals boundtogether. See original <strong>of</strong> Moderne and Toulouze.Andrew Draskoy: This is really two things in one book. The book itself isnot an edition, but two sections each <strong>of</strong> which is an edition. Need a newitem type to handle this.Moderne, JacquesModerne, Jacques. S'ensuyvent Plusiers Basses <strong>Dance</strong>s, Tant CommunesQue Incommunes,Comme on Pourra Veoyr Cy Dedans.Reprint <strong>of</strong> S'ensuyvent Plusiers Basses <strong>Dance</strong>s, Tant Communes QueIncommunes,Comme on Pourra Veoyr Cy Dedans, c. 1532-1533.(In Dossier Basses-<strong>Dance</strong>s; S'Ensuit L'art Et Instruction De Bien <strong>Dance</strong>rand S'ensuyvent Plusieurs Basses <strong>Dance</strong>s Tant CommunesQu'incommunes: Comme on Pourra Veoyr Cy Dedans. Paris; Lyon: J.Moderne, M. Toulouze, 1532;.)Toulouze, Michel Toulouze, Michel (publisher). L'art Et Instruction De Bien <strong>Dance</strong>r. ,Toulouze Incunabulum.Reprint <strong>of</strong> L'art Et Instruction De Bien <strong>Dance</strong>r, c. 1488-1496.(In Dossier Basses-<strong>Dance</strong>s; S'Ensuit L'art Et Instruction De Bien <strong>Dance</strong>rand S'ensuyvent Plusieurs Basses <strong>Dance</strong>s Tant CommunesQu'incommunes: Comme on Pourra Veoyr Cy Dedans. Paris; Lyon: J.Moderne, M. Toulouze, 1532;.)


30 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Moderne, JacquesModerne, Jacques (publisher). S'ensuyvent Plusiers Basses <strong>Dance</strong>s, TantCommunes Que Incommunes,Comme on Pourra Veoyr Cy Dedans. Lyon:Jacques Moderne, c. 1532-1533.Matt Larsen: Only known copy in Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale (Coll.Rothschild, VI-3 bis-66, No. 19). Brief study and edition <strong>of</strong> the dancespublished by Francois Lesure. "<strong>Dance</strong>s et chansons a danser au debut duXVIe siecle." Recuil de travaux <strong>of</strong>ferts a M. Clovis Brunel vol. II, pp. 176-184. Includes a short discussion on steps and a list <strong>of</strong> 115 basse dances,although without the music. Many <strong>of</strong> the dances also appear in Brusselsand Toulouze. The introduction given by Moderne is very similar to thatgiven by Toulouze, and may have been a rewriting <strong>of</strong> it.Moe, LawrenceHenryMoe, Lawrence Henry. <strong>Dance</strong> music in printed Italian lute tablatures from1507-1611. Thesis (Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University), 1956.Montagut, B. de Montagut, B. de. Lovange De La <strong>Dance</strong>. , British Museum MS Royal 16E,37-39. c. 1623.Matt Larsen: Ms. in London, British Museum (MS Royal 16E, 37-39).Unpublished. Like the manual by de Lauze, this describes earlyseventeenth century court dancing, in which one can see the beginnings <strong>of</strong>what will become baroque dance in the next century. It begins with adiscussion <strong>of</strong> the "principles" <strong>of</strong> dance, continues with a section on thereverence, followed by detailed discussions <strong>of</strong> the courante, bransles andgalliardes (with a specific section discussing the capriole). This work issimilar in many ways to that <strong>of</strong> de Lauze, even being dedicated to the samegentleman, George Villiers, Marquis <strong>of</strong> Buckingham, who was apparentlyan avid dancer. Like de Lauze, Montagut also gives very detailedinstructions, and like de Lauze, his instructions are difficult to follow.Nevertheless, they contain considerably more information on the courantethan any other sources, and they go into considerable detail on the finepoints <strong>of</strong> the dances they describe, which cannot be said <strong>of</strong> many othermanuals <strong>of</strong> the time.Morley, ThomasMorley, Thomas, and Harmon, R. Alec. A Plaine and Easie Introduction toPracticall Musicke. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1952.Reprint <strong>of</strong> A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke, 1597.Morley, ThomasMorley, Thomas. A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke.1597.Matt Larsen: This work is primarily a music text, but some comments are<strong>of</strong>fered on dance music. It is useful in the same way that Orchestra isusefulNegri, Cesare Negri, Cesare. Nuove Inventioni Di Balli. Milan: 1604.Matt Larsen: This volume was a reprint <strong>of</strong> Negri's previous volume, Legratie d'amore.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 31Negri, Cesare Negri, Cesare. Le Gratie D'amore. New York: Broude Brothers, 1969.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Le Gratie D'amore, 1602.Negri, CesareNegri, Cesare, and Kendall, Gustavia Yvonne. "Le Gratie D'amore" 1602 ByCesare Negri: Translation and Commentary. University Micr<strong>of</strong>ilmsInternational, dissertation (Stanford University), 1985.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Le Gratie D'amore, 1602.Matt Larsen: Kendall's translation is a very valuable volume, since it <strong>of</strong>fersboth a facsimile <strong>of</strong> the original and a translation. Thus, whenreconstructing a dance, it is easy to refer to the original at any point, butthe work is also accessible to those who don't know Italian. The translationis not completely reliable, however, and some reference to the facsimileshould be made.Negri, Cesare Negri, Cesare. Le Gratie D'amore. Milan: 1602.Matt Larsen: Like the other Italian manuals <strong>of</strong> the sixteenth century, thisis a large volume <strong>of</strong> long and very difficult dances. In particular thisvolume includes a long discussion on galliard variations, and gives manygalliard steps, including steps used for the "kick the tassel" contest. Itshould be noted that Negri uses some <strong>of</strong> the same names as Caroso forwhat seem from the descriptions to be different steps, so one should usecare when reconstructing a dance to use the appropriate steps. Onaverage, the dances which Negri presents are more complicated than thosewhich Caroso <strong>of</strong>fers. That is, the simplest <strong>of</strong> Negri's dances is morecomplicated than the simplest <strong>of</strong> Caroso's; although the most difficultdances <strong>of</strong> each author are similar in complexityNelson Historical<strong>Dance</strong> SocietyNelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. The Fifteenth Century Base Danze andBallo. Nelson, England:Nelson Historical<strong>Dance</strong> SocietyNelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. <strong>Dance</strong> With Giorgio. Nelson, England:Nelson Historical<strong>Dance</strong> SocietyNelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. A Study <strong>of</strong> Two Fifteenth Century <strong>Dance</strong>s.Nelson, England:Nelson Historical<strong>Dance</strong> SocietyNelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. The Brando: A Sixteenth Century <strong>Dance</strong>Type. Nelson, England:Nelson Historical<strong>Dance</strong> SocietyNelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. Il Furioso. Nelson, England:Del (D.Elson): A thorough description <strong>of</strong> the steps, timings, and floorpatterns <strong>of</strong> Caroso's Furioso from Il Ballarino, and the three variations onit from Nobiltà di Dame.


32 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Nelson Historical<strong>Dance</strong> SocietyNelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. <strong>Dance</strong> With Giorgio Un Altra Volta.Nelson, England:Nelson Historical<strong>Dance</strong> SocietyNelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. Three More Sixteenth Century <strong>Dance</strong>s.Nelson, England:See Pleydell for more information.Nelson Historical<strong>Dance</strong> SocietyNelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. Il Canario. Nelson, England:Nelson Historical<strong>Dance</strong> SocietyNelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society. A Study <strong>of</strong> Some Sixteenth Century<strong>Dance</strong>s. Nelson, England:See Pleydell for more information.Newman, JoelNewman, Joel. Galliard Rhythms: A Study Outline.Oberstein,ElizabethOberstein, Elizabeth. The Merveilleux : An Aesthetic Approach to theBaroque <strong>Dance</strong> Spectacle. Master's Thesis (UCLA), 1972Padovan, MaurizioPadovan, Maurizio (editor). Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro e la danza nellecorti italiane del XV secolo : atti del Convegno internazionale di studi,Pesaro 16/18 luglio 1987. 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Pisa: Pacini, 1990.Paino, FPaino, F (editor). Dramma medioevale europeo, Atti della 2a ConferenzaInternazionale, Camerino, 4-6 luglio 1997. Camerino: Università degliStudi di Camerino, Centro Linguistico di Ateneo, 1998.Pontremoli,AlessandroPontremoli, Alessandro. La Moresca: una forma di teatro-danza del XVIsecolo. Camerino: Università degli Studi di Camerino, Centro Linguistico diAteneo, 1998.(In Dramma medioevale europeo, Atti della 2a Conferenza Internazionale,Camerino, 4-6 luglio 1997 pp 79-103.)Playford, JohnPlayford, John, and Dean-Smith, Margaret. Playford's English DancingMaster - a Facsimile Reprint With an Introduction, <strong>Bibliography</strong> andNotes. London: Schott & Co. Ltd., 1957.Reprint <strong>of</strong> The English Dancing Master, 1651.See original for more informationPlayford, John Playford, John. The English Dancing Master. London: 1651.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 33http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/org/sca/src/contributed/pc2d@andrew.cmu.edu/dance/playford.html Online transcriptionMatt Larsen: Most SCA people are familiar with some English countrydances, which are at least as popular as Arbeau's dances. This is due inpart to the fact that there are organizations outside the SCA which havedone considerable research into these dances. It should be remembered,however, that many <strong>of</strong> the dances which are commonly done by suchgroups come from later editions than Playford's original publication, orfrom other sources stretching all the way to the late eighteenth century. Inany case, the dances which are described by Playford in his 1651 editionare relatively easy, and are mostly combinations <strong>of</strong> a fairly smallvocabulary <strong>of</strong> steps, so they are fairly easy to reconstruct. Along withArbeau's Orchesography, this is the most accessible <strong>of</strong> the originalsources, and can serve as a good starting point for aspiring dance masters.One disadvantage, the fact that the music given with the dances is only asingle line, has been <strong>of</strong>fset by the publication in recent years <strong>of</strong> a number<strong>of</strong> booklets <strong>of</strong> early Playford dance tunes with full arrangements, as well asa number <strong>of</strong> recordings for the dance master who doesn't have musiciansat his or her command.Lizbeth Langston: Note that step-unit descriptions in Playford are verybrief. He does not indicate whether to start movements on the L or R footand does not indicate how to do figures. This has led to severalreconstruction traditions and performance practices. Playford is achallenge and fun to work with.Pleydell, Lillian Pleydell, Lillian. A Study <strong>of</strong> Some Sixteenth Century <strong>Dance</strong>s. 96 p. : ill. ;21 cm Great Britain: 1985.Pleydell, Lillian Pleydell, Lillian. Three More Fifteenth Century Italian <strong>Dance</strong>s. 43 p. : ill. ;21 cm Nelson, England: Nelson Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society, 1987.Pompilio, APompilio, A (editor), and Restani, D (editor), and Bianconi, L (editor), andGallo, F. A (editor). Atti del XIV Congresso della Società Internazionale diMusicologia: Trasmissione e recezione delle forme di cultura musicale.Turin: Edizioni di Torino, 1990.Caldwell, JohnCaldwell, John. Early Keyboard Tablatures and Medieval <strong>Dance</strong> Theory.Turin: Edizioni di Torino, 1990.(In Atti del XIV Congresso della Società Internazionale di Musicologia:Trasmissione e recezione delle forme di cultura musicale pp 681-686.)Pontremoli,AlessandroPontremoli, Alessandro. Intermedio spettacolare e danza teatrale a Milan<strong>of</strong>ra Cinque e Seicento. Milano: Euresis, 1999.Pontremoli,AlessandroPontremoli, Alessandro, and La Rocca, Patrizia. Il ballare Lombardo :teoria e prassi coreutica nella festa di corte del XV secolo. vi, 250 p., 16 p.<strong>of</strong> plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm Milano: Vita e pensiero, 1987.


34 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Pourot, PaulPourot, Paul. La chanson, le masque, la danse; origines et histoire de lachanson, du carnaval, de la danse et des noels. 183 p., 2 l. 19 cm Paris: E.Figuiere, 1927.Praetorius, Michael Praetorius, Michael. Terpsichore. Wolfenbuttel: 1612.Matt Larsen: Like Morley's work, this is primarily a work concerningmusic, not dance. However, it is music for dancing and includes somenotes which are <strong>of</strong> interest.Praetorius, Michael Praetorius, Michael. Syntagma Musicum. Wolfenbuttel: 1619.Matt Larsen: This volume is similar to Terpsichore, but treats musicaltheory more than specific musical pieces. Like the others, it is usefulmostly as supporting evidence for steps and dancing practices, rather thanas a source for specific choreographies.Praetorius, MichaelPraetorius, Michael. Terpsichore. New York: LaNove Davenport, AssociatedMusic Publishers, 1969.Andrew Draskoy: Modern editions <strong>of</strong> nine <strong>of</strong> Praetorius' dances arrangedin six parts.Pugliese, PatriPugliese, Patri, and Casazza, Joseph. Practise For Dauncinge; SomeAlmans and a Pavan, England 1570-1650, A Manual For <strong>Dance</strong>Instruction. Cambridge, MA: P.J. Pugliese & J. Casazza, 1980.Dennis Sherman: Redactions <strong>of</strong> selected dances from Cunningham,includes 4 part arrangements <strong>of</strong> the music for the dances.Pujol, FrancescaPujol, Francesca (editor), and Amades, Joan (editor). Diccionari De LaDanza. Vol. I, Canconer Popular De Catalunya. Barcelona: 1936.Includes facsimile <strong>of</strong> " Manuscrit del Hospital (Tarrago)." See entry <strong>of</strong>original for comments.Putt, Alice LouellaPutt, Alice Louella. Masquers Unmasked : Masques, <strong>Dance</strong>-Masters andPerformers At the Inns <strong>of</strong> Court, 1526-1687. Master's Thesis (University <strong>of</strong>California, Riverside), 1986.Randel, DonMichaelRandel, Don Michael, and Apel, Willi. The New Harvard Dictionary <strong>of</strong>Music. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986.Rastall, RichardRastall, Richard, and Lequet, A. E. L'art Et Instruction De Bien <strong>Dance</strong>r.New York: <strong>Dance</strong> Horizons, 1971.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 35Matt Larsen: This is a facsimile and translation <strong>of</strong> the Toulouze MS, withtranscribed music. For the interested scholar who does not read French,this volume is valuable for the translation <strong>of</strong> the introductory discussion <strong>of</strong>steps, although the translation is not perfect.Ravelh<strong>of</strong>er,BarbaraRavelh<strong>of</strong>er, Barbara (editor). Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference, Ghent, 2000. Ghent: Institute forHistorical <strong>Dance</strong> Practice, 2000.Draskóy, AndrewDraskóy, Andrew. "Se il cavallo e gagliardo": Connections betweenHorsemanship and <strong>Dance</strong> in 16th-century Italy. Ghent: Institute forHistorical <strong>Dance</strong> Practice, 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000.)Test: This is a version <strong>of</strong> another paper as described in some period manuals.Nevile, JenniferNevile, Jennifer. The Four misure in Fifteenth-Century Italian <strong>Dance</strong>.2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 1-6.)Nowaczek, JadwigaNowaczek, Jadwiga. The Misery <strong>of</strong> the misure - A Practical Approach.2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 7-8.)Caldwell, John Caldwell, John. Some Observations on the Four misure. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 9-10.)Lehner, MarcusLehner, Marcus. The Cascarda: An Italian <strong>Dance</strong> Form <strong>of</strong> the SixteenthCentury. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 11-20.)Sutton, JuliaSutton, Julia. Hitherto Unexamined Sources for the Study <strong>of</strong> 16th-Century<strong>Dance</strong> in the 21st Century. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 31-34.)Pugliese, Patri JPugliese, Patri J. Issues in Fencing and Dancing in the Late SixteenthCentury. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 39-44.)


36 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Tsachor, RachelleTsachor, Rachelle. Laban Movement Analysis and the Actor's Process as aSource for Reconstructing Sixteenth-Century <strong>Dance</strong>. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 45-50.)Arcangeli,AlessandroArcangeli, Alessandro. <strong>Dance</strong> and Law. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 51-64.)Barlow, JeremyBarlow, Jeremy. Honneur a la <strong>Dance</strong>: A Musical Analysis <strong>of</strong> Le PremierBallet in Le Balet Comique de la Royne. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 65-70.)Daye, AnneDaye, Anne. Honneur à la <strong>Dance</strong>: A Choreographic Analysis <strong>of</strong> the BalletEntries <strong>of</strong> Le Balet Comique de la Royne. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 71-84.)Callison, DarceyCallison, Darcey, and Warner, Mary Jane. <strong>Dance</strong> Improvisation asCommunication: The Link Between <strong>Renaissance</strong> and Baroque <strong>Dance</strong>.2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 85-92.)McGowan,MargaretMcGowan, Margaret. The Art <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Dance</strong> in Seventeenth-Century Frenchballet de cour: An Overview. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 93-104.)Bussels, Stijn Bussels, Stijn. Le Balet de Princes Indiens (1634). 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 105-114.)de Cooman,Ingeborgde Cooman, Ingeborg. <strong>Dance</strong>s and Ballet in Seventeenth-Century Theatre<strong>of</strong> the Southern Netherlands. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 115-130.)Inglehearn,MadeleineInglehearn, Madeleine. Developments in Baroque <strong>Dance</strong> Research. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 131-136.)


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 37Stalpert, ChristelStalpert, Christel. Towards a Contextual-Iconographic Study <strong>of</strong> RoyalBallet in Brussels in the Eighteenth Century: from Royal Adulation toPopular Authority. 2000.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> Terpsichore 1450-1900 International <strong>Dance</strong> Conference,Ghent, 2000 pp 137-148.)Rocheforte,Fidelico deRocheforte, Fidelico de. Fideleco's <strong>Dance</strong> Notes. privately published.Justin du Coeur: These two GBC-bound volumes collect simple notes onthe dances performed on the tapes, "The Companions <strong>of</strong> St. Cecelia; SCA<strong>Dance</strong> Musicke", vols 1 & 2. Each book gives the melody line and a basicdance description for around 20 dances. Volume 1 is heavy on EnglishCountry <strong>Dance</strong>, volume 2 on Areau, but both contain a mix, includingsome earlier dances and some SCA inventions. Sources are listed, as wellas some musical notes (including lyrics to tunes, when known); this isbasically the extent <strong>of</strong> the background material. A convenient collection <strong>of</strong>cheat sheets, particularly for SCA use, and especially with combined withthe tapes (which are generally pleasant to listen to, and danceable).Rossi, VittorioRossi, Vittorio (editor). Un Ballo a Firenze Nel 1459. Milan: Istituto Italianod'Arti Grafiche, 1885.Sachs, Curt Sachs, Curt, and Schonberg, Bessie. World History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1963.Reprint <strong>of</strong> World History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>, 1937.Sachs, CurtSachs, Curt, and Schonberg, Bessie. World History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>. New York:Bonanza Books, 1937.Andrew Draskoy: Includes transcription <strong>of</strong> "Le ballet de la royne deCessile."Justin du Coeur: This is essentially what the title implies: a sweepingoverview <strong>of</strong> all forms <strong>of</strong> dance (including some speculations about dance inthe stone age!) It contains a fairly substantial section on the Medieval and<strong>Renaissance</strong> periods; roughly pages 248-391 are relevant to these periods,before it moves thoroughly into the Baroque. The book is ratherinteresting, and tries to view everything from a very broad perspective.However, it should be noted that any book written in 1937 is inevitablygoing to have somewhat dated scholarship. The book concludes with alarge selection <strong>of</strong> plates, all black and white, several <strong>of</strong> which are relevantto the <strong>Renaissance</strong>.Sadie, StanleySadie, Stanley (editor). The New Grove Dictionary <strong>of</strong> Music and Musicians.20 v. : ill. ; 26 cm. London: Macmillan Publishers, 1980.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Grove's Dictionary <strong>of</strong> Music and Musicians, 1964.


