Hello, I wonder if somebody here on the list has stumbled over a tune titled "chorea bohemica" in Renaissance music collections. Unfortunately, there happens to exist a Czech folk music ensemble of the same name (actually it is rather an art music ensemble inspired by traditional material), and has been in existence since the 1960s, so whenever the words "chorea bohemica" appear on records, it is most likely to be the name of that ensemble and not of the Renaissance dance tune. The only "chorea bohemica" which I am aware of - according to [1]www.saulbgroen.nl/pdf/lute.pdf - is supposed to be included as no.337 in the lutebook of Albert Dlugoraj (D-LEm II.6.15). I haven't yet had access to that lutebook, and although I plan to visit some of the European libraries which have a facsimile, this won't be within the next four months. But perhaps some kind lutist on this list has it and knows the "chorea bohemica"? I am curious of this dance (or possibly more such dances, if they exist) and would like to compare it with other dance tunes with regional attributions to Central (or "East") Europe. I don't expect to find anything particular Bohemian (whatever that would be) inside that tune, rather I suppose that it will be indistinguishable from other tantz / chorea tunes fashionable in that period. Nevertheless, I would be glad to try it out, and possibly add it into my repertoire. Josef (born in Bohemia, but living in southernmost Sweden now) --
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