Dancing through the Ages 1550-1600
Dancing through the Ages (October, 2020) is a 10,800 page work offering background on, reconstruction of, and chorded music for nearly 1,000 dances from between from 1400 to 1900, as well as extensive notes analysing links between these dances, the evolution of dance forms, movement ideas and notation systems through this 500 period, and the changing nature of ball culture and dance sources in countries across the old and new word. The whole is supported by thousands of quotations, diagrams and illustrations from original sources.
The work is broken into 31 books, each of between 300 and 460 (average 350) double-sided A4 pages. After the 'Orientation and Overview' book 1, the work is organised into ten 'Volumes', each of 3 books.
Each 3-book Volume is devoted to a particular period and consists of 1,000 plus pages of research, discussion, analysis, illustrations, musical scores, dance reconstructions, source extracts, transcriptions and translations. The first book (Part 1a-d) looks at dancing in general (the social, political and geographic contexts in which dance and the institution of the ball was evolving; the nature and evolution of the period’s main forms of dance; dance elements such as style, etiquette, honours, holds, formations, figures and steps; developments in dance teaching, notation and publication, and period-relevant primary sources (including little known ones). The second and third books (Part 2a and Part 2b respectively) offer sources and music for, and reconstructions and analysis of dozens of dances from the relevant period, presented in alphabetic order.
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Below are the front covers and contents of the three books that constitute Volume II in the series.
Part 1: Dance in general (Book 5)
PART 1a: DANCE CONTEXT ~ 8
Italy ~ 10
Dance in the literary work of Corso, Calmo and others ~ 10
Dance described in diaries of the 1580s and 90s ~ 12
Sources on theatrical dance ~ 12
Domestic dance ~ 14
Dance publications of Compasso, Lutti and Caroso~ 15
Spain ~ 17
Spanish dance in literature and art~ 17
Spanish language dance texts ~ 19
France ~ 21
Dance under Catherine de Medici, as queen consort, mother and regent ~ 21
The 1565 Bayonne pageant ~ 22
Jacques Tahureau’s 1565 dialogue ~ 24
Court ballets in the early 1570s—including the Ballet des Polonais ~ 26
Court ballets under Henry III & Henry IV~ 28
The 1581 balet comique de la royne and subsequent ball ~ 30
Dance metaphors in Ronsard’s poems ~ 34
Dance in country homes and villages according to Bach, Tucarro and Gauchet ~ 36
Arbeau and the dance of towns and universities ~ 37
Arbeau and the elevation of social dance ~ 40
England ~ 43
Courtly expectation ~ 43
Queen Elizabeth’s support for dance ~ 45
Jones and Mullcaster on dancing’s health benefits ~ 46
Continental connections ~ 49
Gascoigne’s English view of French dance ~ 49
Lupold von Wedel account of a Greenwich court dance in 1584 ~ 52
Dancing at the Inns of Court ~ 53
The dances described in Inns of Court manuscripts ~ 55
Collier’s Inns of Court dance source and the Dulwich manuscript~ 56
John Davies’s dancing metaphors ~ 65
John Davies’ dance references~ 72
Dance on stage ~ 74
Beyond court and stage ~ 77
Dance and the puritans ~ 80
Scotland and Wales ~ 83
Scotland ~ 83
Wales ~ 84
Germany and the Low Countries ~ 88
Germany ~ 88
The Low Countries~ 96