38 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Brainard, IngridBrainard, Ingrid. <strong>Dance</strong> III: Middle Ages and early <strong>Renaissance</strong>.(In The New Grove Dictionary <strong>of</strong> Music and Musicians.)Sutton, Julia Sutton, Julia. <strong>Dance</strong> IV: Late <strong>Renaissance</strong> and Baroque to 1700.(In The New Grove Dictionary <strong>of</strong> Music and Musicians.)Sadie, StanleySadie, Stanley (editor), and Tyrell, John (editor). The New Grove Dictionary<strong>of</strong> Music and Musicians. 29 v. : ill. ; 27 cm. New York: Grove'sDictionaries, 2000.Reprint <strong>of</strong> The New Grove Dictionary <strong>of</strong> Music and Musicians, 1980.Santucci, Ercole Santucci, Ercole. Maestro da Ballo. 474 pp. 1614.Andrew Draskoy: A manuscript apparently intended for publication,written in Perugia by a Maestro di Ballo from there. Privately held in Romeuntil recently put on the market and purchased by the library. 474pp.containing 12 choreographies, and 214 regole intended for beginners. Thechoreographies are mostly by others, sometimes "modernized" by theauthor. In some cases earlier versions <strong>of</strong> the dances are extant. (e.g. inCaroso, Compasso). BarbaraSparti is preparing an edition. For more details on these points, see Sparti and Giordano.Schlundt,Christena LSchlundt, Christena L (editor). Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Seventh AnnualConference <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. Towson, MD: <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars, 1984.Dils, Ann Dils, Ann. The Egg <strong>Dance</strong>s. Towson, MD: <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, 1984.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Seventh Annual Conference <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars pp 119-135.)Lizbeth Langston: Traces the history <strong>of</strong> this popular amusement <strong>of</strong> the16th-18th C. "Egg dances can be grouped in two categories <strong>of</strong>performance, egg manipulation and egg avoidance. In both cases, aprimary concern <strong>of</strong> the dance is not to break the eggs."Sutton, JuliaSutton, Julia. Triple Pavans: Clues to Some Mysteries in 16th-Century<strong>Dance</strong>. Towson, MD: <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, 1984.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Seventh Annual Conference <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars pp 136-144.)Wagner, AnnLouiseWagner, Ann Louise. <strong>Dance</strong> As Vice: A Continuing Analysis From theSixteenth Century English Courtesy Literature. Towson, MD: <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars, 1984.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Seventh Annual Conference <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars pp 110-118.)


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 39Schlundt,Christena LSchlundt, Christena L (editor). Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Fifth Annual Conference<strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. Cambridge, MA: <strong>Dance</strong> HistoryScholars, 1982.Hardy, CamilleHardy, Camille. Ballet Comique De La Reine: A Primer on Subtext andSymbol. Cambridge, MA: <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, 1982.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Fifth Annual Conference <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars pp 137-147.)Ingber, Judith BrinIngber, Judith Brin. Jewish Wedding <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Europe During the MiddleAges and <strong>Renaissance</strong>. Cambridge, MA: <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, 1982.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Fifth Annual Conference <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars pp 69-77.)Keller, Kate VanWinkleKeller, Kate Van Winkle. Playford, Feuillet, and Apple II: New Techniques<strong>of</strong> Indexing Music. Cambridge, MA: <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, 1982.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Fifth Annual Conference <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars pp 28-34.)Schlundt,Christena LSchlundt, Christena L. The Still Point <strong>of</strong> Perfection. Cambridge, MA: <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars, 1982.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Fifth Annual Conference <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars pp 103-110.)Lizbeth Langston: discussion <strong>of</strong> the process <strong>of</strong> being a dance historian.Sharp, Cecil J Sharp, Cecil J. The Country <strong>Dance</strong> Book. Novello, 1909.John Forrest: Parts 2, 3, 4 & 6 are made up <strong>of</strong> Sharp's reconstructions <strong>of</strong>notations culled from a variety <strong>of</strong> editions <strong>of</strong> Playford. Many decisions thathe made have, in the light <strong>of</strong> more recent scholarship, been challenged,but it was this collection that began the revival <strong>of</strong> interest in Playforddances. Consequently, his reconstructions are still treated as authoritativeby many dancers despite their flaws. The set is accompanied by a series <strong>of</strong>piano scores from Sharp's pen.Sharp, Cecil JSharp, Cecil J, and Macilwaine, Herbert C. The Morris Book With aDescription <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>s As Performed By the Morris-Men <strong>of</strong> England.Yorkshire, England: EP Publishing, Limited, 1974.John Forrest: The first systematic notation <strong>of</strong> English morris dances basedon fieldwork with traditional dancers primarily in the South Midlands atthe beginning <strong>of</strong> the twentieth century. Sharp put forward the notion thatthese dances represented a continuous tradition from the Middle Ages andbeyond, but more recent analysis <strong>of</strong> the primary data indicates that morrisdances have undergone radical changes throughout their documentedhistory (starting in 1458). Thus the dances Sharp collected are a(reasonably) reliable index <strong>of</strong> nineteenth century traditions only.


40 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>auto: There is a previous edition from 1912 but it is not in thisbibliography.Smith, A. WilliamSmith, A. William. Fifteenth-Century <strong>Dance</strong> and Music; The CompleteTranscribed Treatises and Collections in the Domenico Piacenza Tradition.Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 1996.Del (D. Elson): A nearly complete transcription and translation <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> thefifteenth century Italian dance manuscripts, published in 2 volumes. Thefirst volume gives a transcription and translation <strong>of</strong> three <strong>of</strong> themanuscripts, those by Domenico da Piacenza, Antonio Cornazano, andGiovanni Ambrosio, including music. The second volume tabulates all <strong>of</strong>the balli and bassadanze across the 12 manuscripts.Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Ninth AnnualConference: City College, City University <strong>of</strong> New York, 1986. Riverside:<strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, 1986.Lizbeth Langston: Partial contents: - Franco, Mark. Geometric <strong>Dance</strong> inFrench Court Ballet. - Sparti, Barbara. Style and Performance in the Social<strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the Italian <strong>Renaissance</strong>: Ornamentation, Improvisation,Variation, and Virtuosity. - Feves, Angene. Caroso's Patronesses. -Woodruff, Dianne L. The Balet Comique in the Petit Bourbon: A PracticalView. - Chazin-Bennahum, Judith. The contribution <strong>of</strong> Jean- JacquesRousseau to Ballet. - Little, Meredith. Research Opportunities in FrenchCourt Dancing. - Astier, Regine. Monsieur Ballon, Dancing Master to LouisXV: A Biography.Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Fifteenth AnnualConference, American <strong>Dance</strong> Abroad: Influence <strong>of</strong> the United StatesExperience, University <strong>of</strong> California, Riverside, 14-15 February 1992.Riverside: <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, 1992.Lizbeth Langston: Partial Contents: - Jackson, Naomi. The Role <strong>of</strong> Americain the Jacobean masque: Performed Ethnography and the Exploration <strong>of</strong>Self-Transformation in the English <strong>Renaissance</strong>.Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, and Schlundt, Christena L.Proceedings, Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, Seventh AnnualConference : Goucher College, Towson, MD, 17-19 February 1984..Towson, MD: The Scholars, 1984.Lizbeth Langston: Partial Contents: - Wagner, Ann. <strong>Dance</strong> as Vice: AContinuing Analysis from the Sixteenth Century English CourtesyLiterature. - Dils, Ann. The Egg <strong>Dance</strong>s. - Sutton, Julia. Triple Pavans:Clues to Some Mysteries in 16th-Century <strong>Dance</strong>.Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Twelfth AnnualConference: Arizona State University, 1989. Riverside: <strong>Dance</strong> HistoryScholars, 1989.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 41Lizbeth Langston: Partial Contents: - Smith, A. William. <strong>Dance</strong> in EarlySixteenth-Century Venice: The "Mumaria: and Some <strong>of</strong> itsChoreographers" - Harris-Warrick, Rebecca. The Dancing Duchess <strong>of</strong>Burgundy: The Life <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Dance</strong> Enthusiast at the Court <strong>of</strong> Louis XIV.Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, and Schlundt, Christena L.Proceedings, <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, Fifth Annual Conference : HarvardUniversity, 13-15 February, 1982. Cambridge, Mass.: The Scholars, 1982.Lizbeth Langston: Partial Contents: - Keller, Kate Van Winkle. Playford,Feuillet, and Apple II: New Techniques <strong>of</strong> Indexing Music - Ingber, JudithBrin. Jewish Wedding <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Europe during the Middle Ages and<strong>Renaissance</strong> - Schlundt, Christena L. The Still Point <strong>of</strong> Perfection. - Hardy,Camille. Ballet Comique de La Reine: A Primer on Subtext and SymbolSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Tenth AnnualConference: University <strong>of</strong> California, Irvine, 1987. Riverside: <strong>Dance</strong> HistoryScholars, 1987.Lizbeth Langston: Partial Contents: - Semmens, Richard T. TerpsichoreReborn: The French Noble Style and Drama. - Smith, A. William.Belriguardo (Vecchio): A Critical Discussion.Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, and Schlundt, Christena L. The MyriadFaces <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> : Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Eighth Annual Conference, Society <strong>of</strong><strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, University <strong>of</strong> New Mexico, Department <strong>of</strong> TheatreArts, <strong>Dance</strong> Division, Fine Arts Center, 15-17 February 1985. ii leaves,210 p. : ill. ; 28 cm Riverside, CA: the Society, 1985.Lizbeth Langston: Partial Contents: - Pforsich, Janis. Folie D'Espagne:Theme and Variation in Baroque <strong>Dance</strong>. - Doob, Penelope B.R. TheAuxerre Labyrinth <strong>Dance</strong>. - Merritt, Meredith. <strong>Dance</strong> Terms in<strong>Renaissance</strong> dictionaries. - Rubin, Dorothy. English Measures andCountry <strong>Dance</strong>s: A Comparison - Jones, Pamela and Ingrid Brainard.Comparative Reconstruction: "Ardente Sole" from Caroso's Il BallarinoSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Fourteenth AnnualConference: <strong>Dance</strong> in Hispanic Cultures, New World School <strong>of</strong> the Arts,Miami Florida, 8-10 February 1991. Riverside: <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars,1991.Lizbeth Langston: Partial Contents: - Phillips, Miriam S. A SharedTechinque/Shared Roots? A Comparison <strong>of</strong> Kathak and Flamenco <strong>Dance</strong>History. - Stark, Alan. What Steps did the Spaniards Take in the <strong>Dance</strong>? ASurvey <strong>of</strong> Four Centuries <strong>of</strong> Documentary Sources. - Brooks, LynnMatluck. Cosmic Imagery in the Religious <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Seville's Golden Age. -Smith, A. William. Spanish <strong>Dance</strong> Contributions 500 years ago. - Russell,Craig H. Lully & French <strong>Dance</strong> in Imperial Spain: The Long Road fromVersailles to Veracruz. - Gingell, Jane. <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> 17th Century Spain. -Ingber, Judith Brin. Sephardic <strong>Dance</strong>: A Lecture Demonstration


42 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. Proceedings, <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars,Sixth Annual Conference : Ohio State University, 1983. Milwaukee, Wis.:Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, 1983.Lizbeth Langston: Partial Contents: - Sparshott, Francis. The Missing Art<strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> - Brainard, Ingrid G. Modes, Manners, Movement: TheInteraction <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> and Dress from the Late Middle Ages to the<strong>Renaissance</strong>. - Wagner, Ann. <strong>Dance</strong> as Virtue: An Analysis from theSixteenth Century Courtesy Literature. - Applegate, Joan S. EnglishCavalier <strong>Dance</strong>-Songs: Henry Lawes and Robert Herrick. - Chadima, HelenGower. The Use <strong>of</strong> Castanets in Baroque <strong>Dance</strong>. - Marsh, Carol. Fishingfor Basses: Finding Musical Concordances for English Country <strong>Dance</strong>s. -Foster, Susan Leigh. On Dancing and the <strong>Dance</strong>: Two visions <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>'sHistory. - Brainard, Ingrid. Court <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the 15th Century. - Daniels,Margaret. Passacaille d'Armide. - Feves, Angene and Hammond, SandraNoll. La Bacchante: Alternate Performance StylesSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>History ScholarsSociety <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars. Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Eleventh AnnualConference, Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> History Scholars, North Carolina School <strong>of</strong>Arts, February 12-14, 1988. ii leaves, 269 p. : ill. ; 28 cm Riverside: <strong>Dance</strong>History Scholars, 1988.Stephens, VivianStephens, Vivian, and Cellio, Monica. Joy and Jealousy : A Manual <strong>of</strong>15th-Century Italian Balli. Pittsburgh: Real Soon Now Press, 1997.Sutton, JuliaSutton, Julia, and Holub, Johannes. Il Ballarino: The Art <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong><strong>Dance</strong>. 1 videocassette (33 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Pennington, NJ: <strong>Dance</strong>Horizons Video, 1990.Reconstructions <strong>of</strong> dances by Marco Fabritio Caroso and Cesare Negri.Julia Sutton, Patricia Rader (dancer), Charles Perrier (dancer), Tom Zajac(recorder; flute; percussion), Grant Herreid (lute), Karen Hansen (violin)and Paul Shipper (plucked instruments)Symborski, LynnSymborski, Lynn. Eastern Kingdom <strong>Dance</strong> Book. Privately published,1979.Del (D.Elson): A book listing common SCA dances <strong>of</strong> the period.Tercio, DTercio, D (editor). Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the International Conference 'ContinentsIn Movement: The Meeting <strong>of</strong> Cultures in <strong>Dance</strong> History', 1999. 1999.Sparti, BarbaraSparti, Barbara. Introduzione alla tavola rotonda 'Mattaccino-Moresca:Past and Present' e The Moresca and Mattaccino in Italy; circa 1450-1630.1999.(In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the International Conference 'Continents In Movement:The Meeting <strong>of</strong> Cultures in <strong>Dance</strong> History', 1999 pp 189-199.)


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 43Thomas, BernardThomas, Bernard, and Gingell, Jane. The <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> Book;<strong>Dance</strong>s From the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries. London:London Pro Musica, 1987.Lizbeth Langston: Gingell's step-unit descriptions are clear and easy towork with. I find all her interpretations reasonable. There are some errors(as in the galliard description from Negri) and some figures reversed (as in"Leggiadra Marina").Dennis Sherman: Includes bibliographic notes on dances and on music,performance notes, discussion. Includes 4 and 5 part performing editions(both parts and score) <strong>of</strong> the music for all dances included, which are asampling <strong>of</strong> many styles found in the Sixteenth and Seventeenthcenturies.Wagner, AnnLouiseWagner, Ann Louise. The Significance <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> in Sixteenth CenturyCourtesy Literature. v, 229 p. : ill UMI, dissertation (University <strong>of</strong>Minnesota), 1983.Westlake, NatHubert JohnWestlake, Nat Hubert John. The <strong>Dance</strong>; Historic Illustrations <strong>of</strong> DancingFrom 3300 B.C. To 1911 A.D.. viii, 68 p. illus. (incl. ports.) 25 cm London:J. Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd., 1911.By an AntiquaryWhite, EileenWhite, Eileen, and Mitchell, Kathy. The Maner <strong>of</strong> Dauncynge. 36 p. : ill.,facsims., music ; 21 cm Leeds: Arbeau <strong>Dance</strong>rs, 1981.Wilson, D. RWilson, D. R. The Steps Used in Court Dancing in Fifteenth-Century Italy.privately published, 1992.Del (D.Elson): This is an exceedingly useful book for people studying 15thC dance. It lists, in sections ordered alphabetically, all <strong>of</strong> the stepscontained in the 15th C Italian dances. For each step it gives a detailedreconstruction; including evidence extracted from the manuscripts,examples <strong>of</strong> use, and comparisons as to how the steps were referred to bythe different authors (Domenico, Cornazano, and Guglielmo).Wilson, D. RWilson, D. R. The Steps Used in Court Dancing in Fifteenth-Century Italy.115 p. privately published, 1998.Reprint <strong>of</strong> The Steps Used in Court Dancing in Fifteenth-Century Italy,1992.Wilson, D. RWilson, D. R. Domenico <strong>of</strong> Piacenza (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Ital.972). Cambridge: The Early <strong>Dance</strong> Circle, 1988.Wood, MelusineWood, Melusine. Advanced Historical <strong>Dance</strong>s. 189 p. plate, diagrs. 26 cmLondon: Imperial Society <strong>of</strong> Teachers <strong>of</strong> Dancing, 1960.


44 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Wood, MelusineWood, Melusine. Some Historical <strong>Dance</strong>s, Twelfth to Nineteenth Century;Their Manner <strong>of</strong> Performance and Their Place in the Social Life <strong>of</strong> the Time.184 p. plates. 26 cm London: Imperial Society <strong>of</strong> Teachers <strong>of</strong> Dancing,1952.Wood, MelusineWood, Melusine. Historical <strong>Dance</strong>s (Twelfth to Nineteenth Century) : TheirManner <strong>of</strong> Performance and Their Place in the Social Life <strong>of</strong> the Time. 184p., 8 p. <strong>of</strong> plates : music ; 22 cm London: <strong>Dance</strong> Books, 1982.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Some Historical <strong>Dance</strong>s, Twelfth to Nineteenth Century; TheirManner <strong>of</strong> Performance and Their Place in the Social Life <strong>of</strong> the Time,1952.Wood, MelusineWood, Melusine. More Historical <strong>Dance</strong>s, Comprising the Technical Part <strong>of</strong>the Elementary Syllabus and the Intermediate Syllabus, the Latter SectionIncluding Such <strong>Dance</strong>s As Appertain But Not Previously Described. 159 p.illus. 26 cm 3 London: Imperial Society <strong>of</strong> Teachers <strong>of</strong> Dancing, 1956.Zuccolo da ColognaZuccolo da Cologna. La Pazzia Del Ballo. Bologna: Forni Editore.Reprint <strong>of</strong> La Pazzia Del Ballo, 1549.Zuccolo da Cologna Zuccolo da Cologna. La Pazzia Del Ballo. Padova: 1549.Justin du Coeur: This is a 62-page tract discussing dance. The Italian is,I'm afraid, beyond my limited skills -- it's rather more challenging than theusual limited-tense dance Italian than I can handle. My understanding isthat this primarily inveighs against dance, and the dangers <strong>of</strong> dancing, butthat should be considered hearsay until someone really reads through thething. I would *love* a translation, in whole or in part, for the Letter <strong>of</strong><strong>Dance</strong>; while it doesn't appear to contain any choreographic information, Iwould suspect that it can tell us a bit about the mileu <strong>of</strong> dance in the 16thcentury.Zuccolo, Simeon Zuccolo, Simeon. La Pazzia del Ballo. Padova: Giacomo Fabriano, 1549.PeriodicalsActa Musicologica Leipzig: Breikopf & Härtel, 1931-.AnnalesMusicologiquesSociété de musique d'autrefois Neuilly-sur-Seine: Société de musiqued'autrefois, 1953-.Archivio StoricoLombardoBologna: Camppelli.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 45<strong>Dance</strong> Chronicle Purley, Surrey, UK:, 1943-.<strong>Dance</strong> Chronicle New York: Marcel Dekker, 1977-.<strong>Dance</strong> HistoryResearch.<strong>Dance</strong> Research London: The Society for <strong>Dance</strong> Research, spring 1983-.<strong>Dance</strong> ResearchJournalNew York: Congress on Research in <strong>Dance</strong>, 1975-.semiannual<strong>Dance</strong> StudiesJersey, Channel <strong>Island</strong>s: Centre for <strong>Dance</strong> Studies.Early Music London: Oxford University Press, 1973-.Fifteenth CenturyStudiesStuttgart [etc.]: Hans-Dieter Heinz, Akademischer Verlag Stuttgart [etc.],1978-.Historical <strong>Dance</strong>Dolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society Bedford: Dolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong>Society.Il Vasari Arezzo, Italy: Dalla Casa Vasari, 1927-."Rivista d'arte e di studi Vasariani"Imago MusicaeInternational Repertory <strong>of</strong> Musical Iconography Durham, NC, U.S.A.: DukeUniversity Press, 1984-.Italian Studies London: Society for Italian Studies, 1937-.Frequency: Quarterly 1937-39; Irregular 1946-48; Annual 1949-JAMSJournal <strong>of</strong>MusicologySt. Joseph, MI, US: Imperial Printing Company, 1982-.quarterlyJournal <strong>of</strong> theEnglish Folk <strong>Dance</strong>and Song SocietyEnglish Folk <strong>Dance</strong> and Song Society London:, 1932-1964.Journal <strong>of</strong> the LuteSociety <strong>of</strong> America.


