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Medieval instrumental dances /
In Europe the tradition of secular dance has continued unbroken until the present. In the late Middle Ages it was an important and frequent event-for the nobility a gracious way to entertain guests, for the peasantry a welcome relaxation from the toils of the day. Now back in print, this collection...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Old French |
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Bloomington, Ind :
Indiana University Press,
[1989]
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| Colección: | Music--scholarship and performance.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Europe the tradition of secular dance has continued unbroken until the present. In the late Middle Ages it was an important and frequent event-for the nobility a gracious way to entertain guests, for the peasantry a welcome relaxation from the toils of the day. Now back in print, this collection presents compositions that are known or suspected to be instrumental dances from before ca. 1420. The forty-seven pieces vary in length and style and come from French, Italian, English, and Czech sources. Timothy McGee relates medieval dances to the descriptions found in literary, theoretical, an. |
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| Notas: | Texts of the 2 vocal works in Old French. For 1 or 2 instruments. "This edition contains all the compositions known or suspected to be instrumental dances from before approximately 1430"--Preface |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x pages, 177 pages of music) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780253013149 0253013143 |