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Knowledge of court dances has survived better than that of country dances as they were collected by dancing masters in manuscripts and later in printed books. The earliest surviving manuscripts that provide detailed dance instructions are from 15th century Italy. The earliest printed dance manuals come from late 16th century France and Italy.
Many of his songs still exist today. William Byrd was the chief organist and composer for Queen Elizabeth. Also during the 16th century were John Bull (1562–1628), best-known organist of the Elizabethan era, and John Dowland (1563–1626), leading composer of lute music. John Dowland published his first book of songs or "ayres" in 1597.
The decorous sweep of the pavane suited the new more sober Spanish-influenced courtly manners of 16th-century Italy. It appears in dance manuals in England, France, and Italy. The pavane's popularity was from roughly 1530 to 1676, [7] though, as a dance, it was already dying out by the late 16th century. [1]
In late 16th-century Renaissance dance, the gavotte is first mentioned as the last of a suite of branles. Popular at the court of Louis XIV, it became one of many optional dances in the classical suite of dances. Many were composed by Lully, Rameau and Gluck, and the 17th-century cibell is a variety. The dance was popular in France throughout ...
4 time and the term was used for a dancing entertainment in 16th century plays. [79] The dance began to be associated with music particularly in 6 8 time, and with slip jigs 9 8 time. [78] In the 17th century the dance was adopted in Ireland and Scotland, where they were widely adapted, and with which countries they are now most often ...
Pages in category "16th-century songs" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
fl. late 15th – early 16th century: English Presumably identical with the Sturton who composed the six-part Ave Maria ancilla Trinitatis in the Lambeth Choirbook, he contributed a Gaude virgo mater Christi to the Eton Choirbook, the six voices of which cover a fifteen-note range Robert de Févin: fl. late 15th–early 16th century: French
A courtly basse dance. The basse danse, or "low dance", was a popular court dance in the 15th and early 16th centuries, especially at the Burgundian court.The word basse describes the nature of the dance, in which partners move quietly and gracefully in a slow gliding or walking motion without leaving the floor, while in livelier dances both feet left the floor in jumps or leaps.