46 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>La Bibli<strong>of</strong>ilia Firenze: L. S. Olschki, 1899-.frequency: three times a year after 1955La Danza Italiana Roma: Ed. Theoria, 1984-.frequency: semiannualMusic and Letters London: Oxford University Press, 1920-.Music Review Cambridge, UK: W. Heffer and Sons, 1940-1994.Musica Disciplina Rome: American Institute <strong>of</strong> Musicology, 1946-.Frequency:quarterly 1946-1950; Irregular 1951-1956; Annual 1957-Records <strong>of</strong> EarlyEnglish DramaNewsletterRecords <strong>of</strong> Early English Drama Toronto: University <strong>of</strong> Toronto Press inassociation with Erindale College, 1976-1977.Semiannual. Replaced by journal: Early Theatre.Revue DeMusicologieRivista Italiana DiMusicologiaSocietà italiana di musicologia Firenze: L.S. Olschki, 1966-.Rivista MusicaleItalianaRoma: Fratelli Bocca, 1894-1955.RMA ResearchChronicleLondon: Royal Musical Association.annualRomania Paris: Sociéte des amis de la Romania, 1872-.Sixteenth CenturyJournalKirksville, Mo, US: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1972-.Studi Musicali Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Firenze: L. S. Olschki, 1972-.StudiaMusicologicaBudapest: Academiae Scientiarum Hungarica, 1961-.Studies in Music


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 47Studies in the<strong>Renaissance</strong>New York: <strong>Renaissance</strong> Society <strong>of</strong> America, 1954-1974.The AmericanRecorderNew York: American Recorder Society, 1960-.The Letter <strong>of</strong><strong>Dance</strong>Theatre JournalAssociation for Theatre in Higher Education Baltimore: Johns HopkinsUniversity Press.<strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> DiscographyThis discography is the work <strong>of</strong> many hands. Its starting points were adiscography compiled by Janelyn <strong>of</strong> Fenmere and Trahaearn ap Ieuan, andthe Rendance Discography (at bransle.ucs.mun.ca) compiled by MiklosSandorfia. It was greatly extended by entries and annotations submitted byother dancers, listed below. Isaac de Hugo and Rosina del Bosco Chiarogave particularly generously <strong>of</strong> their time and knowledge.This edition <strong>of</strong> the discography was also produced from Andrew Draskoy'son line rendance bibliography.IntroductionThis discography lists tapes and CDs in alphabetical order by title. (Itwould have been nice to be able to sort them by topic, but the available<strong>of</strong>ferings don't tend to fall into neat categories.) In consideration <strong>of</strong> theprobable readership, the alphabetization is exceedingly Anglocentric:Leading a's and the's are ignored, but non-English words such as 'le', 'il','la', etc., are not. There has also been a general tendency to drop accentsand diacrytical marks from non-English titles.


48 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>FormatWe were unable to develop a format that gave adequate credit tocontributors without being too intrusive. In the end, we did not note whocontributed which discography entries or parts there<strong>of</strong>. We have, however,tried to identify the writers <strong>of</strong> comments and annotations, as differentreviewers will tend to have different interests and biases. They areidentified thus:• AB: Andrew Vorder Bruegge (Isaac de Hugo)• AD: Andrew Draskoy (Miklos Sandorfia)• AH: Anna Haynes (Luanmaise nic Ailithir)• AT: Allan Terry• DE: Del Elson (Delbert von Strassburg)• DH: Dominic Hunter (Wolfgang Adolphus Jager)• DZ: Dani Zweig (Dani <strong>of</strong> the Seven Wells)• IE: Ian Engle (Sion Andreas)• JPD: Janelle and Peter Durham (Janelyn and Trahaearn)• LH: Lina Lee Hill (Eden McNab Sommerhawke)• LL: Lizbeth Langston (Lizbeth Ravensholm)• MD: Michael Daether• MH: Monica Hultin (Monika z Gniezo)• MR: Mary Railing (Urraca Yriarte de Gamboa)• MW: Mark Waks (Justin de Coeur)• QM: Quentin Miller• VS: Vivian Stephens (Rosina del Bosco Chiaro)Some entries have been trimmed by the editors and yet others, <strong>of</strong> lessgeneral interest, have been reduced to brief listings in an appendix to thisdiscography. For any distortion or loss <strong>of</strong> usefulness that results, creditmust be reserved to the editors. Two <strong>of</strong> the contributors used four-pointscales to rate tapes and CDs on aesthetics (from * - ugly - to **** - a rarepleasure) and on usability (with lower-rated music being hard to dance todue to poor tempi, wrong numbers <strong>of</strong> repeats, poor fit to the choreography,etc.) Due to space limitations, we haven't included their fairly specificdefinitions <strong>of</strong> what each meant by one star, two stars, etc. Here too, wecan only apologize for the loss in information content. A final caveat:Prices given for some tapes. They were current when obtained, but youmight want to make sure <strong>of</strong> them before ordering.This compilation originally appeared in three parts, in issues 22, 23, and24 <strong>of</strong> the Letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>. There are some minor differences in this version- e.g., entries which appeared out <strong>of</strong> order in the three-part version nowappear in their proper places. Also, the brief entries in appendix I were -because <strong>of</strong> space constraints - even briefer in the original publication.Recordings <strong>of</strong> Period <strong>Dance</strong> Music1501... Boston <strong>Renaissance</strong> Ensemble Cassette: Meg Pash.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 49VS: First side includes 3 Bransles de Bourgongne and a Bransle gay. Thesecond has Nido d'Amore, Furioso alla Spagnuola, Contrapasso Nouvo,Passo e mezzo from Nobilta di Dame, and Torneo Amoroso from Le gratied'amore. The Furioso works perfectly, and can also be used for Furiosoall'Italiana and Furioso Nuovo with long introductions. The TorneoAmoroso works. I don't know about the rest, but expect so, as thesemusicians work with dancers. A:**** U:*** (It's usable, just there's only the5 pieces plus 4 branles, and who does branles, anyway ... )16th CenturyItalian and French<strong>Dance</strong> MusicMusica Reservata CD: Boston Skyline, BSD123, 1994.AB: David Munrow, from the vault compilation <strong>of</strong> 2 early-70's recordings;Includes: various galliards, pavans; "passamezo" La Bataille pavan;Moresca; tordion; branle simple.LH: This is actually the highlights from two albums released in 1971: 16thCentury Italian <strong>Dance</strong> Music (Philips LP 6500 102) and 16th CenturyFrench <strong>Dance</strong> Music (Philips LP 6500 293). Just naming the musiciansshould give you a clue to the quality <strong>of</strong> this compilation: John Beckett,David Munrow, Desmond Dupre, Christopher Hogwood, GraystonBurgess, Nigel Rogers, Michael Ovenham, David Thomas, and MichaelMorrow, Director. Need I say more? All <strong>of</strong> the original liner notes are evenincluded. You will also want to pick up <strong>Dance</strong> Music <strong>of</strong> the High<strong>Renaissance</strong> (Boston Skyline CD BSD 118, originally Archiv LP 198166).A Hitch in Time VLB Recording Cassette: Wail Songs, 1990.Produced in USA by Wail Songs, PO Box 29888, Oakland, CA, 94604.Track Listing: Suicide Branle, Basse <strong>Dance</strong>, Official, Washerwoman's,Scottish, Horses, Single, Double, Galliarde, Morris <strong>Dance</strong>s, Gay, Clog,Montarde, Buffens, Pavan, Pease, Tourdion.JPD: One small annoyance on this recording is that many <strong>of</strong> the branleshave short (1-4 count) breaks between each repeat, which can throw <strong>of</strong>fdancers' rhythm. Otherwise OK. Aesthetic appeal: *** Usability: ***A la Ferrarese:Bassedanze, Balli eCanzoneSchola Cantorum Basiliensis CD: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, GD 7724.Track Listing: La Figlia Guiliemino, Petit Vriens, Amoroso, Leoncello, LaFranchoise Nouvelle, La Danza Ravestain, La Danza Cleves, Cancon de'Pifari Dicto el Ferrarese, Il Re di Spagna (two arrangements), Collinetto(two arrangements)DH: Well worth a listen, and is very nice to dance to.A La Via,Medievales deQuebecStrada, and Ensemble Anonymous CD: Analekta, AN 2 8003.Track Listing: Bransle des Cheveux, Saltarello, Schiarazula Marazula, Br.de Poitou et d'Ecosse, Chanconetta tedesca, and Jouyssance (didn't saywhose).


50 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Airs PopulairesAnglais du XVIIeSiecleBroadside Band CD: Harmonia Mundi, HMA 1901039, 1992.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Airs Populaires Anglais du XVIIe Siecle, 1980.Instruments: Flutes, flageolet, tambourine, regal, virginal, recorders,galoubet, harpsichord, violin, kit, baroque fiddle, rebec, lute, mandore,cittern, mandolin, viols, hurdy-gurdy.Track Listing: Hyde Park, Maiden Lane, St. Paul's Wharf, Tower Hill,Gray's Inn, Cuckolds all in a Row, Merry Milkmaids We, Woodicock,Newcastle, Callino Casturame, Come live with me and be my love, LightO'Love, Jog on, Greensleeves, Fortune my Foe, Packington's Pound, Chipassa, All in a Garden Green, La Folia, Quatre Branles, The CleanContrary Way, Gilderoy, Gilliecrankie, The Miller <strong>of</strong> the Dee. The newExchange: Go from my window, the new exchange. Kettle Drum: KettleDrum, Kettle Drum, Trumpet Tune, The Indian Queen or the new Bouree.A Health to Betty: A health to Betty, My mother's ay glow-ring o'er me. Thefine companion: The fine companion, the merry companion, the booncompanion. The healths: The healths, the healths, La Bouree, The glory <strong>of</strong>the west, St. Paul's Steeple, Jack Pudding, Parson's Farewell.JPD: The emphasis in this recording is on the degree to which tunesevolved: from popular song, to country dance, back to popular song, andemphasizes dance tunes which also appeared as broadside ballads. Somesettings are taken directly from Playford and other sources; some areimprovised by the band based around the original melody. The final tracksshow examples <strong>of</strong> various related versions <strong>of</strong> the same tune. Since theprimary goal <strong>of</strong> this CD is to illustrate these points rather than justpresent dance tunes, not all <strong>of</strong> the tunes are usable as dance music.However, a significant portion <strong>of</strong> them are, and make for enjoyabledancing. Aesthetic Appeal: **** Usability: ** - ****Airs PopulairesAnglais du XVIIeSiecleBroadside Band LP: Harmonia Mundi, 1980.Alta Danza - <strong>Dance</strong>Music from 15th-Century ItalyLes Haulz et les Bas CD: Heidelberg: Chrsitophorus, CHR 77208, 1998.Track Listing: Rostiboli Gioioso, Gratioso, Fiore de Virtu, Colonnese,Leoncello, Presonera, Ingrata, Marchesana, Bassadanza (1), Bassafranzese, La Fia Guielmina, Amoroso, Bialte di Castiglia, Gelosia,Pizochara, Vercepe, Tesara, Damnes, Voltati in ca Rosina, Castelana,Spero, Legiadra, La vita di Colino, Bassadanza (2), Saltarello, PivaDE: Altogether an excellent recording and along with Mesure et Arte arecording that has to be in the collection <strong>of</strong> anyone doing 15th C Italiandance. Although the tracks aren't quite as danceable as those on Mesure,it does contain some tracks that aren't found elsewhere including twobassadanza tunes and a saltarello and piva that are suitable forimprovisation. The Amoroso on this CD is my favourite recording.AltenglischeCountry <strong>Dance</strong>sMusikedition Grüneis Cassette: Benediktbeuren: c/o R. Busch-H<strong>of</strong>er,Gasse 21, 83671.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 51MD: This is kind <strong>of</strong> a standard cassette for Playford dances here. For thecountry dances a very good book, including detailed reconstructions andnotes (4 voices), is available.Ansteorran <strong>Dance</strong>SymposiomASXXVII(artist unknown) CD:.Track Listing: Hearts Ease, If All The World Were Paper, Black Nag,Newcastle, Picking <strong>of</strong> Sticks, Jenny Plucks Pears, Rufty Tufty, Wherligig,Mage on a Cree, Goddesses, Saint Martins, Gathering Peascods, MaydenLayne, Sellengers' Round, So Ben Mi Chi Ha Buon Tempo, The HighlandFlingDE: An SCA recording. All useful, danceable tracks. There are someversions floating about with a non-copyable version <strong>of</strong> Wherligig on them,but the rest <strong>of</strong> the tracks are freely copyable. I have no idea who themusicians are.AnsteorranKingdom <strong>Dance</strong>WorkshopMarcus il Volpe Cassette: Texas: Jaded Puppy Productions, 1991.Instrument: Synthesizer.Track Listing: Hole in the Wall, Earl <strong>of</strong> Salisbury Pavan, Montard, MalteseBranle, Hermit Br. / Burgundian / Clog, Horses' Branle, Lazy Robin,Nonesuch, Gathering Peascods, Black Nag, Rufty Tufty, Spagnoletto, Ditde Bourgignon, Half Hannikin, Pepper's Black, La Pavan Inconstante,Stirling Rant, Jouyessance vous Donnerais/Signature Pavan, So Ben MiCh'a Buon Tempo, Catena d'Amore, Il Canario, Tourdion Magdalena &Basse <strong>Dance</strong>, Korobushka, Pavan Venitzia.JPD: Has companion book <strong>of</strong> dance instructions. Fairly nice arrangementsand "instrumentation", but obviously synthesized music throughout.Aesthetic Appeal: *.5 Usability: ***Arbeau:OrchésographieNew York <strong>Renaissance</strong> Band Cassette: Arabesque Recordings, ABQC7514,1984.Arbeau:OrchésographieNew York <strong>Renaissance</strong> Band CD: Arabesque Recordings, Z6514, 1989.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Arbeau: Orchésographie, 1984.Track Listing: Pavan & Galliarde: Belle qui; Basse dance: Jouissance vousdonneray; Tourdion; Galliardes: La traditore, Antoinette, Si j'ayme ou non,La Fatigue, La Milannoise, J'aymerois mieulx, L'ennuy qui; Branles:Double, Simple, Gay, Bourgoigne, Cassandra, Pinagay, Charlotte, LaGuerre, Aridan, Poictou, Ecosse, Le Triory de Bretaigne, Malte,Lavandieres, Pois, Hermites, La Torche, Sabots, Chevaulx, Montarde, LeHaye, L'Official, Gavotte; La Volta, Morrisques, The Canary, Pavand'Espagne, BouffonsJPD: See also: <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> Music 1&2 Although these tapes werereleased under different names, the contents <strong>of</strong> the first two are identical,RDM 1&2 is the same group <strong>of</strong> dances with some selections from MichaelPraetorius' Terpsichore tacked on the end. Some <strong>of</strong> the branles are veryshort, only two repeats, so you might need to splice together to make longenough to be interesting. Aesthetic appeal: **** Usability: ***


52 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>MW: This CD, available in various forms...has a bunch <strong>of</strong> excellentlyuseful tracks, including some <strong>of</strong> the best branles I know.MH: Two nagging points here. The Haye Bransle does not have enoughrepetitions in the last section for a full three-person Haye. The HorsesBransle repeats the final section so, if you are dancing this, you mustrepeat the stomping-turn section twice to fit the music.LH: The selections on this are wonderful to simply listen to as well as todance to but most <strong>of</strong> them are very short! Program notes lead you directlyto Arbeau and state whether the musical version is his or from anothersource.Balli di FabrizioCaroso e CesareNegriOertel, Angelika Cassette: Benediktbeuren: Musikedition Grüneis, c/o R.Busch-H<strong>of</strong>er, Gasse 21, 83671.MD: This is a lute solo recording <strong>of</strong> high quality made by Angelika Oertel,who is a very good dancer also. A book was planned also, but I don't knowwhether it really exists.Balli e Balletti daBallare: Danses dela <strong>Renaissance</strong>ItalienAtelier Danse, and Flagel, Claude CD: ADDA Distribution, FM 581071,1987.Also distributed by Qualiton Imports as "Italian <strong>Dance</strong> Music <strong>of</strong> the<strong>Renaissance</strong>"Instruments: recorders, 7-course lute, bass curtal, cornetto, viola dagamba, harpsichord.Track Listing: Laura Suave, Furioso all'Italiania, Barriera Nuova, Passo eMezzo, Bizzarria d'Amore, Bassa Pompilia, So Ben Mi Chi Ha Bon Tempo,Pavana e Gagliarda, Il Canario, Ruota di Fortuna, Contrapasso Nuovo,Chiaranzana.JPD: <strong>Dance</strong> advisor was Andrea Francalanci. Apparently, there may exist acompanion book by Francalanci by the same name, which includesfacsimiles <strong>of</strong> the sources to encourage people to approach the workcritically and examine why various choices were made. The liner notes forthis state that they emphasized a correlation between the instrumentationand the choreography, so you may hear, for example, a cornettorepresenting the gentleman's part, and a recorder the Lady's. AestheticAppeal: **** Usability: ***.5


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 53VS: Of the dances on it that I am familiar with, Bizzaria d'Amore works,Passo e Mezzo, the Pavane and Gagliard, and Il Canario are all clear andgood tempi. The Furioso all'Italiana, however, disagrees with thereconstruction I'm used to; the second "Alla Sciolta della Sonata" part <strong>of</strong>the dance only has enough music to be done once, not twice. Chiaranzanaalso seems usable, although I am not totally familiar with the dance. Itlasts 15 minutes, so long enough for the real dance. A:*** U:*** (because <strong>of</strong>the Furioso - if some one can point out that it was meant to be that wayfor reconstruction purposes, I'd up it to ****, but not being familiar withthe other dances, I can't be sure I trust all <strong>of</strong> them.)Calliope <strong>Dance</strong>s - A<strong>Renaissance</strong> RevelCalliope CD: Nonesuch, 79039-2, 1992.Reprint <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>s: A <strong>Renaissance</strong> Revel, 1982.Carolingian <strong>Dance</strong>Tape, Version 2Fishman, Mark Cassette: Boston:, 1976.Track Listing: La Spagna, Le Moys de May, Verceppe, Gelosia, Hole in theWall, Belle Qui/tourdion, Galliard, Bransles: Single, Double, Burgundian,Charlotte, Scottish, Pease, Official, Maltese, Gay, Horses, Montarde,Torches.MW: The Carolingian <strong>Dance</strong> Tape, Version 2 (I've never seen or heardVersion 1, and I'm unconvinced that it really existed) was produced byMark Fishman (a friend <strong>of</strong> Patri's) in 1976. It's mostly Arbeau, with amodicum <strong>of</strong> assorted other stuff. Good tape.... It's still one <strong>of</strong> the moreuseful dance tapes around -- unfancy, but reasonably pleasant to listen toand entirely useful.Celeste GiglioFlowers <strong>of</strong> 16th-Century Italian<strong>Dance</strong> MusicLachrimae Ensemble CD: Erasmus Muziek Producties, WVH186, 1996.On line URL: http://utopia.ision.nl/users/dorothee/lachrimae.htmTrack Listing: Courante, Celeste Giglio, Chiara Stella, Ballo fatto da seiCavalieri, Il Bianco Fiore, Spagnoletta, Gagliarda detta la Lisfeltina diSantino, Gagliarda, La Battaglia, Villanella, Villanella (Bagpipe version), LaVolta, Improvisations on La Folia, Bassa Toscana, Brando detto AltaRegina, Alta Mendozza, Ballo del Fiore / Branle du Chandelier.DE: This recording, available through Dorothee Wortelboer in theNetherlands (see the URL) is a good, listenable, and danceable recording <strong>of</strong>16th C Italian dance tunes. I have to disagree with the speed <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong>the recordings, but generally speaking a useful supplement to otherrecordings <strong>of</strong> music <strong>of</strong> the period. There are two companion booksavailable, one containing sheet music for some (not all) <strong>of</strong> the recordings,and one containing dance reconstructions.Cesare Negri - LeGratie d'AmoreEnsemble La Follia CD: Genoa, Italy: Dynamics r.l., S2001, 1997.Track Listing: Lo Spagnoletto, Brando di Cales, Leggiadra Marina,Bizzarria d'Amore, Il Grazioso, Il Torneo Amoroso, So ben mi chi ha bontempo, Il Bigara, Cortesia Amorosa, Bassa Gioiosa, Alta Somaglia, Ball<strong>of</strong>atto da sei Cavalieri, Il Bianco Fiore, Il Pastor Lieggiadro, Il Cesarino,Fedelta d'Amore


