Below is a list of the known (or conjectured) 15th C Burgundian Basse Dances and tenors. For each dance, I have given the steps in all known sources (Footnotes: Steps and Sources) and the tenor in MIDI format (Footnote: Formats), if it is known. My own settings I have supplied in both MIDI and Adobe Acrobat (R) (PDF) formats. For permission to use these files, please follow this link.
I have used Fredrick Cranes's excellent source Some Materials for the Study of the 15th Century Basse Dance as a starting point for this list. In most cases I have followed the Brussels MS for the melody, although occasionally I have used Toulouze (especially in the case or repeated dances) or other sources (Footnote: Sources). More information about the procedures used for setting these dances and the intended instrumentation is available.
I've sorted the dances by length, in large part because music for two dances of the same length can be substituted. (Also, check for music at integer multiples of the desired length. An alphabetical index is also available.
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
48, 49,
50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,
57, 58, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69,
70, 71, 72,
73, Irregular, Unclear.
This piece from the Namur Archives is in a mixture of white and black breves (notes 6--10 are black). It is also in the phyrgian mode, which is unusual for a basse dance tenor, indicating it might be a fragment or a pen test. (If you double the length of the white notes, you get a 19 notes tenor.
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What looks like it could be 9 notes of the tenor of a basse dance called Amours is found in a manuscript in the Namur Archives (Crane says it could be a tenor fragment or just a pen test). Its also in Mixolydian mode which is unusual for most basse dance tenors. I've written the tenor here with a repeat and raised the leading tone to the "cadence". (MIDI Format). J is a sixteenth century source and should properly be followed by a standard moitie bringing the total number of measures up to 30.
L,S: R b ss d ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b J: R b ss d r d ss r b ss ddd r d ss r b
(No Music) The dance La Belle has a very similar name, but no other aparent relation.
S: ff ss d r d b ss ddd rrr b ss d r b
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(No Music)
S: ff ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
(No Music)
S: ff ss ddd rrr b ss d r b ss ddd r b
(No Music)
P: iii d ii dd ii pas menus recules ii levees
iiii s iii saulz ii congies
If you double the length of the white notes in Mon Cousine, je me recommende you get a 19 note tenor.
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(This piece has 41 notes) (Faugues, Missa la basse dance, Theme b) This is the second of two themes from Faugues Missa la basse dance which by the title was presumably taken from an as yet undiscoverd basse dance. (MIDI Format).
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(22?, No music)
P: iii s et iii saulz iiii d ii s recules ii r
i conge iii s i sault du pie droit ii conges
(No Music)
S: ff ss ddddd rrr b ss d r b ss ddd rrr b
(No Music)
L: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss r b ss ddd r b
(No Music)
L: R b ss d ss r b ss d r b ss ddd r b
ss d ss r b
(No Music)
L: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r b ss ddd rrr b
Tenor (MIDI Format) (Flourentine is the same melody repeated and step higher, thus in dorian mode.) The rubric calls for 18 notes and a demie but there are 22 notes in the tenor. The demie may be a triple time dance following the basse dance.
T: R b ss d r b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d [ss] r [r r] b S: bb ss ddddd rrr b ss dd rr b
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(The music has 23 breves and calls for a repeat yielding 46 breves worth of music).
(no music)
L: R b ss ddd r b ss d r b
ss ddd r b ss d r b
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Tenor line is non-uniform and notated in minums not breves, indicating it might be a melody instead of a tenor. "Tenor" (Midi Format) I tried setting this piece and I am not completely happy with the result (I rate it fair as my efforts go) and I will probably redo it later. The brave can try the following setting MIDI format, PDF Format.
