A marvelous collection of dances ranging from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Suitable for the soprano, alto, tenor or bass recorder.
Contains printed music score, and compact disc (with accompaniments only) in stereo.
To listen to one of these songs, just click on it:
- Ora Baila Tu (Spanish Carnival Dance), c. 1500
- Pavana alla Venetiana (from Petrucci, 'Intabulatura de Lauto,' 1508) (Dalza, Joan Ambrosio)
- Gaillarde (from the Cancionero Musical) (Attaingnant, Pierre)
- Tabulaturbuch of Christian, Duke of Windsor, 1598: Der Mohren Aufzug (The Moor's Procession) (Normiger, Augustus)
- Polish Dance
- Pavane d'Angleterre (from 'Danseries,' 1550/1555) (Gervaise, Claude)
- Passamezzo (from 'Orgel oder Instrument Tabulatur,' 1571-83) (Ammerbach, Elias Nikolaus)
- Orpheo (1607): 'Moresca' (Monteverdi, Claudio)
- The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Galliardo (Philips, Peter)
- Gigue (Canon) from 'Pieces deClavecin' (Chambonnieres, Jacques de)
- The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: The Spanish Paven (Bull, John)
- Ballet (Kindermann, Johann Erasmus)
- Diverse curiose e rarissime partite (printed 1695): Corrente (Frescobaldi, Girolamo)
- Diverse curiose e rarissime partite (printed 1695): Courante (Froberger, Johann Jacob)
- Anmuthige Clavierübung, 1699: Sarabande (Krieger, Johann P.)
- Gavotte (from 'Neue Clavierübung' II. 1692) (Kuhnau, Johann)
- Rigaudon (from Suite in D) (Bohm, Johann Georg)
- Musikalischer Parnassus, 1738: 'Thalia' Suite: Gigue (Fischer, Johann Kaspar Ferdinand)