54 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>DE: A must-have recording for anyone working with Negri's dances. Thetracks appear to have the correct number <strong>of</strong> repeats for all dances, and therecording quality and musicianship is excellent.Cesare Negri: LaGratie D'amore(1602)Oxford University Early Music Society Cassette: Quentin Miller.Available from Quentin Miller, 31 East Avenu, OXFORD OX4 1XP,England. Funds must be in pounds (International money orders areavailable) and should be made out to R.Q. Miller. Verify tape availability(quentin@comlab.ox.ac.uk) before ordering.Track Listing: So ben mi chi ha bon tempo, Il Bigara, Il Torneo Amoroso, IlBizarro, Alta Mendozza, Alta Visconte, Austria Felice, Ballo fatto da seiCavalieri, Alamana d'Amore, La Catena D'amoreQM: <strong>Dance</strong> advisor is Nancy J. Walker. This recording has been arrangedand performed with dance teaching in mind: tempi are (we think)appropriate for novice dancers; a drum beat introduces each piece, so thatone isn't caught <strong>of</strong>f guard by the start <strong>of</strong> the music; sections are repeatedenough times to accompany the entire dance (no matter howexcruciating!); and each piece ends with a long chord to accompany thereverenza. Cost per cassette tape (including postage and packaging): U.K.:£6.56, Europe: £6.81, Elsewhere: £7.73.Chominciamentodi gioiaEnsemble Unicorn CD: Naxos, 8.553131.VS: Has 3 Saltarelli, including La Regina played at suicide speed, plusother early dance music. (This is 14th C stuff, all dance music, I believe.)A:*** U:? We don't have period choreographies, but it's lively stuff - mightconvince people to figure out how to improvise ...Cornucopia Musica Subterranea CD: Musica Subterranea, 2000.On line URL: http://www.musicasubterranea.dhs.org/Track Listing: Banish Misfortune, Dolce Amoroso Fuoco, Canarias,Fedelta, Quen Quer Que, Gracca Amorosa, Scotch Cap, Chestnut, Il Contodell'Orco, Villanella, Jenny Pluck Pears, Old Mole, Oranges and Lemons,Cuckolds all in a Row, Quen Quer Que, Maid at the Spinning Wheel, Onthe Banks <strong>of</strong> Helicon, Lo Spagnoletto, Gathering Peascods, Lord Sun &Lady Moon, Mairi's Wedding.DE: The second CD by the SCA band Musica Subterranea. Well worthobtaining a copy <strong>of</strong>, even if not all <strong>of</strong> the tunes on it are useful for dancing(the majority <strong>of</strong> them are, and good tempo, and correct repeats).


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 55Country CapersNew York <strong>Renaissance</strong> Band CD: Arabesque, NB 7520 or Z6520 orDIDX92, 1984.See Also: <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> Music, 3 & 4. New York <strong>Renaissance</strong> Band.Arabesque 81-7201, 1984. Book <strong>of</strong> the Month Club, 1986.Instruments: shawms, recorders, dulcian, cornetto, chalumeau,percussion, violin, viols, lute.Track Listing: 1. Rufty Tufty, Hearts Ease, Argeers 2. Chestnut, BoateMan, Dissembling Love, Confesse 3. The Maid Peeped Out at the Window,Petticoat Wag, The Merry Milke Maids 4. Newcastle, The Fine Companion,Kettle Drum 5. Mundesse, Lull Me Beyond Thee, Dargason 6. GatheringPeascods, The Beggar Boy, Jenny Pluck Pears 7. Upon a Summer's Day,Saturday Night and Sunday Morn 8. Staines Morris, Lavena, The Glory <strong>of</strong>the WestJPD: Very pretty and fairly period sounding, very danceable to, thoughsomewhat brisk. One complaint is that each track has three to four danceson it, so you might have to fuss with it to set up tapes with only the danceyou want. (I've heard that some prints <strong>of</strong> this CD are missing the finaltracks. Check yours.) Aesthetic appeal: **** Usability: ***MW: This one largely uses arrangements by Marshall Barron... Not alltracks are useable, but a large fraction are, and the music is a delight tolisten to.Country <strong>Dance</strong>s Broadside Band Cassette: Harmonia Mundi, HM 40.1109.Track Listing: Grimstock, Upon a Summer's Day, The Spanish Gypsie,Rufty Tufty, Gray's Inne Mask or Mad Tom, Bobbing Joe, The friar and theNun, Drive the Cold Winter Away, Half Hannikin, Jenny Pluck Pears, TheNew Exchange, Go from my Window, Kettle Drum, Indian Queen, A healthto Betty, The Fine Companion, The Glory <strong>of</strong> the West, St. Paul's Steeple,Jack Pudding, Parson's Farewell.JPD: Very pretty, nicely danceable, always the right number <strong>of</strong> repeats. Alittle slow... Aesthetic appeal: **** Usability: ****Courtly <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong>Western Europe1450 - 1650Jouissance CD: Jouissance, 1999.Availabel from Janelle Durham, janelyn@msn.com, copyright reserved, butmay be reproduced for not-for-pr<strong>of</strong>it instruction, practice or performance.Track Listing: Casuelle la Nouelle, Petit Riense, Anello, Amoroso, LioncelloVecchio, Lauro, Branle Simple, Branle Charlotte, Pease Branle,Washerwoman's Branle, Prandle Pinagay, Pavan: Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie,Galliard: Baison Nous Belle, Joissance Vous Donneray, Tourdion LaMagdalena, Ballo del Fiore, Contentezza d'Amore, Carman's Whistle, LaCaccia d'Amore, Galliard: La Caccia d'Amore, Queen's Alman, BlackAlman, Rufty Tufty, Upon a Summer's Day, Gathering Peascods, Mage ona Cree/Wherligig.


56 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>DE: Another highly useful CD from the ever increasing number <strong>of</strong> SCAmusicians being recorded. This one is somewhat higher quality than most,and is pr<strong>of</strong>essionally pressed as opposed to produced on a CD burner.Worth having, especially for the recordings <strong>of</strong> La Caccia d'Amore andContentezza d'Amore which are my favourites <strong>of</strong> these tunes.<strong>Dance</strong> Music <strong>of</strong> theHigh <strong>Renaissance</strong>Collegium Terpsichore, and Ulsamer-Collegium CD: Boston Skyline, BSD118, 1993.AB: From the Vault compilation <strong>of</strong> 2 earlier recordings by CollegiumTerpsichore and Ulsamer-Collegium. Includes 6 from Terpsichore; Branlede Bourgogne; several galliards.<strong>Dance</strong> Music <strong>of</strong> the<strong>Renaissance</strong>(artist unknown) CD: RCA Victrola, VICS-1328.Track Listing: Branle de Brougogne, Branle gay nouveau, Pavan: MilleRegrets, Ronde, Pavan: Si pas souffrir, Ronde and Saltarello, Hoeboeckendans, Ronde: Il estoit, Branle, L'arboscello ballo Furlano, Pavan, Galliarde,3 Intradas, Tordion, Pavan, Galliarde, Polnischer Tanz, Galliarde<strong>Dance</strong> Music <strong>of</strong> the<strong>Renaissance</strong>(artist unknown) CD: Musical Heritage Society, MHS-3938.Reprint <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> Music <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Renaissance</strong>, .dance! Renaissonics CD:, 1996.<strong>Dance</strong>s by Dowland Bream, Julian CD: MHS 512422A, 1989.AB: Re-release <strong>of</strong> 60's recording. All lute music. Various galliards; pavans;almans; jigs.<strong>Dance</strong>s by theMarian EnsembleDale, Heather CD: Amphisbaena Music, AM953, 2001.On line URL: http://www.heatherdale.com/Track Listing: Amoroso, Ballo del Fiore, Black Nag, Female Sailor,Gathering Peascods, Hole in the Wall, Il Canario, La Vita di Cholino,Schiarazula Marazula, Petit Riens, Rufty Tufty, Saltarello La Regina.DE: This CD, by Heather Dale (known in the SCA as Marian <strong>of</strong>Heatherdale) is worht obtaining, if only for the recordings <strong>of</strong> La Vita diCholino which is otherwise hard to obtain. The CD contains various otherrecordings useful for SCA dancing purposes, with the correct number <strong>of</strong>repeats.<strong>Dance</strong>s fromTerpsichoreCollegium Terpsichore, and Behrend, Siegfried, and Fink, Siegfried, andUlsamer-Collegium CD: Innovative Music Productions (IMP), IMPX 9026.DE: A number <strong>of</strong> good danceable tunes from Praetorius. Worth exploring.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 57AB: Re-release <strong>of</strong> 1961 recording. Includes a lot <strong>of</strong> dance tunes: courantes;voltas; La Magdalena basse dance; saltarelli; allemandes, galliards;branles; bouree.<strong>Dance</strong>s fromTerpsichoreCollegium Terpsichore, and Behrend, Siegfried, and Fink, Siegfried, andUlsamer-Collegium Cassette: Contour, CCTC7565.Reprint <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>s from Terpsichore, .<strong>Dance</strong>s from theCourts <strong>of</strong> EuropeNonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Cassette: Eglinton Productions, 1986.JPD: This music was developed in conjunction with the Nonsuch SummerSchools in Early <strong>Dance</strong>, held annually since 1976, under the direction <strong>of</strong>Peggy Dixon. The recordings were made over a number <strong>of</strong> years, as theywere required for each summer school. When these tapes were compiled,some <strong>of</strong> the original recordings were replaced, some retained. Because <strong>of</strong>the evolving nature <strong>of</strong> this compilation, the aesthetic appeal ranges a bit,as does the recording quality, but overall, they're nice sounding and quiteuseful for performing a variety <strong>of</strong> dances. A note <strong>of</strong> caution about thebooks: the step reconstructions are based on the work <strong>of</strong> Melusine Wood,and more recent scholars frequently disagree with some <strong>of</strong> theassumptions she made. Particularly the "medieval" dances on Tape #1 arebased on very little actual information from period. Between each track onthe tape, the name <strong>of</strong> the next dance is announced, which I find veryhelpful when searching a tape for a dance tune which I am not familiarwith; luckily, the announcement is very quiet, which means you could usethis tape even at an event without having to run over to stop your tapefrom _shouting_ out the name <strong>of</strong> the next dance. Aesthetic Appeal: **-***Usability: ***DH: We've mainly used volume 2, though we have done some <strong>of</strong> thedances from other volumes. In general, a good variety <strong>of</strong> dances, thoughoccassionally with odd tempos and sometimes uninterestingarrangements. I would agree with the note <strong>of</strong> caution about thereconstructions presented in the accompanying books - for almost everydance from vol. 2 we've done, we found it better to go back to the originalsource. Some <strong>of</strong> the 'medieval' dance choreographies - especially theestampies - tend to be rather dull, to my mind. Other than this, a goodseries to own.Volume 1:Medieval (to 15thc. French bassedance)Nonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Cassette: Eglinton Productions, 1986.Track Listing: Branle Double, Branle Simple, Branle Gai. Branles coupes:Picardy, Ce fut en mai, Voulex-vous, Chanson de Mail, Tomorrow shall bemy dancing day, Unto us a boy is born, Tempus adest floridum. SummerFarandole, Winter Farandole. Ductia, Danse Royale. Estampies: Simple,Double, Gai. Estampies Royales: La Prime, La Seconde, La Tierche, LaQuarte, La Quinte, La Sexte, La Septime, La Ultime. Old Almaine. Basse<strong>Dance</strong>s: La Dame, La Spagna (Ghiselin), Basse dance for step practice,Tandernacken, La Spagna (Josquin)


58 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Volume 2: Italian<strong>Renaissance</strong> (15thc) and Caroso andNegri <strong>Dance</strong>sNonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Cassette: Eglinton Productions, 1986.Track Listing: 15th c. dances: Pellegrina, Rostibolly, Anello, Alexandresca,Gelosia, Mercantia, Daphnes, Sobria, Jupiter, Zinerva, Prexoniera, Venus,Verceppe. 16th c. dances: Torneo Amoroso, Bella Gioiosa (Cascarda),Austria Felice, Furioso, Alta Mendoza, Brando di Cales, Corrente.Volume 3:Elizabethan<strong>Dance</strong>s (16th c),part 1Nonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Cassette: Eglinton Productions, 1986.Track Listing: Jouissance and Tordion, Tordion, Pavane and Tordiond'Albart, Almaine and Recoupe, New Almaine, Tant que Vivray, Belle quitiens ma vie, Pavane and Galliarde Ferrarese, Frog Galliarde, Flatt Pavane& Frog Galliarde, Pavane & Galliarde d'Albart, P & G d'Angleterre, Bellequi, English Coranto, Spanish Pavan, La Volta, Les Bouffons, Pavane laBataille, La Morisque, The Fairy Round.Volume 4:Elizabethan<strong>Dance</strong>s, 16th c.Part II, includingPlayfordNonsuch Early <strong>Dance</strong> Cassette: Eglinton Productions, 1986.Track Listing: 16th century branles: Charlotte, Pinagay, Aridan, Horses',Official, Clog, Washerwomen's, War, Montarde, Scottish, Branles coupes.Almans: Black, Queen's, Cecilia. Playfords: Nonesuch, Confesse,Heartsease, Parsons' Farewell, Rufty Tufty, Sellinger's Round, Mundesse,Cuckolds all Awry, Shepherd's Holiday, Dargason, St. Martins, Love forLove.<strong>Dance</strong>s from theInns <strong>of</strong> CourtJouissance CD:, 1997.Track Listing: Quadran Pavan, Turkelone, Earl <strong>of</strong> Essex, Tinternell, OldAlman, Queens Alman, Madam Sosilia, Black Alman, Lorayne Alman, NewAlman, repeats every track.DE: This CD, produced by Peter and Janelle Durham, is a worthysuccessor to the sadly out <strong>of</strong> print "Musicke for Dauncinge". It contains 10<strong>of</strong> the old measures, firstly in a format where 4 repeats <strong>of</strong> each dance aregiven (8 for the Quadran Pavan) and then in a format with only 1 or 2repeats. The musicianship is good and the repeats and structure arecorrect for dancing all <strong>of</strong> these dances.<strong>Dance</strong>s: A<strong>Renaissance</strong> RevelCalliope CD: Nonesuch, 79039-2, 1982.Instruments: viols, vielle, sackbuts, recorders, krumhorns, cornetto,percussion, pipe and tabor.Track Listing: Praetorius: Galliarde, Three Voltas, Galliarde, GalliardeDimunutions, ballet des Anglois, Branle de la Royne; Attaingnant: Basse"La Brosse"; Taunder Naken; La Spagna: de la Torre; Guglielmo, Isaac;16th c. French: Two Galliardes, Pavan, basse "Au Pres de Vous", ThreeBranles Gay, Branle Simple. L'homme Arme.JPD: Guglielmo's La Spagna is very nice, and very danceable. Isaac's LaSpagna is nice too. Otherwise, this CD is fairly unremarkable: the tracksare fine, and fairly useable, but not outstanding. Aesthetic Appeal: ***Usability: **+


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 59Danses de la<strong>Renaissance</strong>Clemencic Consort CD: Harmonia Mundi, HM 90610.Instruments: cornet, renaissance trombone, sackbut, viol, vielle,bombards, crumhorns, regal, harp, flute, percussion, and voice.Track Listing: Danses de la <strong>Renaissance</strong>: Jacques Moderne: Trois branlesde Bourgogne, branle gay nouveau. Susato: pavan "Mille Regrets", Ronde,Pavan "Si pas souffrir", Ronde, Saltarelle, Hoboecken Dans, Rone "Il estoitune fillette." Gervaise: Branle. Phalese: L'Arboscello Ballo Furlano.Melchior Frank: Pavan, Galliarde. Hans Leo Hassler: Entree 1, 2, 3.Attaignant: Tourdion, Pavan, Galliarde. Demantius: Danse Polonaise,Galliarde. Danses Medievales: Solo de Cornemuse, Ballade "Ma chieredame". Danses Anonymes: Saltarello, Trotto, Ballata "Ben ch'io", Lonc lerieu de la fontaine. Organum Benedicamus Domino. Rondeau "Franc cuergentil." Marguerite d'Autriche: L'esperance de bourbon, Sans faire, Ladanse de cleves, Filles a marier.AD: Quite a few good danceable tunes, including some 15th C bassedanses.JPD: I saw a favorable review <strong>of</strong> this on the Rendance discography, but Iwas a little less impressed. The Danse de cleves is nice, and theanonymous Saltarello is a nice version <strong>of</strong> the music used for Saltarello LaRegina. Otherwise, the assorted pavans and galliards are nice, but notremarkable. Aesthetics: *** Usability: ***Danses PopulairesFrancaises etAnglaises Du XVIeSiecleBroadside Band CD: Harmonia Mundi, HMC901152, 1984.Instruments: flute, clavecin, violin, viol, vielle a roue, lute, mandora,cittern, guitar, tambourine, tabor, and triangle.Track Listing: Arbeau: Branles: double, simple, gay, de Bourgogne,Cassandra, Pinagay, Charlotte; Basse <strong>Dance</strong>: Jouissance vous donneray;Tourdions; Pavan: Belle Qui; Galliardes: La traditore my fa morire,Antoinette, J'aymerois; La Volte; Branles: Poictou, Ecosse, Bretagne,Malte, Lavandieres, Chevaulx; Jouyssance vous donneray; Three FrenchCorantos; Basse <strong>Dance</strong>: La Roques; Recercada segunda; La dance de laHaye, Branle:l'Official; Moresques; Canaries; Les Bouffons Playford:Grimstock, Upon a Summer's Day, The Spanish Gipsy, Rufty Tufty, Gray'sInn Mask, Bobbing JoeJPD: Very pretty, very danceable. A few <strong>of</strong> the English Country dances area little slow, but still nice. Because <strong>of</strong> the overall quality <strong>of</strong> the music, andthe nice range <strong>of</strong> dances represented, this is one <strong>of</strong> our mostrecommended CD's. Aesthetic appeal: **** Usability: ****DH: Pretty musch all the bransles are useable, as is the first Jouyessanceand tourdion (the second is rather slow...). The Mourisques / Canaries /Bouffens are really just snippets, so aren't that much use. The Playfordsare also reasonable, if (as noted above) rather slow in places.


