Dance Rhythms of the French Baroque A Handbook for Performance

Name: Dance Rhythms of the French Baroque A Handbook for Performance
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ISBN: 9780253316066

ISBN-10: 0253316065

ISBN-13: 9780253316066

Edition: 1988

Authors: Betty Bang Mather, Dean M. Karns, Betty Bang Mather

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Dance Music of the French Baroque brings together information on rhythm from the interrelated fields of music, dance, poetry, rhetoric, and philosophy. Part I is devoted to the various factors involved in dance rhythms, including tempos, rhythmic feet, dance steps, declamation of lyrics, instrumental articulation, and performance of ornaments. Part II describes in alphabetic order the fifteen most frequently encountered dances of the period and identifies the most typical performance of each in relation to the factors discussed in Part I. With reference to numerous illustrations and musical examples, it clearly conveys the manner in which the allemandes, bourA(c)es, chaconnes, gigues, etc.,…

Book details

Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 1/22/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.29" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English