The Basse Dance Handbook: Text and Context

by David Raoul Wilson

The study of French Basse Dance was initiated by musicologists. This was because little progress could be made until they had solved the riddle of the fifteenth-century Basse Dance tunes in equal notes. From a musicological point of view, Basse Dance in the fifteenth century and Basse Dance in the sixteenth century, as so far known, are worlds apart, and it is hardly surprising that they came to be treated for the most part as separate topics. . ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576471608
• ISBN13: 9781576471609
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Pendragon Press
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 11.3"