60 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>LH: This has some wonderful instrumentation and is definitely "courtly"(even the country dances). The tempos are mostly on the brisk side andmight prove too quick for beginning dancers although more experienceddancers should find them exhilarating. A surprising exception to this isthe country dance, "Bobbing Joe", which is done in a very slow tempo.There are several dances to each track on the court dances. You may findyourself needing to loop some <strong>of</strong> the dances in order to make it match thedances as we do them. Nice fast (and relatively short) version <strong>of</strong>"Jouissance vous donneray".Danses, Danseryes,Musica AntiquaEnsemble d'Instruments Anciens, and Mendoze, Christian CD: DisquesPierre Verany, PV 785022 / CA 803, 1984.VS: Includes 9 dances <strong>of</strong> Praetorius (Bransle double is fine, the 2 Couranteseem too slow, but I don't really do them), 8 from Mainerio (including aSchiarazula Marazula), 4 from Moderne (incl. a tordion), 5 from Gervaise, 7from Susato, and 8 miscellaneous mediaeval pieces, not all dances,including La Regina as the first <strong>of</strong> the two Saltarelli. A:*** U:*** (It's dancemusic, at danceable tempi, but we don't necessarily have stuff for all thedances on it.)Danzare et Sonare:15th c. Italian<strong>Dance</strong>sThe Longslade Consort Cassette:.Available for £7 including postage from Diana Cruickshank (see address atDHDS). Companion book available for £6.Track Listing: Petit Vriens, Annello, Gelosia, Figlia Guielmina, Amoroso,Verceppe, Gracioso, Rossina, Leggiadra.JPD: Nice recording, with lots <strong>of</strong> usable stuff on it. One nice touch is thatfor two <strong>of</strong> the dances (Gelosia and Figlia) where there are two equally validreconstructions, the tape provides one recording <strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> the versions,allowing you to choose the one you prefer. Tempo and number <strong>of</strong>repetitions always a reasonable choice. Aesthetic Appeal: *** Usability: ****Dream <strong>of</strong> theTroubadourSearles, Richard, and Yslas, Gilbert CD: Sundown, SUN-589D.LH: Despite the assumption the title might lead you to make, this isinstrumental <strong>Renaissance</strong> music performed on guitars and most <strong>of</strong> it isdance music. Although because <strong>of</strong> its instrumentation it doesn't have thetrue "<strong>Renaissance</strong> sound" <strong>of</strong> many <strong>of</strong> the other recordings listed here, thetempos are very good and could be used for dancing.Elizabethan Musicfor the DulcimerWilkinson, Randy Cassette: Kicking Mule Records, KM226, 1982.AB: Contains: Almans, pavans, including Earl <strong>of</strong> Salisbury. Very nice


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 61English Country<strong>Dance</strong> MusicThe Boxwood Consort Cassette: The Boxwood Consort, BX 101, 1991.Track Listing: Round Pond, Female Saylor, Linda's Valse Linda, SaintMartin's, Jack's Maggot, Jenny Pluck Pears, Margaret's Waltz/Farewell toDevon, Heartsease, Knole Park/Loxley Figure Eight, Sun Assembly, Trip toParis, Draper's Garden's, Green Willow, John Tallis' Cannon.JPD: Good for modern English country; limited SCA use because notmuch period stuff, modern sounding music. Aesthetic appeal: ***Usability: **English Country<strong>Dance</strong>sBare Necessities Cassette: Varrick Records, C-VR-013, 1987.Track Listing: Jamaica, Waters <strong>of</strong> Holland, Maiden Lane, Well Hall, Juice<strong>of</strong> the Barley, Barham Down, Easter Thursday, Dick's Maggot, BareNecessities, The Maid Peeped Out at the Window (The Friar in the Well),Trip to Kilburn (to tune <strong>of</strong> Black and Grey)JPD: This is a fine enough tape, but there's only two dances on here that Ihave seen done in An Tir (and not commonly): Well Hall and Juice <strong>of</strong>Barley, both <strong>of</strong> which are out <strong>of</strong> period. Aesthetic appeal: *** Usability: ***DZ: In the Debatable Lands we do Maiden Lane, which is first-editionPlayford, and Jamaica, Juice <strong>of</strong> the Barley, Dick's Maggot, and BareNecessities, which are not. Some lovely - if quite modern - arrangements.VS: A=**** U:no, not much period, but I looove Easter Thursday, and theTrip to Kilburn music. It is made for dancing, and is an example <strong>of</strong> whatplaying dance music is all about.English Country<strong>Dance</strong>sBare Necessities CD: Varrick Records.Reprint <strong>of</strong> English Country <strong>Dance</strong>s, 1987.English Country<strong>Dance</strong>s: FromPlayford's DancingMaster 1651-1703Broadside Band CD: Saydisc, CD-SDL 393, 1991.Instruments: recorders, flageolet, flute, pipe, tabor, harpsichord, violin,viol, hurdy-gurdy, lute, mandore, cittern, dulcimerTrack Listing: 1st edition 1651: Cuckolds all a row, Shepheard's Holydayor Labour in Vaine, Newcastle, The Beggar Boy, Picking <strong>of</strong> Sticks, Faine Iwould if I could or Parthenia, Gathering Peascods, The Night-Peece or theshaking <strong>of</strong> the Sheets; 3rd ed 1657: Chelsey Reach or Buckingham House;4th ed 1670: Jameko, Epping Forest; 6th edition (supplement) 1679: WellHall; 7th ed 1686: The Fits come on me now or The Bishop <strong>of</strong> Chester'sJigg; 7th ed (supp) 1687: Mad Robin; 9th ed 1695: Red-House, Mr.Beveridge's Magot; Part II 1696 (supp to 9th ed) The Geud Man <strong>of</strong>Ballangigh; To a New Scotch Jig; 11th ed 1701: Childgrove, Woolly andGeorgey, Portsmouth, White-Hall Minuett; 12th ed 1703: BloomsberryMarket.


62 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>JPD: Another example <strong>of</strong> Broadside's consistently excellent quality. Theyuse period instruments to create a nice sound, record things at an easilydanceable tempo with a clearly defined rhythm, and usually have the rightnumbers <strong>of</strong> repeats for all their dances. On this c.d., they have purposelylimited the number <strong>of</strong> repeats <strong>of</strong> the melody to 3-5, which is fine (andcomplete) for some <strong>of</strong> the earlier period things, but you might need tosplice recordings together to get a long enough version for the longways foras many as will dances (Well Hall, Childgrove, etc.) Aesthetic Appeal: ****Usability: ***LH: This disc, unlike most others, was done specifically with dancers inmind and in most cases has the right number <strong>of</strong> repeats. They also list theselections in order <strong>of</strong> the Playford edition in which they appeared. Thereare 8 selections from the 1st edition <strong>of</strong> 1651. As with all <strong>of</strong> his otherrecordings, the instrumentation is really nice -- some <strong>of</strong> the dances are alittle more "courtly" than "country" but the slower tempos are sometimesgood to use for beginning dancers. The "liner notes" also give the number<strong>of</strong> repeats, length <strong>of</strong> selection and what comprises the introduction. Wouldwe had more <strong>of</strong> these!Fifteenth Century<strong>Dance</strong>s fromBurgundy & ItalyThe Guildhall Waits Cassette: Companie <strong>of</strong> Dansers, 1981.This is Madeleine Inglehearn's group. Produced by Companie <strong>of</strong> Dansers,1981. (Her dance group). Manual with accompanying cassette tape. Orderthe book from Rum Blackmore Mgmt; 331 Avenue Road; Witham, Essex.Order the tape from Martin Pope; 48 Belsize Square; London. NW3.Track Listing: La Spagna; Danse de Cleves; Pizochara; Leoncello; LaSpagna (Milano); Pellegrina; L'Alta (de la Torre); Casuelle la Novela; LaSpagna; Verzepe; Gelosia; Colonnese; Anello; Filia Guilmin(??); Prexoniera;Mercantia.DH: A good tape <strong>of</strong> 15th-century dances, though I'm not keen on some <strong>of</strong>the arrangements; there are nicer versions <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> de Cleves, Leoncelloand Gelosia available, for a start. The accompanying manual tends to overchoreographthe dances, without justifying this. Pellegrina is fudged to fitFalla con Misuras.Forse che si forseche noFerrara Ensemble CD: Fonti Musicali, fmd 182, 1996.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Forse Che Si Forse Che No, 1989.Forse Che Si ForseChe NoMusique de Dansedu QuattrocentroFerrara Ensemble CD: Fonti Musicale, fmd 182, 1989.Instruments: 5-course lute, fiddles, shawm, alto bombard, gothic harp,dulcimer, slide trumpet, pipe and tabor.Track Listing: Verceppe, Lioncello, Pazienza, Cupido, Pellegrina, Voltati inca Rosina, J'ay grant dolour, Tessara, Rostiboli gioioso, Anello, Giove,Pinzochera, Lauro, Venus, Fortuna desperata, Alessandresca, Gelosia,Petit Riense, Spero, La figlia di Guielmo.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 63JPD: Great recording. You may find instances where the music doesn'tperfectly match your favorite reconstruction, based on differentinterpretations <strong>of</strong> the sources. For example, in Gelosia the music for Ffigure repeats 5 times. This is based on one interpretation <strong>of</strong> an obscuresymbol in the primary source. This music can be used for five couples, orthree if you want to fudge the extra F measures with some embellishment.<strong>Dance</strong> advisor: Andrea Francalanci. Liner notes include a few translatedquotes from primary sources, and a list <strong>of</strong> the early Italian manuscripts,their locations, and notes on which sources each dance can be found in.Aesthetic Appeal: **** Usability: ****VS: A - *** some pieces I like a lot, others I find unpleasant. U - *** haven'tnoticed any problems, but don't use it much ... The bassadanza given forLauro works (at least, the reconstruction I use - I'm not sure if theCarolingians would like it). At least one <strong>of</strong> the other BD didn't, no matterhow hard I tried to squish the choreography into it -I mean, out by 30% orsome such, so I couldn't just add a long reverenza at the end, or repeat thedance.Greatest <strong>Dance</strong>Hits <strong>of</strong> the 1500's(artist unknown) CD: Quintessence, PMC-750495.Reprint <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> Music <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Renaissance</strong>, .Henry VIII and HisSix Wives (MovieSoundtrack)Early Music Consort <strong>of</strong> London LP: Anglo-EMI.Track Listing: Basse <strong>Dance</strong>:Jouyssance vous donneray, Pavan: Le bonvouloir, Galliarde: Traditore, Pastime with good company, Street Music(Troika), Galliarde, Ethiope Masque, Closing Music (Manschaft Pavan).Hide Park, GrayesInn Masque,Sedauny orDargeson, Picking<strong>of</strong> Sticks(artist unknown) 45rpm single: Fidula, FON 1250.MD: These records are just two <strong>of</strong> a lot <strong>of</strong> records and books on dancingavailable from Fidula, Boppard/Rhein and Salzburg, Austria. They havelots <strong>of</strong> interesting records but beware <strong>of</strong> Gaillardes from them, becausesome <strong>of</strong> them are influenced by Taubert, who had a totally differentreconstruction for them, requiring very slow tempi.Historische Tanze K.H. Taubert LP: Schott Wergo, 3005.MD: kind <strong>of</strong> "historical" records, Karl Heinz Taubert was the first to revivehistorical dance in Germany. For both records [note also applies toHöfische Tänze] an accompaning book is available fron B. Schott's Söhne,Mainz. The dances are widespread, from bransles to ecossaises. The books(especially to the first record, with the same name, Edition 5947) areinteresting because <strong>of</strong> lots <strong>of</strong> references to all sorts <strong>of</strong> dancing. Thedetailed instructions are partly outdated.History <strong>of</strong> SpanishMusic, vol. 23Pro Musica Hispaniarum Cassette: MHS, MHC5103, 1975.


64 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>AB: Contains: pavans; galliards, balli; Caroso=Spanish pavan andGalliard; Negri=Lo Spagnoletto, Canario, El Villancico, Austria Felice.Hit & Misse Passamezzo Players Cassette: <strong>Dance</strong>craft, from CDSS, DC 123324.Track Listing: Parson's Farewell, Prince Rupert's March, Scotch Cap,Cheerily and Merrily, Bobbing Joe, Sweet Kate, Gathering Peascods,Beggar Boy, Halfe Hannikin, Helston Furry <strong>Dance</strong>, St. Martin's, Orangesand Lemons, Rufty Tufty, Hit and Misse, Sellenger's RoundJPD: Comes with book <strong>of</strong> instructions. The music is very "lyrical"sounding, and the notes glide gracefully into each other. Unfortunately,this can make it hard to find the beat and dance easily to the music.Aesthetic appeal: *** Usability: **AH: Actually, this was easy to dance to, even if the beat is difficult to find.Arrangements are pretty.Homage to Amor:16th century<strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Lovefrom FabritioCarosoLes Verres Casses Cassette: Angene Feves, 1987.Available from Angene Feves, 70 Karol Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. For$12 plus $2.50 P+H. ($5 outside US)Track Listing: 15 Balli from Il Ballarino and Nobilta di Dame.LL: Probably my favorite recording. Vibrant, interesting instrumentations.Tempi tend to be brisk rather than stately. Some <strong>of</strong> the repeat structuresand number <strong>of</strong> playings differ from my own reconstructions, however.Höfische Tänze K.H. Taubert LP: Schott Wergo, 3001.MD: kind <strong>of</strong> "historical" records, Karl Heinz Taubert was the first to revivehistorical dance in Germany. For both records [note also applies toHöfische Tänze] an accompaning book is available fron B. Schott's Söhne,Mainz. The dances are widespread, from bransles to ecossaises. The books(especially to the first record, with the same name, Edition 5947) areinteresting because <strong>of</strong> lots <strong>of</strong> references to all sorts <strong>of</strong> dancing. Thedetailed instructions are partly outdated.Il Ballarino: Italian<strong>Dance</strong>s, c.1600Broadside Band CD: Hyperion, CDA 66244, 1988.Instruments: flute, ocarina, recorders, harpsichord, chamber organ, regal,violin, viols, lute, mandora, cittern, chittarrone, guitarTrack Listing: Caroso: Cascarda Allegrezza D'Amore; Negri: La CatenaD'Amore; Caroso: Baletto Celeste Giglio; Gardane: Gagliardas Moneghinaand La Canella; Lupi /Caroso: Balletto Alta Carretta; Mainerio: BalloFrancese -Tedesca -Schiarazula Marazula - Ungarescha; Negri: BassaGioiosa; Negri: La Nizzarda; Valente:Gagliarda Lombarda-Ballo Lombarda-Seconda; Gastoldi:Balletto La Sirena; Caroso: Balletto Forza D'Amore;Picchi: Saltarello del Pass'e Mezo - Ballo Ongaro; Caroso: Balletto AltaGonzaga; Caroso: Dolce Amoroso Fuoco; Negri: Il Canario; Caroso: Ballodel Fiore


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 65JPD: This CD is commercially available and fairly easy to find. Liner notesinclude info about where to order a companion book <strong>of</strong> dance instructions,which was the dance manual for the Dolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society'sSummer School in 1986. (I believe that the music first came out on aDHDS tape, but was later re-recorded for this CD.) <strong>Dance</strong> researcher wasAnne Day. Very pretty, very usable, at least for the dances which I know.Aesthetic appeal: **** Usability: ****VS: I only use 2 <strong>of</strong> the pieces on the CD, being Allegrezza d'Amore andBallo del Fiore. Both work without problems, so I expect the rest probablydo. The Il Canario is nice and long (11 minutes!) and at a stately ratherthan frantic speed. A:**** U:*** (may be more, for those into late dances.)Istanpitta Istanpitta CD: Lyrichord, LEMS8016, 1995.Track Listing: saltarello & trotto; Parlamento; Saltarello; Chominiciamento;La Manfredina; Tre Fontane; Saltarello; Isabela; Lamento di Tristano; InPro; SaltarelloMH: Has a usable Saltarello - La Regina (for the original choreography byJeff Singman). Unfortunately, we don't have instructions for the otherdances. Possibilities for original choreography?John Playford 22Country <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong>the 17th centuryAtelier Danse, and Flagel, Lou, and Flagel, Claude LP: Le Chant duMonde/Harmonia Mundi France, LDX 74690.LH: This is one <strong>of</strong> my very favorites and I only wish it would come out onCD! This was apparently part <strong>of</strong> the same series <strong>of</strong> recordings as the oneabove produced by the Flagels. The instrumentation is really outstandingand <strong>of</strong>tentimes unexpected -- according to the liner notes (entirely inFrench, no translation!) they worked literally side-by-side with dancers toensure that the recording was for dancers rather than just for listeners.They give a lot <strong>of</strong> detail about the individual figures <strong>of</strong> the dances as wellas historical information. (Makes a great translation review if your Frenchis as rusty as mine!)La Cour du RoiRene: Chansons etDansesEnsemble Perceval CD: Arion, ARN 68104, 1989.Track Listing: <strong>Dance</strong>s: Filles a marier; La spagna; Domenico: Ballo Jelosia,Lioncello, Mercantia; Bassa danza Lauro; Guglielmo: Falla con misurasJPD: Some tracks are quite usable, though details might vary from yourreconstruction. Others I have a difficult time matching the steps to (e.g.Mercantia). I find it much easier to dance Lauro to the La Spagna (enoughmusic for 4 times through the dance) than to what they call Bassa danzaLauro. This may just be my own bias based on the particular version <strong>of</strong> LaSpagna I first learned and am most used to. This is a fine CD, but giventhe choice, I would instead purchase Forse Che or Mesura et Arte.Aesthetic Appeal: *** Usability: **+VS: Aesth:**** U:*** (stuff there is usable, just not that much <strong>of</strong> it.)


66 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>DH: I disagree with the other reviewers about this disc: I find that there isplenty <strong>of</strong> usable stuff. We've had no problems with fitting Mercantia andLauro to the appropriate tracks. Gelosia does have an odd number <strong>of</strong>repeats (c.f. comments for Forse Che Si Forse No) but only requires minoradjustment to work. Highly recommended, on aesthetic quality if nothingelse.La Musica Italianadel XV SecoloSine Nomine CD: Quadrivium, SCA 040.VS: Has Amoroso, wrong repeat structure, and with an extra bar throwninto the first section. Lively, rather than the usual dirge speed, and quitenice to dance to. Also has La Vida de Colin, the song related to the dance.Otherwise mostly songs, and nothing else for a specific dance. The CD hasmany pieces in common with La Vida de Colin, another CD by the samegroup. A:*** U:*La Spagna: SiglosXV-XVI-XVIIAtrium Musicae de Madrid, and Paniagua, Gregorio CD: Djursholm,Sweden: Gramm<strong>of</strong>on AB, BIS CD-163, 1980.Instruments: Viol, violoncello, double-bass, hurdy-gurdy, lute, harp,psaltery, dulcimer, harpsichord, spinet, portative organ, recorders, andcrumhorns.Track Listing: Spagna contrapunto / Francesco Canova da Milano (1:55) --Spagnoletta / Michael Praetorius (1:01) -- Danza alta sobre la Spagna /Francisco de la Torre (3:19) -- Historia baetica / Carlos Verardi (1:45) --Calata a la Spagnola I-IV / Joan Ambrosio Dalza (1:33; 1:15; :43; 1:39) --Spaniol Kochesberger / Hans Kotter (4:38) -- Spaniol tancz / Hans vanConstanz (3:07) -- The old Spagnoleta (2:12) ; Spagnioletta (2:46) / GilesFarnaby --Triste Espana / Juan dell Encina (1:13) -- Re di Spagna /anonimo (:42) --La bassa castiglya ; Falla con misuras / M. Gulielmus(1:46) -- La Spagna (2 settings) / anonimos (1:41; 1:33) -- Olvida tuperdicion Espana / anonimo (:45) -- Spagnioler tanz ; Hopper danczSpagna / Hans Weck (3:36) --Spanieler / Hans Kotter (2:15) --Espagnoletta / anonimo (1:11) --Spagnoletto ; Villanicco di Spagna ;Pavaniglia di Spagna ; Spagnoletto da capo / Cesare Negri (2:19) -- LaSpagna a 5 / Josquin des Pres (3:28) --Recercada [1-6] sobre canto llanola Spagna / Diego Ortiz Toledano (1:17; 1:06; 1:53; 1:44; 1:05; 1:09) --Gagliarda quarta a 5 alla Spagnola / Giovanni Maria Trabaci (2:34) -- TheSpaynard / anonimo (:49) --The Spanish pavane / Francis Pilkington(1:55) -- Triste Espana / Juan dell Encina (:39) -- Espagnoletta / GasparSanz (1:05) -- Ricercar Spagnuola duna cossa spagnola / FrancescoCanova da Milano (:46) -- Ain spaniyelischer h<strong>of</strong>f dantz / HansJudenkonig (1:10) -- Tres sobre el canto llano de la alta (sobre La Spagna)/ Antonio de Cabezn (2:22) -- Triste Espana / Juan dell Encina (:54) --Spagnoletta nuova al modo di madriglia (:43) ; Furioso alla Spagnuola(1:19) / Marco Fabritio Caroso -- Padvana hispanica / anonimo (:48).


