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Dances from France and England

A CD of music for extant Baroque dance choreographies.

Price: £12.00 + postage.

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Contents

Dance Title / Date Published / Choreographer / Composer

You can listen to samples (MP3) by clicking on the MP3 Sample icons.

  1. L'Allemande 1702 Pécour / Campra MP3 Sample
  2. Aimable Vainqueur 1701 Pécour / Campra
  3. La Bourée d'Achille 1700 Pécour / Colasse
  4. Gigue à deux (Gigue de Roland) 1700 Feuillet / Lully MP3 Sample
  5. La Vieille Bourée (La Petite Bourée) c1700 Anonymous
  6. The Pastorall 1713 Isaac / Paisible MP3 Sample
  7. Les Contrefaiseurs 1702 Pécour / Purcell
  8. La Royalle c1713 Pécour / Lully MP3 Sample
  9. La Bourgogne 1700 Pécour / Anonymous
  10. The Prince of Wales 1727 L'Abbé / Handel MP3 Sample
  11. Passacaille from Armide 1711/c1713 L'Abbé / Pécour / Lully
  12. Sarabande pour une femme 1700/1704 Feuillet / Pécour / Lully
  13. La Cybelline c1720 Anonymous / Firbank MP3 Sample
  14. Menuet performed by Mrs Santlow c1725 L'Abbé / Anonymous MP3 Sample
  15. Entrée pour une femme c1713 Pécour / Gatti
  16. Gigue pour une femme 1704 Pécour / Gatti MP3 Sample
  17. Sarabande pour un homme 1704 Pécour / Anonymous MP3 Sample

Artistic Director: Philippa Waite
Music Director: Andrew Wilson-Dickson

Andrew Wilson-Dickson: Harpsichord
Emma Harrhy: Baroque Cello
Eileen Silcocks: Baroque Flute, Treble and Descant Recorders
Gillian Stevens: Viola da Gamba
Barry d'Souza: Baroque Violin

Music edited and realised by Andrew Wilson-Dickson.

Notation

Notation for the following dances is available online from the Library of Congress' Dance Instruction Manuals.  For higher quality images suitable for printing, we suggest that you download the "bitonal" (TIFF) images – you may need an external application to view these files.

L'Allemande:
From Rameau's Abbregé de la Nouvelle Methode
Aimable Vainqueur:
Published as The Louvre in Weaver's Orchesography
From Rameau's Abbregé de la Nouvelle Methode
Pécour's male solo from his Recüeil de Danses (1704)
La Bourée d'Achille:
From Pécour's Recueil de Danses (1700/1709)
From Rameau's Abbregé de la Nouvelle Methode
Gigue à deux (Gigue de Roland):
From Feuillet's Recueil de Danses (1700/1709)
The Pastorall:
Issac's duet
Les Contrefaiseurs:
From the Per Receüil pour l'Anneé 1703
La Royalle:
From Rameau's Abbregé de la Nouvelle Methode
La Bourgogne:
From Pécour's Recueil de Danses (1700/1709)
From Rameau's Abbregé de la Nouvelle Methode
Passacaille from Armide:
L'Abbé's female solo from Pemberton's An Essay for the Further Improvement of Dancing
Sarabande pour une femme:
Feuillet's female solo from his Recueil de Danses (1700/1709)
Feuillet's male solo from the same collection uses the same tune but only requires that it be played through once.
Pécour's female solo from his Recüeil de Danses (1704)
Gigue pour une femme:
From Pécour's Recüeil de Danses (1704)
Sarabande pour un homme:
From Pécour's Recüeil de Danses (1704)