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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...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés Old French |
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Bloomington, Ind :
Indiana University Press,
[1989]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description: | "This edition contains all the compositions known or suspected to be instrumental dances from before approximately 1430"--Preface For 1 or 2 instruments. Texts of the 2 vocal works in Old French. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (194 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780253013149 |