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 67IE: "41 versions <strong>of</strong> the famous melody by more than 20 composers".Detailed instrumentation, sources, and program notes by Dona MariaCandelas Lopez in Spanish, with English, German and Swedishtranslations ([20] p. : ill.) inserted in container. This is a lovely listen-toalbum, and some <strong>of</strong> the tracks are even usable, but not many. Especiallydisappointing are the Caroso and Negri tracks in this regard, although thewhip crack in the Furioso all Spagnuola makes you wonder what theAtrium Musicae knows about Spain that we don't.JPD: Some <strong>of</strong> the versions <strong>of</strong> La Spagna work well for Lauro and forCasulle la Nouvelle. Others do not. Also has Giles Farnaby's OldSpagnoleta which matches the choreography in the Inns <strong>of</strong> Court mss,Guglielmo's Falla con Misura, Chester's The Spanish Pavan whichmatches Arbeau's choreography, and [an incomplete?] Caroso'sSpagnoletto nuovo. All workable, though not necessarily the best availableversions <strong>of</strong> these pieces. Liner notes list sources <strong>of</strong> all the music, andinstrumentation for each separate version (and the makers <strong>of</strong> theinstruments). Aesthetic Appeal: *** Useability: ** - ***MW: Specifically, there are three tracks (back to back) which work forthese [Lauro, Casuelle...] dances. This is the only use I've had for this disc-- but I've used those three tracks a lot...VS: Variations on the La Spagna tenor, including Re di Spagna fromCornazano, La bassa Castiglya - Falla con Misuras, 4 pieces from Negri, 2from Caroso. One <strong>of</strong> the dances from Caroso -- Furioso alla Spagnuola -- isjust an excerpt, so useless for using for the dance. The CD is wonderful forlistening, and some pieces (there's one galliard and a pavane) may beusable for improvisation or choreographing to, but I doubt any <strong>of</strong> thepieces that are meant for a period choreography are usable - they areshort, and obviously meant for listening, not historical accuracy. Thechoice <strong>of</strong> instruments is also made on the grounds <strong>of</strong> artistry - there aremany period instruments, but I'm not so sure about the whip, bongo, andmetall<strong>of</strong>on... Aesth:**** U:*La Spagna: SiglosXV-XVI-XVIIAtrium Musicae de Madrid, and Paniagua, Gregorio CD: New York: BIS,BIS CD-163, 1986.Reprint <strong>of</strong> La Spagna: Siglos XV-XVI-XVII, 1980.La Vida de ColinSine Nomine CD: Quadrivium.VS: Has Petit Vriens, nice and lively, but the repeat pattern is wrong ...might be suitable for 2 people. Speeds up. The CD has a number <strong>of</strong> piecesin common with La Musica Italiana del XV Secolo, by the same group, sobuying them both only gives one 1.5 CDs. A:*** U:*Leoncello, Venustu m'as pris, Siege<strong>of</strong> Limerick,Kemps JiggBusch, Lenchen 45rpm single: Lenchen Busch.Lenchen Busch, Vohburger Str. 9, 80687 Munich


68 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>MD: A small private recording with instructions available from [thedistributor].Masque Music(artist unknown) Nonesuch, H-71153.Track Listing: The King's Mistress, Waters His Love, The Fairy Masque(The source music for the Clifton Court Allemande <strong>of</strong>ten known in Ohio asThe Cecelia Allemande), Now hath Flora, The Satyres' Masque, TheMountebank's <strong>Dance</strong> at Grayes Inn, Williams his love, The Goates Masque(The source music for Rashid's Allemande <strong>of</strong>ten known in Ohio as TheBlack Allemande), The Second Witches' <strong>Dance</strong>, Wilson's love, The Divill's<strong>Dance</strong> (Source Music for Lady Layton's Measure), The GypsiesMetamorphos'd, Galliarde, Alman: The Squirrel's Toy, While dancing rests,Come ashore, Cuperaree or Grayes Inn, Squier's Masque.May I Have thePleasure?Towne Waytes Society LP: Towne Waytes Society, TWR-771-2.LH: This was produced by the Towne Waytes, a Canadian group, with adetailed (24-page) booklet <strong>of</strong> instructions by Angene Feves for all <strong>of</strong> thedances. There's a lot <strong>of</strong> detail on how to perform the steps and Ms. Feveshas "newly English'd" the 1589 version <strong>of</strong> Arbeau for this booklet. I'm notsure that this is available any longer - I got my copy directly from AngeneFeves some years ago and I believe it was out <strong>of</strong> print and in extremelyshort supply even then.Mesura Et Arte DelDanzare: BalliItaliani DelQuattrocentoAccademia Viscontea I Musicanti CD: Ducale, CDL 002, 1991.Instruments: shawm, bombards, lutes, harp, vielle, organ, bagpipe, pipeand tabor, harpsichord, viols, mandora.Track Listing: Leoncello, Marchesana, Anello, Colonenese, Vercepe, PetitRiense, Voltate in ca Rosina, Margaritum, Poi che'l ciel e la Fortuna,Rostiboli Gioioso, Grazioso, La fia Guglielmina, A Florence la joyosecite/Hela la fille guillemin, Gelosia, Mercanzia, Sobria.DZ: A difficult CD to find, but worth the effort. <strong>Dance</strong>able and aestheticallypleasing versions <strong>of</strong> many <strong>of</strong> Ebreo's and Domenico's balli. (In a couple <strong>of</strong>cases, the music may not match your favorite reconstruction.)JPD: Liner notes include a list <strong>of</strong> early Italian sources, the concordance <strong>of</strong>which <strong>of</strong> these dances appear in which sources, instrumentation on eachseparate track, and notes from the sources about the choreography orstyle <strong>of</strong> each dance. Aesthetic Appeal: **** Usability: ****VS: Poi che'l ciel e la Fortuna and A Florence la joyose cite/Hela la filleguillemin, are the only 2 not for dancing, Margaritum being questionable.The rest are. A:****, U:****DH: I can only echo the above. It's hard to find, even in Europe (we had toget an Italian friend to 'export' us a copy) but well worth it. The disc tohave for 15th-century Italian balli. Easy to dance to and to listen to,though the recording quality is not quite perfect.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 69Music from theTime <strong>of</strong> Elizabeth IThe Acadamy <strong>of</strong> Ancient Music, and Sneak's Noyse, and Hogwood,Christopher CD: Decca Record / L'oiseau-lyre, 433 193-2, 1982.Instruments: Viols (SATB), lute, cornett, sackbut (ATB), Virginals, rebec,recorder, tambourine, lute, cittern, curtall, and crumhorn.Track Listing: The old Spagnoletta (works with the version found in theInns <strong>of</strong> Court manuscripts); the flat pavan and galliarde; John Bull: TheSpanish pavan (works with Arbeau's choreography), Coranto 'Alarm',Coranto 'Battle'; Holborne: Tinternell. Various ballads.JPD: All <strong>of</strong> the dances are a little slow and dragging-feeling Aestheticappeal: *** Usability: **Music from theTime <strong>of</strong> Richard IIIYork Waites CD: Saydisc, CD SDL 364, 1995.VS: Has Mercantia (doesn't work - only 2 repeats, confusing), Anello, andAmoroso (works). Also Danse de Cleves (works), and La Spagna. Bassa conmisurias. Aesth:**** U:** (not too many pieces, and not always clear orworkable).Music in the Age <strong>of</strong>Leonardo da VinciEnsemble Claude Gervaise CD: Musica Viva, MVC 1022, 1993.Track Listing: Domenico: Giloxia, Pizochara, La fia Guilmin. Ebreo: LaBassa Castiglia, Rostiboli Gioioso.JPD: This is a very nice-sounding recording. However, there are someproblems with it that make it far less useful than some <strong>of</strong> the otherrecordings <strong>of</strong> this repertoire. First, 27 separate "tracks" are reallycombined into 4 tracks, thus, you have to scan around inside the track t<strong>of</strong>ind the exact dance you want (thus losing the advantage <strong>of</strong> it being onCD, rather than being a tape you have to rewind and fast-forwardthrough). Second, none <strong>of</strong> the dances I checked matched myreconstruction... (On Pizochara, the bassadanza section seems <strong>of</strong>f, and theRostiboli has a strange repeat structure: it starts <strong>of</strong>f well on one full repeat<strong>of</strong> the dance, but then varies. Gelosia has only one repeat.) They could allbe fussed with to make them completely workable, but why bother whenthere're other good recordings. Aesthetic Appeal: **** Usability: **VS: Rostiboli Gioioso and Pizocara match their dances. I believe La fiaGuilmin is usable, but the speeds are on the slow side, especially the lastsection. Gelosia is only repeated once, and the section where the menweave is slightly different from the usual versions, so it isn't as useful.Also has Vida de Culin and La Bassa Castiglia. The one drawback to theCD is that the 22 pieces have been grouped into four tracks, so one can'tfind pieces easily. A=****, U=***Music <strong>of</strong> theGothic Period,<strong>Renaissance</strong> andEarly BaroqueCollegium Musicum Aldovadensis CD: PILZ 160261, 1992.


70 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>AB: Various stuff, including: Otto valerius' Intrata, Galliard, courantesuite; a medley <strong>of</strong> Volta Cansone and Morisco.Music <strong>of</strong> the<strong>Renaissance</strong> forLutes, Vihuelas,and CitternsRobert, Guy, and Robert, Elizabeth Cassette: MHS 6152, 1980.AB: Contains: pavans; galliards, branles, "Bouffens" and "passamezzo".Musica del XVsecolo in ItaliaArs Italica Tactus, TC 40012201.VS: Has a lovely, lively Rostiboli, with 20 extra bars thrown in in themiddle ... A:**** U:* (There's only the one piece. It can be modified to work.)MusicaSubterraneaMusica Subterranea CD: Musica Subterranea, 1999.On line URL: http://www.musicasubterranea.dhs.org/Track Listing: Official Bransle, Earl <strong>of</strong> Salisbury, Black Nag, Gelosia,Newcastle, Rostiboli Gioioso, Horses Bransle, Rufty Tufty, Petit Riens,Parson's Farewell, Hyde Park, Amoroso, Hearts Ease, Half Hannikin,Anello, Villanicco, Female Sailor, John Tallow's Canon, Hole in the Wall,Amoroso, Scotland the BraveDE: A useful CD <strong>of</strong> freely copyable tunes, mostly with the correctarrangements and repeats.Musicke forDauncingePugliese, Patri Cassette: Patri Pugliese.Available from Patri Pugliese, 39 Capen St. Medford, MA 02155. CDSSmay also have it.Track Listing: Quadran Pavan, Turkelone, Earl <strong>of</strong> Essex, Tinternell,Lorayne Alman, Old Alman, Brounswycke, Queen's, New, Madame Sosilia,Black, Quadran Pavan and Galliarde, Earl <strong>of</strong> Essex (long), New (long),Madame Sosilia (long), Lorayne and Queen's, Old and TinternellJPD: This is the companion tape for the dance manual Practise forDauncinge, and includes very danceable music for all the almanchoreographies contained therein. The music isn't beautiful, but it'sperfectly acceptable for use at events, and is very easy for beginners t<strong>of</strong>ollow. This is the only comprehensive source for Inns <strong>of</strong> Court dances;however, several recordings listed here do have one or two <strong>of</strong> these danceson them. Aesthetic appeal: *** Usability: ****MW: An SCA production, this is perhaps the only recording available forthe Inns <strong>of</strong> Court almans. Pretty harpsichord music, and fits with Practicefor Dancing, Patri's book on the subject.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 71AB: We bought the book at Pennsic a few years ago, but the tape was notavailable. Mistress Rosanore let me copy her copy <strong>of</strong> the tape that shepurchased years ago. Someone should inquire about current availability <strong>of</strong>the tape.DZ: At the time <strong>of</strong> this writing, Patri is looking for someone to take over thetask <strong>of</strong> copying this tape on an as-needed basis.Musiques Danserde la <strong>Renaissance</strong>FrançaiseCompagnie Maitre Guillaume CD:, 1996.On the Banks <strong>of</strong>the Helicon, EarlyMusic <strong>of</strong> ScotlandBaltimore Consort CD: Dorian, DOR-90139.VS: Includes Scotch Cap from Playford I (but has 4 repeats, not 3), a 39-second Canary sequence (which runs into the next piece), 2 Pavans, and aBransles d'Ecosse. A:**** U:**LH: An overall view <strong>of</strong> Scottish music, much <strong>of</strong> it vocal but really greatinstrumentation and very accessible singing. (Also good if you want topractice your "anglicised Gaelic.") Interesting version <strong>of</strong> "Scotch Cap" --might be hard for beginning dancers to catch the beat. Some nice "pavens"and the bagpipe pieces should warm the hearts <strong>of</strong> the Gaels.Popular <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong>the <strong>Renaissance</strong>Kennedy, Judith, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival Musicians Cassette:Suncrest Sound Studio, 1985.Track Listing: Bransle Double; Bransle Simple; Peas Bransle;Washerwoman B; Bransle de Villages III; Pavan; Galliard; Allemande;Black Almain; Woodicock; Gathering Peascods; Goddesses.AB: Side II <strong>of</strong> the tape has the tunes with voice-over <strong>of</strong> steps. Very nice forinstruction <strong>of</strong> novices. Unfortuantely, the tape and manual give noinformation about where to obtain it. I forgot how we ordered it. If youcontact the OSF, they can tell you how to get it.Popular EnglishCountry <strong>Dance</strong>s <strong>of</strong>the 17th and 18thCenturiesClaremont Country <strong>Dance</strong> Band Cassette: CDSS, CDSS-7, 1979.Available from CDSS, 17 New South St. Northampton, MA 01060.Track Listing: Mr. Isaac's Maggot, Hit and Miss, Picking Up Sticks, ScotchCap, Mr. Beveridge's Maggot, Epping Forest, Mad Robin, Prince William,Dublin Bay, The Female Sayler, Miss Sayer's Allemande, Jack's Health,Queen's Jig.JPD: Although only 25% <strong>of</strong> the dances are from first-edition Playford, thistape does contain some non-period stuff that's popular in An Tir: Mr.Isaac's Maggot, and Female Sayler. Aesthetic appeal: **** Usability: ****


72 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Purcell, Playford,and the EnglishCountry <strong>Dance</strong>:<strong>Dance</strong>s from 1685-1728The Playford Consort CD: Playford Consort Publications, CD 1095, 1995.From Playford Consort Publications, 100 York St, 15E, New Haven, CT06510Instruments: violin, viola de gamba, bassoon, keyboard, voice.Track Listing: 22 <strong>Dance</strong>s, including Hole in the Wall, Lilliburlero, and Coldand Raw (Juice <strong>of</strong> Barley).JPD: This CD includes tunes which were originally written by HenryPurcell as incidental music for plays, then later were adapted asdancemasters composed country dances to fit them. Choreography forthese dances appeared in Playford (in the 7th edition and later), Walsh,Bray, and Neal. Companion books include instructions for the dances, andarrangements <strong>of</strong> the music, as well as some additional information ondances <strong>of</strong> this period. Well worth getting if you are interested in laterEnglish country dances. Note that the music has a Baroque tone to it,which is suitable to the dances included, but not ideal for SCA use. <strong>Dance</strong>advisor: Christine Helwig. Musical advisor: Marshall Barron. For SCA Use- Aesthetic Appeal: ** Usability: * For Other English Country <strong>Dance</strong>rs -Aesthetic Appeal: **** Usability: ****<strong>Renaissance</strong> Brass Empire Brass Quintet Cassette: SQN, Chrome 79037.AB: Contains: various almans, pavans, galliards, canzonas<strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>MusicLondon Pro Musica Cassette: Tactus, Tacx145, 1987.Instruments: <strong>Renaissance</strong> violin, lute, guitar, theorbo, mandora, viol,cornett, sackbuts, shawm, dulcian, percussion.Track Listing: Pavana "La Bataglia"; Suite <strong>of</strong> Gagliarde: Il Burato, Baselaun trato, Untitled gagliarda, Zorzi; Pavan "Si je m'en vois"; Gaillarde "Sipour t'aymer"; Basse danse "Jouissance"; Mixed Suite <strong>of</strong> Branles: Branledouble, simple, gay, de Bourgogne; Three Branle Gays; Branle de la Haye;Branle des Chevaux; Branle de la Torche; Branle d'Escosse; Les Bouffons;La Volta; Two Almains; Negri: Leggiadra Marina; Pavaniglia; Caroso: IlCanario; Courante; Negri: Brando "Alta Regina"; Lupi: Ballo del Gran Duca(Alta Carretta).JPD: This is the companion tape to The <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> Book, whichincludes dance instructions and sheet music for the arrangementsperformed on the tape. London Pro Musica used a wide variety <strong>of</strong> periodsources for their music, (e.g. Praetorius' Branle Double, d'Estres' Branlegay) which may be confusing to those who are used to only dancing thesechoreographies to Arbeau's melodies. <strong>Dance</strong> advisor was Jane Gingell.Aesthetic appeal: *** Usability: **AT: This tape is accompanied by a dance book and a music book. One sideis pavans/bransles and the other is balli.VS: Asth:**** U: I only use the Il Canario, and find it very usable(especially with the companion book to explain how it works ...). I expectit's ****


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 73LL: Well-produced and thorough. I like the variety <strong>of</strong> good, danceablepieces. I particularly like the rendition <strong>of</strong> Leggiadra Marina for thetransitions between the tempo changes. La Volta is at a good speed, nottoo fast.MH: I really like this tape; it was played to be danced to. The Haye Branslehas the right repetitions <strong>of</strong> the final section for a three-person Haye. TheHorses Bransle doesn't needlessly repeat sections. Some more completerepeats <strong>of</strong> dances would be nice. I'll give it **** for aesthetics and usability.DH: I've only danced to the Bransle de la Haye, La Bouffens, and IlCanario, but all were successful. The accompanying book is pretty good.Aesthetically pleasing - I prefer this Il Canario to the Broadside Bandversion on Il Ballarino.<strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Music 1-4New York <strong>Renaissance</strong> Band Arabesque Recordings, 91-720, 1984.Contents: Part 1 is the same group <strong>of</strong> dances as Orchesographie (seeabove), or Washerwomen, War, and Pease (see below). Part 4 is the samegroup <strong>of</strong> dances as Country Capers (see above). Parts 2 and 3 haveselections from Praetorius' Terpsichore: Suite # 1 in C Major: Passemeze +Galliarde, Spagnoletta, Ballet des Coqs, ballet des bacanales, ballet desFeus, Courant de la Volte, Galliarde; Suite #2 in G Major: Branle double,simple, montirande, gay; La Rosette, Galliarde, B. Gentil; Suite in F Major:Passamezze pour les cornetz; Courante M.M. Wustrow: Courante, Philo,Volte; Suite #4 in G Major: Ballet, B. des Amazones, B. des Anglois,Gavotte, Volte.<strong>Renaissance</strong><strong>Dance</strong>, volume 1School for Scoundrels Cassette: School for Scoundrels, 1993.Track Listing: Sellinger's Round, Goddesses, Gathering Peascods, BlackNag, Newcastle, Dargason, Rufty Tufty, Merry Merry Milkmaids,Stingo/Oyle <strong>of</strong> Barley, St. Martins.School for Scoundrels, 9420 Reseda Blvd. #566, Northridge, CA 91324JPD: Has accompanying booklet <strong>of</strong> dance instructions, and video whichteaches and demonstrates the dances. <strong>Dance</strong> advisor: Master Giles <strong>of</strong>Sweetwater. Side A <strong>of</strong> the cassette has all <strong>of</strong> the dances at "instructionaltempos" and side B is slightly faster "Revel Tempos". Aesthetic Appeal: **Usability: ****Return <strong>of</strong> thePipersPhiladelphia <strong>Renaissance</strong> Wind Band.VS: Has Amoroso, with wrong repeat structure. Also Schiar.Mar. somegalliards, Official bransle in a suite. Can't comment on their usability.A:*** U:**