Central Europe ~ 99
PART 1b: DANCE FORMS 102
Introductory note and table ~ 103
Dances from Italian and French sources in Volumes II ~ 104
Almain ~ 108
Germany and the Lowlands ~ 108
A possible proto-Almain? ~ 113
Its introduction to France ~ 121
Its nature according to Arbeau ~ 122
Its introduction to England ~ 124
Its nature in England according to contemporary texts ~ 124
Its relationship with the Pavan ~ 126
The difference between the Arbeau’s Allemande and the Inns of Court Almain ~ 127
The Basse dance and country dance influences on the English Almain ~ 129
The relationship between the Almain with the earlier German peasant dance ~ 129
The relationship between the Almain with the later ‘Allemande’ ~ 131
Ballo / Balleto ~ 132
Basse dance ~ 134
Surviving as a dance in own right ~ 134
Surviving in the pavan ~ 136
Surviving in the basse and alta combination ~ 138
Surviving in the bassa-named Italian balli ~ 138
Branles ~ 140
Origin ~ 140
In Arbeau ~ 141
The mechanism ~ 142
In other sources and milieu ~ 143
Canary / Canario ~ 146
Origins ~ 146
In Spain ~ 147
In Italy ~ 147
In France ~ 148
In England ~ 149
Cascarda / Saltarello ~ 150
Origin ~ 150
Structure ~ 151
Country Dance ~ 157
Courante ~ 161
The Egg dance ~ 162
Galliard ~ 167
The craze ~ 167
As a pavan afterdance ~ 169
As a conclusion to the Old Measures ~ 169
Galliards in balli ~ 170
The Galliard according to Lutio Compasso ~ 175
The Galliard according to Evangelista Papazzone ~ 177
Depictions ~ 180
Gavotte ~ 184
Measure / Measures ~ 185
Passo e mezzo ~ 189
Pavan ~ 191
The pavan in France, England and Italy ~ 191
The pavan in illustrations ~ 194
The Spanish Pavan ~ 195
The Tordion / Tourdion / Tordiglione ~ 199
Informal late-evening relay-mixers, circles and long dances ~ 201
Propensities ~ 201
Mechanism and figure ideas ~ 202
Table of propensities and ideas in informal late-evening dances ~ 204
Further observations on the relay mixer ~ 205
Sword and stick dances ~ 208
Torneo ~ 212
Volta ~ 213
PART 1c: DANCE ELEMENTS 220
Style ~ 221
Gratia, agiltà and timing ~ 221
‘Peacocking’ ~ 223
Distinguishing gender presentations ~ 223
Arms and shoulders ~ 224
Variety ~ 225
Etiquette ~ 226
The man’s cloak, sword and hat ~ 227
The lady’s train ~ 229
Kissing ~ 230
Honours ~ 233
Riverenza grave / Reverence ~ 233
Briefer honours ~ 236
Holds and Positions ~ 239
Pieds joints ~ 239
Pieds largi ~ 240
Posture ~ 241
Hands ~ 242
Formations ~ 246
Couple ~ 246
Trio facing up~ 246
Couple facing couple ~ 246
3-facing-3~ 247
Circles ~ 247
Longways for 3 ~ 247
Longways for 4 or more couples ~ 247
Squares ~ 247
Other formations ~ 247
Orientations ~ 248
capo/piè del ballo ~ 248
mano ordinario ~ 248
intorno / attorno ~ 248
alla destra / sinistra ~ 248
al filo / in fila~ 248
passaggeio ~ 248
Figures ~ 249
Promenading to gypsying to single hand turns to two hand turns ~ 249
Going from side-by-side to man being above and woman below ~ 249
Following the feigning with the full ~ 250
Snaking, weaving, moving in a braid ~ 250
Men then women teasing, departing, circling and chasing ~ 250
1st then 2nd then 3rd do figure ~ 251
Taking turn leading the dance ~ 251
Jousting-like passing through ~ 251
The ‘reverse S’ ~ 252
The regarding of the woman ~ 252
Fall back with two steps then meet with a double ~ 252
Set and turn single ~ 252
Steps ~ 254
In general ~ 254
Balzetto ~ 257
Battuto ~ 257
Branle ~ 258
Cadenza / Cadence ~ 259
Cambio ~ 260
Campanella ~ 260
