Danses populaires françaises et anglaises

This recording is a collection of pieces taken from the two most famous 16th and 17th century treatises on dancing. Published in 1588 in the form of a dialogue between a dancing master and his pupil, the Orchésographie by Jehan Tabouret, alias Thoinot Arbeau, is probably the most widely used practical treatise in the history of the dance. Intended more for couples of dancers (the Orchésographie dealt with groups of dancers), The English Dancing Master, compiled in 1651 from English ancestral country dances, was equally successful and went through no fewer than 18 printings in twenty-fours years! These two collections contain the most celebrated dances in the traditional repertoire.

Composers

* John Playford (1623 - 1686)
* Anonymous
* Thoinot Arbeau (1519 - 1595)


Tracks:

Branle double / Branle simple / Branle gay / Branle de Bourgogne
Bransles de Champagne couppez: Cassandra / Pinagay / Charlotte
Basse danse "Jouissance vous donneray" / Tourdion / Tourdion
Pavane "Belle qui tiens ma vie" / Gaillarde "La Traditore my fa morire" / Gaillarde Anthoinette / Gaillarde "J'aymerois mieulx dormir
Branles régionaux: Branle de Poictou / Branles d'Ecosse / Branle / de Bretagne
Branles morguez: Branle de Malte / Branle des lavandières / Branle des chevaulx
Jouyssance vous donneray / Three French Corantos / Basse danse "La roque" / Recercada segunda
Branles: La dance de la haye / Branle de l'Official
Moresques / Canaries / Les Bouffons
Grimstock
Upon a summer's day
The Spanish gipsy
RuftyTufty
Gray's Inn Mask
Bobbing Joe






also download:
Renaissance Dance Music (a must have)
Renaissance Dances (Collegium Aureum)
Renaissance Anglaise
(Ganassi & Ortiz) Works for Viola da Gamba
Les Travailleurs de la mer (Ancient songs from a small island)
Renaissance Dances from Spain (Roberto Pla)
Italian Renaissance Dances Vol.1 (The King's Noyse)
Italian Renaissance Dances Vol.2 (The King's Noyse)