74 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Revels for 1588 Broadside Band Cassette: Dolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society, 1988.Available from DHDS for £8 plus £1.25 shipping. Companion book£6.95+£2 shipping.Instruments: recorders, fife, virginals, regal, violin, viol, hurdy gurdy,cittern, lute, mandora.Track Listing: Inns <strong>of</strong> Court: Quarter Braules, The Spanioletta. Negri:Brando detto alta Regina, La Battaglia, Il Torneo Amoroso, Barriera,Pavaniglia, Arbeau: Spanish Pavan, Branle Aridan. Monsieur's Allemaine.IoC: Turcke Loene, Black Alman, The Longe Pavan, Ladye Layton'sMeasure. Playford, 1651: Row Well ye Mariners, Peppers Black, Mundesse.JPD: Tape from DHDS Summer School, 1988, which focused on Englishdance c. 1588 and other dances linked thematically with the Armada (i.e.nautical or Spanish). Nice tape with good versions <strong>of</strong> lots <strong>of</strong> the moreobscure Inns <strong>of</strong> Court dances, and some fun Playfords. The instructionbook should be used with caution, as some <strong>of</strong> their assumptions seem abit questionable to me. (Some <strong>of</strong> the Inns <strong>of</strong> Court dances are done withsteps from Negri, some from Arbeau, mostly according to the whim <strong>of</strong> theauthor. Some almans are done with an unusual alman step, some withcoranto steps.) But if you do your own research, this is fine music to danceto! Aesthetic Appeal: *** Usability: ***.5Robin is to theGreenwood GoneOdette, Paul Cassette: Elektra, 79123-4, 1987.Track Listing: Packington's Pound; Grimstock; Greensleeves; pavans; jigs;galliards; Walsingham; Spanish PavinRose & Nefr <strong>Dance</strong>TapesJararvellir Music Guild Cassette x 2: Rose and Nefr Press.Available from Rose & Nefr Press, 7307 W. Franklin Ave., St. Louis Park,MN 55426. $20.00 for two tapes and book.Track Listing: Tape 1: French <strong>Renaissance</strong>: Carolingian Pavan, EntreeCourante, Mannschaft Pavan, Quadran Pavan, Earl <strong>of</strong> Salisbury Pavan,Basse: Jouyssance vous donnerai, Branles: Suite Haut Barrois, Pinagay,Charlotte, Poitou, Scottish, Maltese, Calontir, Mimed Branles:Washerwomen's, Pease, Clog, Hermits, Horses, Candlestick, Montarde,Official, War, Knock-down-drag-out, Galliarde, Tourdion, La Volta, EnglishCountry: All in a Garden White, Black Nag, Dargason, Dull Sir John,Female Sailor, Fine Companion, Gathering Peascods, Glory <strong>of</strong> the West,Grimstock, Heart's Ease, Hit and Misse, Hole in the Wall, Jenny PluckPears, Mayden Lane Tape 2: Merry Merry Milke Maids, Newcastle, NewExchange, Nonesuch, Picking up Sticks, Rufty Tufty, Sellenger's Round,Upon a Summer's Day, Almans: Black Alman, Queen's Alman, Ailis'Alman, Italian <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>: Anello, Balletto Contentezza d'Amore,Spagnoletta Regolata, Verceppe, Games: The Cushion <strong>Dance</strong> or PrinkumPrankum, Miller in the Middle, <strong>Dance</strong>s that Aren't Period: Korobushka,SCA Road to the Isles, Strip the WillowJPD: These tapes and their companion book serve one purposewonderfully: if you're trying to get started, and want directions to lots <strong>of</strong>dances done in the SCA, and music for them all in one package, this isfabulous for you. Unfortunately, I just don't find the music very attractive.It's very danceable to with a beat that's clear even to the rhythmicallyuninclined; however, some aesthetic appeal got sacrificed in making it souseful. Aesthetic appeal: ** Usability: ****


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 75DZ: When people ask for one source as a starting point for getting perioddance started in their locale, the common response is to wince andreluctantly recommend this one.SCA <strong>Dance</strong>MusickeThe Companions <strong>of</strong> St. Cecilia Cassette:.Accompanies book <strong>of</strong> "Fidelco's <strong>Dance</strong> Notes". Can be obtained fromDeborah Rochefort, 15 Karen Lane, Shenandoah Jct., WV 25442. $8 forthe tape or the book, $15 for both, $1/item shipping. There is a volume II(tape and book) now available at the same prices. Eric Praetzel now hasthis available via his SCA music pile.Instruments: Recorders, mandolin, bass viol, penny whistle, percussion,and voices.Track Listing: Line <strong>Dance</strong>s: Fryar and the Nun, Madame Sosilia Almande,Mannschaft Pavan, Danse de Cleue, Montarde Branle; 3-couple dances:Grimstock, Stingo, Old Mole, Mayden Lane; 4-couple dances: Hyde Park,The Health, Fain I would; Circle <strong>Dance</strong>s: Pease Branle, Maltese Branle,Fickle Ladies, Sellinger's Round; Hearts Ease; 3-couple dances: Chestnut,Confess, Upon a Summer's Day; Line dances: Love and a Bottle, Hole inthe Wall.JPD: Appealing collection <strong>of</strong> dances done in the SCA, generally very pretty,though a few dances (e.g. Hide Parke) are a little uncomfortably highpitched.Nice variety <strong>of</strong> dances. Aesthetic appeal: *** Usability: ****MH: We use this tape a lot in Castel Rouge. In fact, we just bought it forthe Baronial tape box. It is very usable ****, and has a nice variety <strong>of</strong>music. Recommended, particularly for beginning groups.Selva Amarosa:Italian<strong>Renaissance</strong><strong>Dance</strong>s by FabritioCarosoScaramella Cassette: Classical Recording Service, 1991.Available from Diana Cruickshank (see DHDS) for £5 plus £1 shipping.Companion book is £7.50, plus £1 shipping.Instruments: recorders, crumhorns, lutes, renaissance guitar, viols.Track Listing: Selva Amarosa, Gloria d'Amore / Donna Leggiadra, Bellezzed'Olimpia, Rara Belta, La Gagliarda di Spagna, Bella Gioiosa, ContrapassoNuovo, Ardente Sole, Ombrosa Valle, Maraviglia d'Amore, Fulgente Stella,Alta Regina, Este Gonzaga, Florido Giglio, Candida Luna, Fedelta.JPD: A collection <strong>of</strong> dances from Il Ballarino and Nobilta di Dame. Musicarranged by Stewart McCoy. <strong>Dance</strong> advisor: Diana Cruickshank. AestheticAppeal: **** Usability: ***DH: Reasonable recording <strong>of</strong> late-16th-century Italian dances. We've onlyused Bella Gioiosa, Contrapasso Nuovo and Fedelta, but all were verydanceable.Ship <strong>of</strong> Fools Renbourne, John Cassette: Folklore Productions, FF90466, 1988.AB: Contains Maltese Brawle and other "traditional" tunes.


76 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>MW: This may or may not be the Renbourne album famous for having a"Bransle Maltese" that is actually Schiarazula -- evidence that ourmistakes can have repercussions beyond the SCA...Shire <strong>of</strong> the IslesCD(artist unknown) CD:.Track Listing: Jouyessance vous Donnerai, Black Allemande, Black Nag,Schiarazula Marazula, Gathering Peascods, Goddesses, Hearts Ease,Jenny Plucks Pears, Saint Martins, Official Bransle, If All the World WerePaper, Picking <strong>of</strong> Sticks, Rufty Tufty, Sellengers Round, Washerwoman'sBransle, Wherligig, Woodicock.DE: Not really sure what to make <strong>of</strong> this one. It's an SCA recording <strong>of</strong>dubious sound quality and musicianship, and the tunes are played onrecorders <strong>of</strong> less than top quality, but there is a bit <strong>of</strong> heart in this and thetunes are all <strong>of</strong> a danceable speed and have the correct number <strong>of</strong> repeats.Worth having but not the best source <strong>of</strong> dance tunes unless you seesomething here that's not available elsewhere. It does have the advantage<strong>of</strong> being freely copyable.Silence is Deadly Waits <strong>of</strong> Southwark CD: Waits Music, 1995.Track Listing: Childgrove, Rufty Tufty, Newcastle, Faine I would, Sculley'sReel, Bacca Pipes Jig, Saint Martins, Hide Park, Princess Royal, The Roadto Lisdoonvarna, Stingo, Martin Said To His Man, Bella Gioiosa, JennyPluck Pears, Gathering Peascods, Lillibulero, The Blarney Pilgrim/BanishMisfortune, Ashford, The Nutting Girl, The Merry Merry Milke Maids,Cuckolds All A Row, Young Collins, The Morning Dew.DE: An excellent and fun recording to dance to, although not all <strong>of</strong> thetracks are useful for the SCA. Also, the instrumentation and arrangementsare very "rock and roll", and the repeats in Bella Gioiosa are probably notcorrect (although the jury's still out on that one). I do like the tunes whichare 1st edition playford, however.So ben mi ..., LaFedalta d'Amore,Lo Spagnoletto, LaCourtesia Amorosa(artist unknown) 45rpm single: Fidula, FON 1286.MD: These records are just two <strong>of</strong> a lot <strong>of</strong> records and books on dancingavailable from Fidula, Boppard/Rhein and Salzburg, Austria. They havelots <strong>of</strong> interesting records but beware <strong>of</strong> Gaillardes from them, becausesome <strong>of</strong> them are influenced by Taubert, who had a totally differentreconstruction for them, requiring very slow tempi.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 77Sonare et Balare:<strong>Dance</strong>s from 15thc. Italy and FranceBedford Waits Cassette: Dolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society, 1990.Available from DHDS for £7 plus £1.25 shipping. Companion book: £5plus £2 shipping.Instruments: Recorders, crumhorn, rackett, lute, dulcimer, cornett.Track Listing: Italian Balli: Anello (Domenico), Belreguardo Novo (D), Laltrafia guielmina (D), Giloxia (D), Gratioso (Guglielmo), Legiadra (G), Pizochara(D), Rostiboli Gioioso (G), Spero (G). Italian Basse danze: Castelana (G),Caterva (G), Corona (D), Damnes (D), Pellegrina (G), Pietosa (G). Frenchbassedanses: La Danse de cleves (Brussels), Lesperance de bourbon(Br./Toulouze), Filles a marier (Br/T), Le petit rouen (Br/T), Rotiboullyioyeulx (Br/T).JPD: This tape was prepared in conjunction with DHDS' Summer School<strong>of</strong> 1989. Companion book has dance choreography, but no stepdescriptions or other info, as it was designed as a reminder for those whohad learned the dances at workshops. Most dances are quite nice, andquite usable. Aesthetic Appeal: *** Usability: ***Songs & <strong>Dance</strong>sfrom ShakespeareBraodside Band CD: Saydisc, SDL 409.LH: While many <strong>of</strong> the selections are "songs" there are also many dancesincluded (and don't be surprised if many <strong>of</strong> the songs sound familiar asmany <strong>of</strong> them are also dance tunes). Extensive "liner notes" includinglyrics to all the songs. This is good for you theatrical types also as it talksabout actual music used in the original productions staged byShakespeare.Songs and <strong>Dance</strong>sfrom the Spanish<strong>Renaissance</strong>Camerata Iberia CD:, 1999.Two and threecouple dances from17th and 18thcentury EnglandStep StatelyBarron, Marshall, and Ward, Charles, and Leber, Eric Cassette: Country<strong>Dance</strong> and Song Society <strong>of</strong> America, CDS-8, 1980.Track Listing: Step Stately, Love's Triumph, Miss Sparks's Maggot, TheBoatman, Joy After Sorrow, The Splendid Shilling, The Beggar Boy, TheMaid in the moon, Come Let's Be Merry I and II, Saint Martin's, GreenSleeves and Yellow Lace, The Corporation, Shepherd's Holiday, St.Margaret's Hill, Heartsease, Chelmsford Assembly.Instruments: Violin, recorders, harpsichord.IE: More country dances both "in" and OOP. Much nicer renditions thanmany, but notably Baroque, if your audience can tell the difference.Take a dance Bare Necessities CD: Chicago: Flying Fish, 1991.Track Listing: Take a <strong>Dance</strong>, Scotch Morris, Irish Lamentation, Fandango,The wood duck / Fried de Metz Herman, Miss DeJersey's Memorial / PatShaw, Nonesuch, St. Margaret's Hill, Knives and Forks, Trip to the Jubilee,Hambleton's Round O.


78 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>IE: I've heard this one, but don't own it. The renditions are like on theirfirst album, a little modern, but very danceable and pleasant to listen to.[Commendably...] they give enough reperitions <strong>of</strong> the tune to actuallydance to. Most <strong>of</strong> these dances are OOP, but what the hell.Tape <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Various Cassette: The Letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>.Tape <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>,Volume 1Debateable Consort, and Carolingian Jongleurs, and EllisifFlakkingskvinne, and Robin the Just, and Pandemonium Cassette: TheLetter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>.Track Listing: Hole in the Wall, Black Nag, Juice <strong>of</strong> the Barley, Hyde Park,Black Almayne, Return <strong>of</strong> Spring, Parson's Farewell, Ballo del Fiore, Fallacon Misuras, Saltarello La Regina, a tourdion (Arbeau), Galliarde: L'EnnuyQui Me Tormente, Galliarde: Mille Ducas, Galliarde IV (Holborne)DZ: This is the companion tape to the first volume <strong>of</strong> the Letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>.It is now out <strong>of</strong> print, and has been superseded by The Tape <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>,Volume 2 (see below).MW: Yes, it's immodest, but I do think that we've collectively assembled anawfully useful tape here...JPD: Instructions for most <strong>of</strong> the dances appeared in the Letter. Aestheticappeal ranges widely because several different consorts contributed.Aesthetics: ** - **** Usability: ****Tape <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>,Volume 2Debateable Consort, and Ensemble Rigodon, and Bryn Gwlad Music Guild,and Pandemonium, and Carolingian Jongleurs, and EllisifFlakkingskvinne, and Robin the Just, and Del von Strassburg Cassette:The Letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>.Copies available from the Letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>.Track Listing: Jouyessance vous donneray, Hyde Park, Leggiadria d'Amore,Basse Alenchon, Horses Branle, Heralds in Love, Dargason, Heartsease,another galliarde and tourdion; synthesized recordings <strong>of</strong> the basse dansesLa Tantaine, Bayonne, Beaulte, Casulle, La Franchoise, Avignon,Flourentine, Le Rosin, and M'amie; all dances from Tape <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> Volume1.DZ: This is the companion tape for volumes 1 and 2 <strong>of</strong> the Letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>.It includes the dances from The Tape <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>, Volume 1 (with duplicatesremoved and Hole in the Wall shortened) as well as music for the dancescovered in Volume 2 <strong>of</strong> the Letter.LL: A mix <strong>of</strong> dances. Nice rendition <strong>of</strong> Arbeau's tordion. The playing <strong>of</strong>Black Almain is an excellent alternative to the version on Musicke forDauncinge...and especially if you like to dance it four times rather thantwo!


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 79DH: I hesitate to criticise, since the Tape <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> is an excellent idea, andthe ensembles are not pr<strong>of</strong>essional, but the execution <strong>of</strong> the pieces is <strong>of</strong>very variable quality. In most cases I don't think this will interfere withtheir danceability, but some are aesthetically disappointing (thesyntehsised bassedances especially so). Some <strong>of</strong> the dances may have oddlengths/repeats - Jouyessance most notably.Tape <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>,volume 4Various CD: Bill Street, Jr, 2001.Track Listing: Cassandra Bransle, Bransle Pinagay, Bransle Charlotte,Bransle Aridan, Clog Bransle, Horses Bransle, Candlestick Bransle,Gavotte, Gay Bransle, Haut Barrois Bransle, Hermits Bransle, Bransle dela Hay, Maltese Bransle, Montarde Bransle, Official Bransle, PoitouBransle, Scottish Bransle, Belle Qui Pavan/Tourdion, Galliard, QueensAlman, Gelosia, Mercantia, Petit Vriens, Sobria, Verceppe, Bassa Gioiosa,Contentezza d'Amore, Gloria d'Amore, Leggiadria d'Amore, Passo e Mezzo /Dolce Amoroso Fiamma, Nonsuch, Siciliana.Tarentule -TarentelleSaint-Michel de Provence, and Atrium Musicae de Madrid, and Paniagua,Gregorio CD: Harmonia Mundi, HM 40.379, 1977.Program notes in French by Dr. Don Gregorio Paniagua Rodriguez oncontainer insert.Track Listing: Anonyme : Antidotum tarantulae ; Chorea ; Primus modusTarantella, Secundus modus Tarentella, Tertius modus Tarentella -- F.Couperin : Les barricades mysterieuses -- Anonyme : Tarentella NeapoliTonum Phrygium -- G. Paniagua: D'apr=E1es une basse obst. deBuxtehude -- Anonyme : Ritornello Tarentella Neapoli -- C. Monteverdi :Laetatus sum. Psalmus 121 -- Anonyme : Tarentela ; Tarentella. AliaClausula ; Tarentelas 1a, 2a, & 3a ; Tarentella. Tono hypodorico -- GasparSanz : La Tarentela -- Anonyme : Scotish gigg ; Tarantela -- S. de Murcia :Tarantelas -- Anonyme : Country dance (Running Footman) -- D.Fern=E2andez de Huete : La Tarantela -- M. Praetorius : Ballet dessorciers -- Joseph Recuero : Tarantela I -- Anon. Apuglia : Tarantela II --Anonyme Italia : Tarantela III ; Tarantela IV ; Tarantela V ; Tarantela VI --Anonyme : Nana Andaluza -- G. Paniagua : Taranto D'Almeria.IE: Interesting record. Lovely arrangements, some are even danceable. Thisis the source for the music that was recut for Richard Powers' Villanicco,and one <strong>of</strong> the tracks is used for the Spagnoletto in some areas.Ten <strong>Dance</strong>s from16th Century ItalyGuildhall Waits, and Pope, Martin Cassette: Companie <strong>of</strong> Dansers, 1983.Book Published by Companie <strong>of</strong> Dansers, Book and Music Produced byMartin Pope.Track Listing: Laura Soave (sic); Spagnoletta; Canario; Austria Gonzaga; IlGratioso; Allegrezza d'Amore; Bianco Fiore; La Biscia Amorosa; La Cacciad'Amore; Barriera Nuova.LL: Played at a stately pace. I find most <strong>of</strong> these renditions too slow. I usethe Allegrezza d'Amore for teaching before going onto the quicker playingson Il Ballarino and on Homage to Amor.