Caprioles ~ 261
Congé ~ 263
Continenza ~ 263
Coup de pied / Grève ~ 264
Costatetto ~ 265
Courante, pas de la ~ 265
Doppio / Double ~ 267
Entretaille ~ 268
Finto / Finta ~ 268
Fioretto ~ 270
Gagliarda / Galliard / Galliarde ~ 272
Grève ~ 273
Groppo ~ 273
Marque pied / marque talon ~ 274
Molinello ~ 275
Passi gravi / presti / larghi and in gagliarda~ 276
Petit saut ~ 277
Pied croisé ~ 278
Pied en l’air~ 278
Pirlotto ~ 279
Punta e Calcagno ~ 280
Puntata ~ 280
Recacciata ~ 281
Ripresa ~ 281
Reprise ~ 282
Ritirata ~ 283
Ruade ~ 283
Ru de vache ~ 284
Salto ~ 285
Saute majeur / grand saut ~ 286
Scambiata ~ 286
Schisciato ~ 288
Scorsi ~ 288
Seguito doppio ~ 289
Seguito ordinario ~ 289
Seguito semidoppio ~ 290
Seguito spezzato ~ 291
Seguito spezzato schisciato ~ 291
Simple ~ 292
Sottopiede ~ 292
Spezzato ~ 293
Trabuchetto ~ 294
Trango / Trangato ~ 295
Trito minuto ~ 296
Tremolanti ~ 297
Zoppetto~ 298
PART 1d: DANCE TEACHING 299
Publications ~ 301
Calling ~ 303
The Importance of Instruction ~ 304
Anonymous works ~ 305
The Chigi manuscript ~ 305
Inns of Court manuscripts ~ 305
Instruction pour dancer manuscript ~ 307
Reglas de danzar ~ 307
Authors and their works ~ 308
Arbeau ~ 308
Caroso~ 309
Compasso ~ 310
Corso ~ 311
Davies ~ 311
Lutii ~ 311
Negri ~ 312
Papazzone ~ 312
Tahureau ~ 313
Part 2a: Dances in detail A-E (Book 6)
Alba Novella ~ 6
Allegrezza d’Amore ~ 13
Allemande (1) ~ 27
Alta Regina ~ 33
Alta Vittoria ~ 43
Ballo del Fiore (1) ~ 58
Ballo del Fiore (2) / Branle du Chandelier (2) ~ 62
Barriera ~ 75
Barriera nuova ~ 97
Bassa Ducale ~ 110
Bassa Toscana ~ 116
Bella Gioiosa ~ 122
Bellezze d’Olimpia (1) ~ 128
Black Almain ~ 134
La Bonnette ~ 141
Les Bouffons ~ 143
Branle de Bretaigne / Triory de Bretagne ~ 160
Branle d’Ecosse ~ 168
Branle de la Haye ~ 171
Branle de la Montarde ~ 175
Branle de Malte ~ 179
Branle de Montirande ~ 184
Branle de Poitou (1) ~ 189
Branle des Chevaux (1) & (2) ~ 192
Branle du Chandelier (1) ~ 195
Branle du Haut Barrois ~ 199
Branle l’Officiel ~ 203
Branles—Cassandre, Pinagay ~ 206
Branles—Charlotte, de la Guerre, Aridan ~ 209
Branles—mimed suite ~ 216
Branles—opening suite (1) ~ 225
La Caccia d’Amore (1) ~ 231
Canario (1) ~ 233
La Castellana ~ 243
Cecilia Pavan / Cicilia Pavyon ~ 247
La Chemise / Lasche Mys ~ 250
Chiaranzana ~ 252
Chiaranzana / Catena / Caccia medley ~ 261
Chiara Stella ~ 263
Contentezza d’Amore ~ 267
Il Conto dell’Orco ~ 274
Contrapasso (1) ~ 279
Contrapasso (2) ~ 284
Coranto d’Espagne ~ 298
La Courante (1) / The Old Courante / La Boèsme ~ 304
La Courante (2), the new / La Corrente ~ 315
La Damoiselle / La down sella ~ 320
Dolce Amoroso Foco ~ 322
Part 2b: Dances in detail F-Z (Book 7)
Fedeltà ~ 7
Fiamma d’amore ~ 10
Florido Giglio ~ 14
Fulgente Stella ~ 21
Furioso (1) & (2) ~ 26
La Gagliarda di Spagna (1) ~ 41
Galliard (1) – basic sequences ~ 49
Galliard (2) – fancier sequences ~ 70
Gavotte (1) ~ 90
Gloria d’Amore ~ 94
Gracca Amorosa ~ 98
Leggiadria d’Amore ~ 103
Leggiadra Ninfa ~ 108
The Longe Pavian ~ 113
Lorayne Allemayne ~ 115
Lucretia ~ 118
Madam Cecilia Almain ~ 127
Maraviglia d’Amore ~ 134
The Nyne Muses ~ 139
The Old Measures ~ 146
Passo e mezo ~ 170
The Pavan ~ 192
Pavaniglia / Spanish Pavan (1) ~ 202
Pavan Matthei ~ 238
Piantone ~ 246
Pungente Dardo (1) ~ 259
Spagnoletta (1) ~ 264
Spagnoletta Nuova ~ 273
Squilina ~ 277
Tordiglione – Caroso’s ~ 286
Torneo Amoroso (1) ~ 299
Villanella (2) ~ 307
La Volta ~ 311