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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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 !
More info and links to some scores:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Attaingnant
http://imslp.org/wiki/50_Galliards,_...gnant,_Pierre)
http://atelierphilidor.com/contents/en-uk/p4248.html
Also, thank you for including a 50-chart playlist
https://www.irealb.com/forums/showth...8772#post48772
(later in this thread) containing the tunes you have posted and described individually below.
:))BOB
Thanks Bob
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.
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
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
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
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
Sixth Basse Dance is based on song "La Volunté" ( willingness ). No comment. Basse Dance 6 La Volunté - Attaingnant
Bouncing dance, this is a quite simple tourdion.Tourdion 8 - Attaingnant
A brisky dance, very demanding for precision, but a great result when it sounds well. Tourdion 9 - Attaingnant
A long descending melody, like a slalom in the snow. Beautiful Tourdion, the tenth of Attaingnant's 1547 danceries book. Tourdion 10 - Attaingnant
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
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
An "question-and-answer" tune, not a riot, but struggling an fighting mood. Tourdion 13 - Attaingnant
Each voice sings when the other support. Few notes, wide range of expression. Branle Simple 14 - Attaingnant
On this tourdion's score, a first note is written, an upbeat just before the beginning of the chart. Tourdion 7 - Attaingnant
Like a ground, we could play numerous divisions upon this mere musical idea. With an upbeat before the chart.Branle Simple 15 - Attaingnant
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
Oups "more than". I beg your pardon
Hi toilage!
Thank you very much for these tracks!
I like this music this music very much, especially Attaingnant...
just a question: what accompaniment style do you use for them?
Thank you again.
cronban
Hi Cronban, thanks for your interest ! I apply the common BPM for the dances, as Basse Dance 50 - 55, Tourdion 69 - 76, Pavane around 50, Gaillarde 63 - 69, Branle Simple et Double 112 -122, and Branle Gay not to fast, 80 - 88. I choose Latin-Cuba Bolero between 120 and 145 for Basse Dance (or Jazz slow swing) . Latin Bossa fits well with binary Branles. Equalization allows you to listen drums or bass, according to your wish. I try different accompaniment, but I think that Latin one is close to 1547's spirit. I'm posting other dances soon. Sincerely yours
It sounds like a war calling : four voices walking at the same pace. Branle Simple 17 - Attaingnant
Simple song, but simplest things are the most hard to reach, I could say in french, "à atteindre". Branle Simple 18 Que l'amour cause de peines - Attaingnant
A beautiful bunch of melodies. The "dessus" or "superius" or "soprano" (all the same) , after opening and ascending Dm dorian scale, develops its self path beyond notes. Basse Dance 19 - Attaingnant
Very simple, almost a sketch of music, ending in Bb. Branle Simple 20 L' espoir que j' ay - Attaingnant
Insisting minor third, and the typical rythmical pattern called anapaest, i.e. short short long. A very dynamic one, and an occasion to say that the stress of Branle music should be marked on the second measure, not on the first. All the book is made on the dialog between up and down, "levé" et "posé" fr. You understand why fiddles and bows are relevant for dancing music. Branle Simple 21 - Attaingnant
Perhaps this piece fits well with the former one. A wonderful, powerful music, adapted from a "maumariée", "bad-married" song."Husband, I thought somedays...that I wanted to see you dead". Branle Gay 22 Mari je songeois l' aultre jour - Attaingnant
After the sad words, this tune is a happy song, as we say in french "guilleret". A high sounding tune, because even bass is written in treble key. Branle Gay 23 - Attaingnant
Such tunes are like children's games, simple to catch, but hard to play with a keen mind. Branle Double 24 - Attaingnant
Interesting Branle : some voices of this tune seems to repeat always the same notes, but you have to deal with this breathless accompaniment. Branle Double 25 - Attaingnant
A tune very near from a well-known french song : "A Paris y-a-t-une vieille". "In Paris town lives an old Lady". Humoristic words sand good music as well ! Branle Double 26 - Attaingnant
Branle de Champaigne : denomination doesn't lead to the country the tune is coming from. We know very few about the way tunes are called, so many variations being possible. Branle de Champaigne 27 - Attaingnant
As the Branle Gay, the Branle Courant is played in a triple meter. Branle Courant 28 - Attaingnant
The melody is so simple and so clear, it helps you to seek some adds and grace notes. Basse Dance 29 Auprès de vous - Attaingnant
The title of the song is "Amongst you"
Two tourdions with a lively spirit, the first is in Am. Tourdion 30 C'est grand plaisir - Attaingnant
High level of complication between the two leads, in part B. If you had a poor idea of Renaissance misic, just have a look on this tourdion. Tourdion 31 Vous aurez tout ce qui est mien - Attaingnant Title means "You'll have all my goods".
A peaceful Basse Dance, in the key of G, so good for fiddlers. Basse Dance 32 - Attaingnant
Regular rests let you breathe, listen to the resonating chords. You can fill rests with drums, as an answer. Basse Dance 33 Content désir - Attaingnant
Always the same trustful atmosphere, but a strange end to this tune, like an answerless question. The title "Par fin despit" or "Par fin despit je m'en iray seulette" talks about loneliness. Basse Dance 34 Par fin despit - Attaingnant