80 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>The EnglishDancing Master, 1-4.Orange and Blue, and The Ranchers LP: CDSS, EFDSS PLA 1-4, 1976-81.JPD: Aesthetic appeal: *** Usability: **** This whole series was producedby the English Folk <strong>Dance</strong> and Song Society for use at dance events,similar to our own purposes. It's all good tempo, and quite danceable to. Alittle modern sounding for SCA use, but not excessively so.LH: These four volumes (still available but only on all LP) are the "basicPlayford" teaching records put out by the EFDSS based on Sharp'stranscriptions <strong>of</strong> the dances. I don't particularly care for theirinstrumentation (I'm not partial to concertina/accordion) and some <strong>of</strong> thetempos are not what we're used to in California, but L&U and a lot <strong>of</strong> othercountry dance groups have relied on them when we couldn't find dancemusic for a particular dance with the right number <strong>of</strong> repeats anywhereelse (54 different dances on 4 records -- not all are from Playford's 1stedition). Remember that they are more concerned with community dancingthan with "period" and their instrumentation reflects this. You can likenthis to square dancing for the British.The EnglishDancing Master, 1Orange and Blue LP: CDSS, EFDSS PLA 1, 1976.Track Listing: Gathering Peascods, Hey Boys, up go we, My Lady Cullen,Grimstock, Mage on a Cree, Adson's Saraband, 29th <strong>of</strong> May, Jenny PluckPears, Parson's Farewell, Upon a Summers Day, Dargason, Chestnut,Amarillis, Old Mole.The EnglishDancing Master, 2Orange and Blue LP: CDSS, EFDSS PLA 2, 1977.Track Listing: Althea, Friar and the Nun, Fain I would, Maid's Morris,Confess, Argeers, Lull me beyond thee, Maiden Lane, Merry MerryMilkmaid, Broom the bonny bonny Broom, Spring Garden, The Pheonix.The EnglishDancing Master, 3The Ranchers LP: CDSS, EFDSS PLA 3, 1980.Track Listing: Sellenger's Round, My Lady Winwood's Maggot (1728), TheBoatman, Whirligig (tune: Woodicock), Heartsease, The Health, MockHobby Horse (1698), Picking <strong>of</strong> Sticks, Mr. Isaac's Maggot (1695), Hit andMiss, Juice <strong>of</strong> Barley (1690), King <strong>of</strong> Poland (1698), Orleans Baffled (1728)The EnglishDancing Master, 4Orange and Blue LP: CDSS, EFDSS PLA 4, 1981.The Lady and theUnicornRenbourne, John CD: Shanachie, 97022.Track Listing: Trotto; Saltarell; Lamento di Tristan; La Rotta; Veri Floris;Triple Ballade; Bransle Gay; Bransle de Bourgogne; Alman; MelancholyGalliard; Sarabande; The Lady and the Unicorn; Medley; Westron Wynde;Scarborough Fair.AB: I believe the "Alman" on the recording is the well-known Earl <strong>of</strong>Salisbury Pavan music. The CD comes with sheet music in the programnotes for all the tunes.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 81Tielman Susato:Dansereye 1551New London Consort CD: L'Oiseau-Lyre., 436131-2, 1993.AB: Phillip Pickett stuff. Includes: sutie <strong>of</strong> 4 bransles; basse dance "mondesir;" 7 allemandes; 2 pavans; 8 galliards; Moresca.DH: Never used it for dancing to, so I've no idea <strong>of</strong> its suitability. TypicalNew London Consort 'big band' sound. Pavanne La Battaille also featureson Trionfi! by the same ensemble.To Celebrate aPrince: <strong>Dance</strong> inthe Time <strong>of</strong>Lorenzo de Medici(artist unknown) Cassette: Dolmetsch Historical <strong>Dance</strong> Society, 1992.Available from DHDS for £9 plus £1.25 shipping. Companion book is £6plus £2 shipping.Track Listing: Petit Rose, Verceppe, Prexonera, La Ingrata, LeoncelloVecchio and Novo, Colonese, Ducheso, Fiore de Vertu, Principessa, Tesara,Cupido, Mignotta Vechia & Nova, Marchexana, Gratioso.To Drive the ColdWinter AwaySt. George's Canzona Cassette: MHS, MHC9432K, 1986.AB: Contains: <strong>of</strong>ficial branle; pavans; Staines Morris; Fandango; GreenGarters; Satarelli; galliards; various Praetorius stuff.Un Bal ChezRabelais(artist unknown) LP: Harmonia Mundi, HM 931.MR: All dances, mostly pavans, galliardes, bransles and rondes fromGervaise, Phalese, etc. Liner notes include a list <strong>of</strong> some dances mentionedby Rabelais, general instructions for dancing a pavan, galliarde andcommon bassedanse a la Arbeau.Un bal <strong>Renaissance</strong>La Maurache et Melusine LP: Unidisc, UD301419.MD: my favourite LP, consists <strong>of</strong> bransles and allemandes, also nice to justhear, but thought to be danced. (Includes a little bit <strong>of</strong> instructions on theinside cover.)Viva ReyFernando,<strong>Renaissance</strong> musicfrom theNeopolitan Court1442-1556Hesperion XX, and Savall, Jordi CD:.


82 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>VS: Two <strong>of</strong> the pieces listed are: Figlie Guilielmin (basse danse) fromCornazano, and Collinetto (ballo) from Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro. FiglieGuilelmina is a ballo, while Colinetto is a bassadanza and is only inCornazano, so right <strong>of</strong>f, they obviously have muddled stuff. The first piecemay be a bassedanze - it wasn't recognizable, but I'm not into them. It mayvery well be Collinetto. The second is neither Colinnetto, nor FiglieGuilelmina, but is Vida de Culin. There's also Il Re de Spagna, bassa andalta danza, from de la Torre. A:*** U:*Washerwomen,War, and PeaseNew York <strong>Renaissance</strong> Band LP: Arabesque Recordings, NB 7514, 1989.Reprint <strong>of</strong> Arbeau: Orchésographie, 1984.Where BeautyMoves and WitDelightsThe New World <strong>Renaissance</strong> Band CD: Nightwatch, NW1002, 1993.JPD: Daphne, Staines Morris, Goddesses. Other non-dance stuff. Daphnecould work for Hit and Misse (even has a 12-count hey), but too manyrepeats, and vocals that might throw <strong>of</strong>f dancers. Goddesses only has 6repeats (needs 11): a little slow, but it's one <strong>of</strong> the few existing recordingsfor this dance. Staines Morris has only three full repeats <strong>of</strong> the music.Would need to be spliced. Liner notes do not contain info oninstrumentation. Aesthetic Appeal: *** Usability: **Appendix I: Brief MentionsWe had far more good stuff than we could print. Most <strong>of</strong> the followingconsist only partly <strong>of</strong> dance music or have a more limited or specializedappeal, or were not included because we had too-incomplete informationabout them. The material on these has been highly condensed.Ancient Airs and<strong>Dance</strong>sO'Dette, Paul (with Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor) (Hyperion CDA66228)LH: These are the original lute songs and dances used by Respighi in hisorchestral "Suites <strong>of</strong> Ancient Airs and <strong>Dance</strong>s.” Paul O'Dette is, <strong>of</strong> course,a wonderful lutenist and, even if you can't dance to some <strong>of</strong> these, it'swonderful listening. Lovely version <strong>of</strong> Caroso's "Laura Soave.”The Art <strong>of</strong> theBawdy SongBaltimore Consort. CD<strong>Dance</strong>s: Cuckolds all a-row, Argeers, Gathering Peascods, Ladie Lie nearmeJT: Not bad at all, considering it's not primarily a dance CD. Aesthetic: ***Usability: **.5The Art <strong>of</strong> the Lutein the Middle AgesL'Ensemble Perceval. (tape) MHS MHC6391, 1982. Various 13th and14th century "dance" tunes.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 83Calliope FestivalCalliope. Elektra. Tape: E4-79069. 1984. Includes: various Salterelli;Ferrareze Pavan and Galliard; various other galliards.The ChristmasRevelsLangstaff, John. (tape) CA1078, 1982.IdH: [Includes] Abbot's Bromley Horn Pipe; Dargason; Sword <strong>Dance</strong> tunes.The CompleatDancing MasterAntilles AN-7003Includes Sellinger's Round , Nonesuch, Cuckolds All Awry, and others,and amusing readings.AH: Cuckolds does not have the right number <strong>of</strong> repeats for dancing.<strong>Dance</strong> <strong>of</strong> the AgesEnsemble Eduard Melkus - Ulsamer Collegium. Archiv 439 964-2. Therecordings were done in the early 70s. [Paraphrasing VS: It is a 4-CD set.The first two CDs are out <strong>of</strong> period; the third includes Baroque dances weuse, though the music is not particularly danceable. CD4 includesLamento di Tristano, a Trotto, 2 Istampita and Saltarello La Regina, 3basse danze and an alta danza...general dance stuff from 1500s (no balli!),and an Early Baroque section: Schiarazula and a bit more from Mainerio,Barriera and Celeste Giglio from Caroso (I don't do either dance, but myguess is both are too slow), and ending with 5 pieces by Caroubel.]VS: The collection is somewhat <strong>of</strong> a disappointment, if you're hoping for 4CDs worth <strong>of</strong> music. It has bits and pieces, but no Arbeau, no early Balli,no Playford I, and 2 questionable late Balli. I got it for $20, and likeWaltzs, but I expect most people wouldn't find it useful. I also get thestrong impression that it is <strong>Dance</strong> Music for Listening, not for Dancing,and that the musicians weren't working with dancers or reconstructors.This CD= A:*** U:**Danserye -1551Camarata Hungarica. Hungaroton/Qualiton CD: SLPX 12194; cassetteMK 12194LH: The music is absolutely wonderful but we don't do many <strong>of</strong> thesedances in Caid -- really fine instrumentation and vocals (on some <strong>of</strong> theselections).Eloge du vin et dela vigneLa Maurache. Arion CD: ARN 68248 [AD]: Mostly songs, but includes laGelosia, Amoroso, a tourdion, three basse dances (one <strong>of</strong> which has vocalas well as instrumental accompaniment), a bransle simple (similaraccompaniment), and an emminantly danceable and listenable version <strong>of</strong>Arbeau's courante.VS: I don't know about the Gelosia and Amoroso ... it's part <strong>of</strong> a suite,apparently, with Gelosia/Amoroso/Saltarello/Anello, all played in under 3minutes ... I doubt it's too usable.England Be Glad! St. George's Canzona. (tape) MHS 9337X, 1972.Includes: Greensleeves; various galliards.The English Lute Odette, Paul. (tape). Nonesuch N5-1363, 1979.IdH: Contains: various galliards, Almains; pavans.


84 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>English Lute Duets MHS MHC 312094M (tape) 1987.IdH: Contains: Greensleeves; pavans; galliards; Sellengers Rounde.Golden <strong>Dance</strong> Hits<strong>of</strong> 1600Archiv 2533 184Mainerio: Schiarazula Marazula , others.Gothic and<strong>Renaissance</strong><strong>Dance</strong>s(tape) MHS MHC2061, n.d.IdH: Contains: Pavans; Almans; galliards, bransles Bourgogne andChampagne.Greatest <strong>Dance</strong>Hits <strong>of</strong> the 1500'sQuintessence PMC-750495.See: <strong>Dance</strong> Music <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Renaissance</strong>.Harp Music <strong>of</strong> theItalian<strong>Renaissance</strong>Laurence-King, Andrew. (CD) MHS 513460Y, 1993. Re-release <strong>of</strong> 80'srecording. IdH: Contains: Various galliards, Negri's "La Barriera":"Brando per Quattro"' "Pastore e Quattro Ninfe"John Dowland:Fantasies andDreamsBacon, Joseph. Tape: MHS MHC6497, 1982.IdH: Contains: various Almans; galliards; jigs.The King's Delight:17 c. ballads forvoice and violinThe King's Noyse. Harmonia Mundi, 1994. HMU 907101. CD.Instruments: Viola, violin, bass violin, lute, cittern, and voice. <strong>Dance</strong>Tunes: All in a Garden Green, Gathering Peascods, Blew-cap, Jog On,Daphne, Grimstock, Childgrove, The Beggar Boy, Mr. Isaac's Maggot.JT: This is primarily a collection <strong>of</strong> ballads, which has some tunes whichhappen to be dances. Thus, they're <strong>of</strong> limited use.... Aesthetic Appeal:*** Usability: *.5The King's Noyse Canzonetta. (CD) Harmonia Mundi. 907127, 1994.IdH: Contains: various Saltarelli, galliards, various "dances". Nice music--Paul Odette on lute.Le Moyen AgeCatalanArs Musice de Barcelone. CD: HMA 190051MR: Not particularly useful. The only dance is the bassedanse Barcelona(from Brussells ms.)Les Menestriers,Les Menestriers(LP) Vanguard SRV-316 SD, 1974MR: Contains mostly vocal music. In addition to Chanconetta Tedesca, ithas the Saltarello, and a good Spagna with a strong beat.A Little ConsortMusicLittle Consort Amsterdam. ETCETERA CD: KTC 1005[AD]: Includes three short 15c bassa danzas.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 85A Maid in Bedlam John Renbourn Group. Shanachie 79004Includes Galliarde: Nacht Tanz/Schaeffertanz . MH: There is a very nicepavan and galliard in this one. Very danceable. Perhaps someone couldtry some original choreography?Mary's Music Scottish Early Music Consort. (CD) Chandos CHAN 0529, 1992.IdH: Re-release <strong>of</strong> 80's recording. Contains: "content desir"; basse dance,various pavans and galliards; branles.The MerryMilkmaid: EarlyEnglish Country<strong>Dance</strong>sThe City Waits. Soundalive Music Ltd. CD: SAMHC/CD/009LH: Some vocal music interspersed with the dance music with the samefine instrumentation work you find with the other English early musicgroups that seem to specialize in the “street” type <strong>of</strong> music rather thanformal, court music.Music from theTime <strong>of</strong> ChristianIV(CD) MHS 513127X, 1992. IdH: Re-release <strong>of</strong> earlier recording. Containsvarious galliards, pavans; saltarelli; Pasameza; various courantes.Musicians <strong>of</strong>Swanne Alley. Inthe Streets &Theatres <strong>of</strong> London(CD) MHS 513557M, 1994. Virgin Classics CD: VC 7 90789. IncludesAlmans, pavans, ballads, "Passamezzo"; Grimstock; Greensleeves.LH: The focus on this recording is on music that would be used in theatrepieces so it is a mix <strong>of</strong> song and dance. The group is headed up bypremiere lutenists Lyle Nordstrom and Paul O’Dette (and the othermusicians are <strong>of</strong> equal quality) so you know it’s going to be great listening!Lively versions <strong>of</strong> “Stingo” and “Grimstock.”Musique dans letemps de JacquesCartierVery recent (1995). Ensemble Claude-Gervaise. ORCD-4103. VS: Has LePetit Rouen, Filles a marier, La Spagna, Belle Qui, some bransles.The Parley <strong>of</strong>InstrumentsChristmas Music by Michael Praetorius. (CD) Hyperion A66200, 1986.IdH: Various stuff from Terpsichore, mostly galliards.Pass Time withGood CompanyKicking Mule Records,Includes music for Earl <strong>of</strong> Salisbury Pavan .Playford Replay'dStaines Morris, Jack's Health, Hyde Park, Picking Up Sticks, Mad Robin,Mr Isaac's Maggot, St. Martin's, Argeers, Nonesuch, Step Stately,Dargason, Chestnut, Hearts Ease, Rufty Tufty, Upon a Summer's Day,Sellenger's Round, Confesse,Gathering Peasecods, Epping Forest.DZ: Very danceable. This was a mainstay <strong>of</strong> our EC dancing for a time.Praetorius --<strong>Dance</strong>s fromTerpsichore /Misai SioniaeThe Early Music Consort <strong>of</strong> London. CD: CDM 7 69024 2.DE: A few useable Praetorius tunes, but not as good as the IMP collection.


86 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>Praetorius'TerpsichoreArabesque CD Z6531LH: Again, this is for dances "en suite" and we don't do many <strong>of</strong> theseparticular court dances in Caid (although I wish we would). This isabsolutely wonderful just for listening and many who have been to theRenFaire will recognize some <strong>of</strong> these.A ReasonableFacsimileAnne and Rob Burns. Second from the Bottom Records CD: SBR001/2LH: For those <strong>of</strong> you who are saying, the names sound familiar, thiscouple put out a couple <strong>of</strong> cassettes entitled About as Close as You CanGet and The Merry Pranks <strong>of</strong> Robin Goodfellow which featured “streetperformances” such as you might hear at the <strong>Renaissance</strong> Faire. This CDincludes both <strong>of</strong> those earlier cassettes. These are multi-talentedmusicians and singers who each seem to play about a hundredinstruments. Some <strong>of</strong> the selections seem to be the right length fordancing and the tempos for the most part seem to echo those at RenFaire.Altogether good fun (great for getting into the right mindset on the way toan SCA event or RenFaire).<strong>Renaissance</strong><strong>Dance</strong>s from the14th through 16thCenturiesOdyssey 32-160036Includes Entampies, La Spagne, Pavan - Galliarde St. Roch, Pavan: Lagarge, Galliarde: Au joly boys, Branle de Poictou, Branle de Gay, Basse<strong>Dance</strong>: Mon sedir [?], Galliarde: La rocque, Two branles, Basse <strong>Dance</strong>: Lecueur, Hornepype<strong>Renaissance</strong><strong>Dance</strong>sLionel Rogg, positif organ and The Ancient Instrument Ensemble <strong>of</strong> Zurich.VS: Has La Fille Guilmin - not sure if works.Tanze, Lieder undFantasien derEuropaischen<strong>Renaissance</strong>Bernhard Bohm & Jurgen Hubscher (?) Christophorus CHR 74596. VS:By the listing <strong>of</strong> contents, includes Cesarina, Nido d'Amore, Amore feliceand Forza d'Amore from Caroso, a galliard, an alman, and 3 Playford, butnot 1st ed.Three, Four andTwenty Lutes(tape) MHS MHC312204H, 1986.Contains: saltarelli; Pass'e mezzo milanese; galliards.A Trip to Kilburn:Playford Tunes andTheir BalladsThe Baltimore Consort. (Dorian CD DOR-90238)LH: A brand new recording (Spring 1996) with mostly dance tunes -- some<strong>of</strong> the tempos may not be what you’re used to but don’t be afraid toexperiment: add a little courtly grace to a country dance and you get awhole new feel!Watkins Ale: Music<strong>of</strong> the English<strong>Renaissance</strong>The Baltimore Consort. Dorian CD: DOR-90142).LH: This is not strictly a dance record but it's got some great stuffnonetheless and they’re a great group. Rousing version <strong>of</strong> "The Buffens" tostart you <strong>of</strong>f and the following track, "Nutmigs and Ginger" really calls outfor dancing.


<strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong> 87Appendix II: A Few Sources for <strong>Dance</strong>MusicThe entries below were culled from compilations made by two <strong>of</strong> thecontributors to this discography - LH and JPD. As with the discographyentries, the original information was edited considerably, and any resultingloss <strong>of</strong> information and usefulness is solely the responsibility <strong>of</strong> the editors.Boulder EarlyMusic Shop2010 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 499-1301 (they've been verynice over the phone even when I didn’t know exactly what I was lookingfor!) (http://www.pellegrino.com/bems)CDSS (Country<strong>Dance</strong> and SongSociety)17 New South Street, Northampton, MA 01060. Phone (413)584-9913.Fax (413)585-8728. Email 71231.2526@compuserve.comDBL (<strong>Dance</strong> BooksLimited)15 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ.Telephone no. 0171 836 2314; fax 0171 497 0473; emaildl@dances.demon.co.uk Primarily a bookstore: has several facsimileeditions <strong>of</strong> primary sources, and various secondary sources. In addition tothis, they carry some tapes which are companions to dance instructionbooks. They carry most <strong>of</strong> the things from Nonsuch, DHDS, andCruickshank, but charge a little more for them (50p to L2 each, dependingon the item). You can order by phone using Visa or American Express;they charge a postage and handling fee <strong>of</strong> 20% <strong>of</strong> your total order forsurface mail to the U.S.DHDS (DolmetschHistorical <strong>Dance</strong>Society)Secretary: Diana Cruickshank, Hunter's Moon, Orcheston, Salisbury,Wiltshire, SP3 4RP. Payments must be in L Sterling. (If you are alsoordering items from Diana Cruickshank as an individual, you can makeout one money order directly to her for all the items, and she can transferthe necessary money to the DHDS account.)ElderlyInstruments1100 N. Washington, P.O. Box 14249, Lansing, MI 48901; credit cardorders (517) 372-7890; fax (517) 372-5155 (http://www.elderly.com)NED (Nonsuch:Early <strong>Dance</strong>)by Peggy Dixon., 16 Brook Dr. London, SE11 4TT Phone: 071-735-8353.Prices valid as <strong>of</strong> August 1993; postage charges will be invoiced.Payments required to be in L sterling.Past Times280 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210-1182; (800) 621-6020 (based inEngland). This is a very dangerous catalog (lock up your credit cards!) andits focus is definitely not music BUT they do carry a lot <strong>of</strong> recordings thatcorrespond to the various historical periods they feature. Their recordingsare not cheap and <strong>of</strong>tentimes they are simply more expensive reissues <strong>of</strong>CDs that are out under a different label and title.


88 <strong>Annotated</strong> <strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Dance</strong>PRMS (PublicRadio MusicSource)1-800-75-MUSIC Several <strong>of</strong> the import label CD's listed here can beordered by calling this number. You can pay using your credit card, aportion <strong>of</strong> the pr<strong>of</strong>its go to your favorite public radio station, and the musicappears on your doorstep in a couple weeks.Sylvia Woods HarpCenterP.O. Box 816, Montrose, CA 91021-0816 (818) 249-0325; (800) 272-HARP(They're very nice and ship incredibly fast)Wail SongsP.O. Box 29888, Oakland, CA 94604; (510) 763-6415 (they may havecombined with another business -- see them at SF Cons and FilkConventions).

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