Orchésographie (Arbeau, Thoinot)

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Performances

Naxos

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Le branle de l'Official

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Basse dance: Jouyssance vous donneray

For 4 Recorders (Mondrup)

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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

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Danglebert (2009/4/29)

Editor Second edition
Publisher. Info. Langres: Iehan des Preyz, 1596.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Le branle de l'Official

For Strings (Fine)

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Misc. Notes This arrangement has a very easy Violin 2b part for beginners to play along with their more advanced colleagues.
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Michrond (2017/7/17)

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Arranger Michel Rondeau (b. 1948)
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For Mixed Chorus (Wood)
See: Ding Dong Merrily on High by Charles Wood
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Arranger Elaine Fine (b. 1959)
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Misc. Notes The viola part can be played on the violin, and the flute part can also be played on the violin, making it an arrangement that works for string trio as well as for flute and two strings.
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Basse dance: Jouyssance vous donneray

For 4 Recorders (Mondrup)

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Reccmo (2023/1/5)

4 more: Complete Contemporized Score • Complete Parts • Complete Contemporized Parts • Engraving files (MUP, LaTeX, shell script)

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Arranger Christian Mondrup (b. 1947)
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Misc. Notes Based on the Tenor part of the chanson Joyssance vous donneray by Claudin de Sermisy

Tune (Descant Recorder) transcribed from Orchésographie (halved note values), Treble-, Tenor- and Bass-parts added by Christian Mondrup
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General Information

Work Title Orchesography
Alternative. Title
Composer Arbeau, Thoinot
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
First Publication. 1589
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Extra Locations A few items are in Premier recueil de musique vocale by Henri Lammers
Extra Information see below
  • A dance manuscript written by Tabourot was published in 1589. This manual contains detailed instructions for numerous styles of dance (branle, galliard, pavane, tourdion), as well as short sections about military music, drumming, fifes, and marching, and a few details about dance forms such as Morris dance, the Canary (reputed to be dances from the Canary Islands), the Allemande, Courante, and Bassadance. This manual, Orchésographie (Orchesography), is a major source of information about Renaissance Dance.
  • It also contains many dance tabulations in which extensive instructions for the steps are lined up next to the musical notes (though this is misrepresented in some modern editions), which was in its time a significant innovation in dance notation.