B: R b ss ddd ss d^r ss d q b
ss ddd d^r d d^r b ss d d b
d^r indicates reverse double
(No Music)
S: bb ss ddddd ss rrr bb ss d rrr b ss d r b
(This theme has 44 notes) (Faugues, Missa la basse dance, Theme a)This is the first of two themes from Missa la basse dance which by the title was presumably taken from an as yet undiscoverd basse dance. (MIDI Format)
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(25?, no music)
P: iii s ii d i sault i conge iii s a destre
une levee iii s i d iii s recules iii r
ii conges
(25?, no music)
S: ff ss ddd r b ss ddd r b ss ddd rrr b
ss d r b
(25?, No Music)
P: iii s i d iii pas menus i levee i congie
iiii d iii saulz i d a senestre iii s a destre
iii r ii conges
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(26?, no music)
P: iii s v d iii s a coste droit iii r i conge
iii s i d iii s a coste droit iii r i congie
(26?, no music)
P: iii s iiii d i sault avaunt i d a senestre
iii s a destre iii r iii s i d iii s recules
iii r i conge
This dance has a Non-uniform Tenor (there are ornaments on some of the notes). Tenor (MIDI). Timothy Araset did a setting of this dance for Dr. Brainard (is it in the blue book?).
B,T: ss d honneur d ss d honneur d ss d honneur d
ss ddd rrr ss d rrr ss d
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(No music)
S: ff ss ddddd rrr b ss d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r b
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B,T: R b ss d r ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rr b
ss ddd rrr b
(Music Only) This countermelody is found above a tenor in stroke notation in MS Digby 167 at the Oxford Library. As the counterpoint is in imperfect tempus, it is doubtful that this is a true basse dance, but it is at least an interesting example of 15th C counterpoint over a uniform tenor. Tenor only (MIDI Format). Tenor + counterpoint from DIgby MS (MIDI Format, PDF format). Note: flat in lower clef key signature only. Editorial flats in upper clef are from Crane; editorial sharps are mine.
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Tenor (MIDI). One of my earliest and most successful (it won several prizes) settings, this is a two part setting with a countermelody for Alto Recorder or Shawm (with good chops). MIDI Format PDF format.
B: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b
T: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
B: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b
B: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b
T: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
B,T: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b
Tenor (MIDI) (This piece is featured in the picture)
B,T: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b
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(31+C, No music) (La baxa dorlens)
C: R b ss atras ddd rrr b ss atras d rrr b
ss avant ddd rrr b ss atras d rrr b
ss avant Reverencia
Tenor (MIDI) The dance La Bell has a very similar name, but no other aparent relation.
B: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d r b
T: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
B: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d r b
T: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
From the Trent MS. It is also in the Digby MS in a stroke notation suggesting it as a possible basse dance. Tenor Only (MIDI Format), Tenor and counterpoint from Trent MS (MIDI Format, PDF format).
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The Tenor (MIDI) is apparently based on an anonymous chanson (MIDI Format).
B,T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
C: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b ss R
L: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
S1: bb ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd rrr b ss d rrr b
S2: bb ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
S6: ff ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
S10: ff ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
B,T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d r d r b
Tenor (MIDI). This two part setting although better than some of my efforts, is still rather aimless (MIDI Format) (PDF Format).
B: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
Tenor (MIDI) T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b ss d rrr b B,S: b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
B,T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
(No Music)
C: R b ss atras ddd rrr b ss atras d rrr b
ss avant ddd rrr b ss atras d rrr b
ss avant Reverencia
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B,T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
B: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d r b
ss d r ss ddd rrr b ss d r b
T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
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T,B: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
(34+C, No Music)
C: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b reverencia
B,T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
B,T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
B: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
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B,T: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
(37?, No Music) S: ff ss dddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b ss dddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
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B: R b ss d rrr b ss ddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b ss d rrr b
T: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss d ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
Tenor(MIDI). This tenor of this dance Je Languis) appear to be close to the tenor line of the piece Stublin which appears in the Buxhiem Organ book (Stublin Tenor (MIDI) for comparison). The following setting of Languir en mille destresse for STT recorders is based on the Stublin 135 setting. (MIDI Format, PDF format).
B,T: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss d ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
B,T: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss d ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
B,T: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss d ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
(No Music)
S: bb ss ddddd ss rrr bb ss ddd r d r b
ss d rrr b ss d ss r d r b
(Music Only) This piece is found in a manuscript in the Namor Archives and contains a tenor line in a notation similar to that found in Brussels MS. Tenor (MIDI)
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B: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d r d r b
ss d r ss ddd [ss?] rrr b ss d r d r b
T: R b ss ddddd ss rrr [b ss] d [rrr b]
ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
B calls for 38 notes but give 37 notes and steps
Toulouze calls for 37 notes but gives 38 notes and 31 steps.
