[Bg-dance] Question on Dance Songs

Nadine ianthe at gmail.com
Wed Jan 15 14:30:10 PST 2014


This should help you some, though it's an older version of the Pennsic
Pile, which is a giant collection of music given to the musicians who go to
Pennsic and play for the balls:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kvs/music/pile/pieces.html

The current version is being coordinated and the musicians for this year
has their contact info here:
http://pennsicdance.aands.org/

Lowrie



On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:55 PM, April Porter <
apryl_knight at knightimecreations.com> wrote:

> Greetings!  Some of you may have seen me before; I've played with the
> musicians at the dances at the Wells Branch center a few times in the past
> (I'm the bowed psaltery player).  I'm working on a CD of SCA dance music,
> and I'm trying to figure out the right number of repeats and correct tempo
> for each song, to make sure each one is ideal for dancing.  I also have
> questions about specific music for Orynge, Ly Bens Dystonis, and La
> Gelosia.  Here's my list -
>
> 1) Petits Vriens - Guglielmo Ebreo (Giovanni Ambrosio) mid 15th century
> 2) Chirintana - 15th c. Italian dance, found in the Siena manuscript (ca
> 1560-1570???)
> 3) Danse de Cleves - Appears in the Brussels Manuscript, 1445
> 4) Pizochara - Domenico da Piacenza, 15th century Italian
> 5) Orynge - The Gresley Manuscript (England, c.1500)   *(What music is
> generally used for this dance?)*
> 6) Ly Bens Dystonis - The Gresley Manuscript (England, c.1500)   *(**What
> music is generally used for this dance?**)*
> 7) Heart's Ease - Playford “The English Dancing Master”, 1651 (1st Ed.)
> 8) Rufty Tufty - Playford “The English Dancing Master”, 1651 (1st Ed.)
> 9) Amoroso - Guglielmo Ebreo “De Practica seu Arte Tripudii”, 1463
> 10) Trenchmore - Playford “The English Dancing Master”, 1652 (2nd Ed.)
> 11) If All the World Were Paper - Playford “The English Dancing Master”,
> 1651 (1st Ed.)
> 12) Dull Sir John - Playford “The English Dancing Master”, 1651 (1st Ed.)
> 13) Gracca Amoroso - Fabritio Caroso “Il Ballarino”, 1581
> 14) Black Almain - Inns of Court Manuscript, English 1570
> 15) Sellenger's Round - Dance first appears in Playford's 3rd ed. (1657).
>  Music could be as early as 1543.
> 16) Lightly Love - Lovelace 1649
> 17) Rufty Tufty - Playford The English Dancing Master, 1651 (1st Ed.)
> 18) La Gelosia - *(Which version do you use: Domenico da Piacenzo,
> Italian 1460, or the variant by Guglielmo Ebreo?)*
> 19) Cassandre Bransle - Thoinot Arbeau “Orchesographie”, 1589
> 20) Burgundian Bransle - Thoinot Arbeau “Orchesographie”, 1589
> 21) Horses Bransle - Thoinot Arbeau “Orchesographie”, 1589
> 22) Toss the Duchess (Official Bransle) - Thoinot Arbeau “Orchesographie”,
> 1589
>
>
> If anyone knows repeats/tempo, I'd be very grateful for your help.  Thanks!
>
> April Porter a/k/a Apryl Knight
> http://www.aprylknight.com
>
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