Dances for the Sun King
André Lorin's "Livre de contredance"
by Julia Sutton and Rachelle Palnick Tsachor
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Dances for the Sun King: André Lorin's "Livre de contredance"
2008, Colonial Music Institute
in English
0981875920 9780981875927
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"André Lorin's 'Livre de Contredance' (1685-87) is a collection of thirteen social dances from the 1680s, ordered by and presented to King Louis XIV of France. ... This edition features a complete facsimile of the manuscript, with translations of the text and a full reconstruction of each section of the dance on the facing page. Extensive background essays, full explanations of the notated steps, concordances, and biographies and portraits of the courtiers to whom the dances were dedicated fill out the volume"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index.
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