(Music Only) [Many arrangements; Ogni Sorti Collection]
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(No Music)
C: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
ss d ss rrr b ss R
B,T: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b
(No Music)
C: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b ss R
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Tenor(MIDI) A picture of this dance is available).
B,T: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d r d r b
ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
(39+C)
C: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss atras R
T: R b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r ss ddd rrr b
Original has ss dddinserted before final
rrr b.
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B, T: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
B,T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b
L: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
S: bb ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
ss d ss rrr b ss ddddd ss rrr b
Tenor(MIDI) [Music is my own reconcilliation of B and T tenors, neither of which match choerography.]
B,T: R b ss ddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b ss d r ss ddd ss rrr b
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(This piece has 21 breves worth of music) (Faugues, Missa la basse dance, Theme b)
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Tenor(MIDI) Original 3rd lower
B: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b
T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b
B: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
B,T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b
B,T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b
S: bb ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
B: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddddd rrr b
B,T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b
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B: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd ss rrr b
T: r b ss d r ss ddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd rrr b
(No Music)
S: bb ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr bb
ss ddddd r d r b ss ddd rrr b
ss d r b
(This piece has 24 Breves worth of music) (Faugues, Missa la basse dance, Theme a)
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Tenor(MIDI) I have made a two part (AT) for this piece which is pretty good. Again the range works fine for a recorder and is a bit of a stretch for a shawm. (MIDI Format) (PDF Format)
T,B: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b ss ddd rrr b
ss d r d r b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
Tenor(MIDI) This is one of the efforts I'm somewhat proud of; I think it sounds a lot like the Issac 3-part Spanga which I took as a model. Despite this, I've never managed to get a set of musicians to play it, so I think it might be a bit difficult. Its set STB, with the tenor line in the lowest part. (MIDI Format) (PDF Format).
B: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd [dd] rrr b
Tenor(MIDI) The tenor is very similar to Languir en mille distress and Stublin.
B: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d rrr b
T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd rrr b
Tenor(MIDI) Despite the similarity in names, this dance should not be confused with La Spagna.
B: R b ss ddd rrr b ss ddd r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
B: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd[dd] rrr b
B: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
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This is the most famous of the basse dances, its tenor (MIDI format) first appears in Cornazano's Treatise (one of the earlier Italian sources), and Gombassi lists 241 know settings of the tune (not all of them dances), and more have been discovered since then. There are so many settings of this piece available in modern editions and recordings, I have given it its own page. Here I include only two: (1) the Falla Con Misurus MIDI Format, PDF format) setting due to Guiliemus (presumably the Italian dancemaster Ebreo) which is perhaps the most familiar to dancers and (2) The Agnus Dei II from Issac's Missa La Spanga, which Gombassi also finds in another anonymous source. The Issac Spagna is relatively easy for intermediate level musicians and is available in a performers edition from London Pro Musica (LPM EML 120). Be very careful, not all versions of La Spagna have the basse dance rhythm or the right number of measures.
T: R b ss ddddd [ss] rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddddd [ss] rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd rrr b
C: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b Reverencia
S: b b[f f] ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr b
Sixteenth Century Sources
A: R b ss d r d ss r b ss ddd r b
ss d ss r d ss r b
F: R b ss d ss r d r b ss ddd r b
ss d ss r d ss r b
J: R b ss d r b ss d ss r b ss ddd r b
ss d ss r d ss r b
(The music has 23 breves with a repeat) Tenor (MIDI)
T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss d rrr b
ss ddd rrr [b] ss d rrr [b]
ss ddd rrr b [ss d rrr b]
(46?)
S: bb ss ddddd ss rrr bb ss ddd ss rrr b
ss d ss rrr b ss ddd rrr bb
ss d ss rrr bb
T: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
ss ddd rrr b
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B,T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b
B: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b
B,T: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b
Title unknown (Music Only)
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The music here is obviously faulty (for one thing it begins and ends on a B, which would have produced the unused Locrian mode). As one solution to the problem, I've added accidentals to produce a Lydian mode tenor (MIDI). Crane solves this problem by moving the clef, yielding a more usual Dorian mode tenor (MIDI).
