French Renaissance Dance Music - Pierre Attaingnant

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Hello, french renaissance dance music charts are now available on ireal pro. If you know english Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, you'll be fond of Pierre Attaingnant's Pavanes, Gaillardes, Basses Dances, Tourdions and Branles. More infos later. Enjoy !

 

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More info and links to some scores:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Attaingnant

http://imslp.org/wiki/50_Galliards,...se_Dances_and_Tourdions_(Attaingnant,_Pierre)

http://atelierphilidor.com/contents/en-uk/p4248.html

Also, thank you for including a 50-chart playlist
https://forums.irealpro.com/threads...-Pierre-Attaingnant&p=48772.19720/#post-48772
(later in this thread) containing the tunes you have posted and described individually below.


)BOB

 

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Thanks Bob

 

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Basse Dance 1 - Attaingnant
This is a second attempt to share the first wonderful basse dance from Attaingnant's 1547 book. Thank you for Irealpro.

 

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Attaingnant 2nd book 2nd dance

Ready to dance ? Ready to play ? This is the second Basse Dance, with a typical 3/2 measure enlarging the 3/4 pattern. Basse Dance 2 - Attaingnant
More to come

 

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Third Basse Dance is a Follia

This one is a famous one : you may recognize a Follia, simple draft as solid as a tree : you may invent all variations as you like. Basse Dance 3 - Attaingnant

 

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Fourth basse dance

The fourth Basse Dance gives us a tender climate, even a little bit sad. But if you play first this Basse Dance (bas is low in english), the pretty Tourdion will come soon. They go together, as a pair. And now, music. "Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly..." Basse Dance 4 - Attaingnant

 

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Celle qui m'a le nom d'amy donné. This song (she gave me the name of friend) inspire this dance, Attaingnant as all printers gives us embellishments of "à la mode "songs .Basse Dance 5 Celle qui m'a le nom d'amy donné - Attaingnant

 

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Basse Dance La Volunté. 6xth

Sixth Basse Dance is based on song "La Volunté" ( willingness ). No comment. Basse Dance 6 La Volunté - Attaingnant

 

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Eigth dance, tourdion

Bouncing dance, this is a quite simple tourdion.Tourdion 8 - Attaingnant

 

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Brisky Tourdion

A brisky dance, very demanding for precision, but a great result when it sounds well. Tourdion 9 - Attaingnant

 

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Attaingnant 2nd book Tenth dance-Tourdion

A long descending melody, like a slalom in the snow. Beautiful Tourdion, the tenth of Attaingnant's 1547 danceries book. Tourdion 10 - Attaingnant

 

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Branle Simple 11

Branle simple is a binary pattern of dance, it means "to move". The four voices fit well to the fiddle. Main chord G, ending in C, no 7th harmony, full triads with full thirds. Branle Simple 11 - Attaingnant

 

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Branle Simple 12

A tune that could recall us an Appalachian one, as "West Fork Girls" for example. You may play it in A instead of G. Branle Simple 12 - Attaingnant

 

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Tourdion 13

An "question-and-answer" tune, not a riot, but struggling an fighting mood. Tourdion 13 - Attaingnant

 

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Branle Simple 14

Each voice sings when the other support. Few notes, wide range of expression. Branle Simple 14 - Attaingnant

 

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On this tourdion's score, a first note is written, an upbeat just before the beginning of the chart. Tourdion 7 - Attaingnant

 

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Branle simple 15

Like a ground, we could play numerous divisions upon this mere musical idea. With an upbeat before the chart.Branle Simple 15 - Attaingnant

 

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Branle Simple 16

This tune is a short one, but the nesting of its four voices creates more that an accompaniment. Second voices are duelling with the lead, inviting us to add news ideas, precisely chart's purpose.Branle Simple 16 - Attaingnant

 

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Oups "more than". I beg your pardon