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,
and archival sources and to the depictions in the iconography of
the Middle Ages. In a section on instrumental performance
practices, he provides information about ornamenting the dances and
improvising in a historically appropriate style. This comprehensive
edition brings together in one volume a repertory that has been
scattered over many years and countries."
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