B: R b ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b ss d r d r b
ss ddd rrr b
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Tenor (MIDI) [Music is short by one tone, 52nd note is an interpolation.]
B: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
B: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d r ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b
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B: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
ss d ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
S: bb ss ddd ss r d r b ss d ss rrr bb
ss ddd r d r b ss d rrr bb
ss ddddd ss r d r b ss ddd ss rrr bb d r b
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Tenor (MIDI) Some notes missing in original. Crane supplies notes 10--17 by concordance with Venise.
B: R b ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss ddd rrr b
ss ddddd rrr b ss d r ss ddd rrr b
T: R b ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr b
B: Le doulz espoir a lxlij notes a vj measures toutes partaites.
This piece is found in two settings in the Buxheim organ book. It appears to be related to Languire in mille distress and Je languis. A setting for this piece appears in the Buxheim organ book (numbers 135 & 136) under the name Stublin. However, the tenor is 61 measures long (Tenor only MIDI Format, Stublin 135 MIDI Format) A performance edition for keyboard can be found in "Music from the Buxheim Organ Book, LPM EK 4).
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Apparently unrelated to the 52 Breve dance of the same name. (No music)
S: ff[bb] ss ddddd ss rrr b ss d ss r d r b
ss ddddd ss rrr b ss ddd ss rrr bb
ss d ss r d r b ss ddddd ss rrr bb
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Title unknown (Music Only)
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Also L'esparance de Bourbon Basse Dance Part Music: GCbaGcaGF bdcbaGFF (A Facsimile is available at the IHP site in Belgium)
B,T: b ss ddd sss rrr b ss d ss rrr b
Basse Dance Part There are two sets of semibreves in the second part Music: aaEGFEE aaDDED repeat EE--G/F--EEE--F/E--D repeat semibreves semibreves
B,T: r b ss ddd b ss ddd repeat r b ss d r b ss d repeat
Music: Irregular Tenor, could be melody instead of tenor. Original is obviously missing at least one page. (A Facsimile is available at the IHP site in Belgium)
B: R b ss d q d ss d L'omme se part de la femme, marchant deux ss avant; apres, une double desmarchant. Et ce temps pendant la femme se tourne sur pie coy. Ichi fai la femm che que l'omme a fait, et parellement l'omme ce que la femme a fait. [ ss d r b ] En tournant tous deux par dedens. ss ung d. soy returnat comme on estoit par devant. [ ss ddd ss q b R]The interpolated steps are from Ingrid Brainard's reconstruction of the dance.
Muisc: Irregular Tenor, could be melody instead of tenor. Original is obviously missing at least one page.
B: b ss d d dPatri found a reference (in a letter) to a basse dance which consisted of nothing but doubles. I've always rather fancied that this made a good tune for that dance.
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(no Music)
C: viij tranch ss dddd lexau vos ss d ss d
justau vos rr ss d ss rrr b ss atras R
(20)
C: R. Seguits trenchats seguint lo sso los dos. E leixant se, lo guiador ffa dos continencies de peu squere, comencant apres tres passos avant vers la dama ab reverencia sequint lo so, ab un sequit voltat a part squere. La dama axi mateix. Lo guiador dues continencies ab peu junts. La dama per lo semblant. E apres los dos ballant e leixant se, la cara la hu del altre fac a fac ab reverencia, e hec ffinis.
(21) Joyos
C2: R. Trans trenchats segons lo sso, justats. Lexant se, lo guiador fa ddd. La guiada ffa ss d voultat ab reverencia. Lo guiador idem, co es ss d voltat ab reverencia. La guiada ffa ddd, lo guiado ss d voltat ab reverencia, vel aliter si vult axi. Apres en un stant dit guiador ss ddd ss d. Lavors se junten los dos ab reverencia, e justats ffan b ss d r, apres d cuytadet ab reverencia, e ffinis. C6: vijj trans ddd ss d voltat ss d voltat R ss ddd ss d rr ss d ss rr b ss atras R
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