If you are talking about number 269 in Terpsichore, this is certainly drawn form a ballet performed at the court of Henri IV.
In Terpsichore it appears as "Ballet du Roy pour sonner apres." (Number 269). In the Philidor MS F496 it appears (page 12) as "Ballet des Sorciers. Dansé sous le regne de Henry - 4. en 1601." Version for mandore: Skene, p. 83, " A Frenche". Best wishes, Rainer On 02.09.2017 04:52, Tristan von Neumann wrote:
Hello Lutists, why is it that when playing dance music, it always sounds more like chillout music than actual dance music? Exaggerating here, but still. Certainly, dances must have been played by one lutist for some dancers, especially outdoors. I realized that for example this "Ballet du Roy" (never look again for a downsized Praetorius - does anyone know where this piece comes from?) needs 120bpm and a hard swing i. e. inégales to lift someone off the ground, to the point where you imagine a plucked jazz double bass. It would be very interesting to have dancers react to that. Happy dancing! Tristan -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
