Dance Rhythms of the French Baroque: A Handbook for Performance

by Betty Bang Mather

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253316065
• ISBN13: 9780253316066
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher