Dance Rhythms of the French Baroque: A Handbook for Performance

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, bour es, chaconnes, gigues, etc., may be executed. This practical book presents a myriad of information in a form that is easy to use yet as graceful as the dances it describes.

Author: Betty Bang Mather
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 01/22/1988
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.26w x 1.22d
ISBN: 9780253316066