Basse Franzesse |
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a bassadanze for 2 |
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Source: AW Smith (NYP), reconstructed by Dafydd
Cyhoeddwr |
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Music: Alta Danza (no intro) |
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Starting
position: side
by side, holding hands (the dancers never separate by the instructions) |
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Section 1: |
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1&2 |
Riverentia to the ground |
3 |
2 continentie, left and right |
4 |
2 sempi, left and right |
5-9 |
5 doppi, starting left |
10 |
2 sempi, right and left |
11-13 |
3 riprese francesi, right, left, right
("francesi" is not explained - how about nearly backward?) |
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Section 2: |
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14 |
2 continentie, left and right |
15 |
2 sempi, left and right |
16-18 |
3 doppi, left, right, left |
19 |
2 sempi, right and left |
20-22 |
3 riprese francesi, right, left, right |
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Section 3: |
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23 |
2 continentie, left and right |
24 |
2 sempi, left and right |
25 |
1 doppio, left |
26-28 |
3 riprese francesi, right, left, right |
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Section 5: |
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29-36 |
8 saltarelli, starting left (do not separate) |
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Alta Danza music repeats |
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Note: |
Basse Franzesse means French Basse. If you look at the structure of the first
three sections, |
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you may note the similarity to a Burgundian basse danse if
you see the continentie as the bransle, |
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and the riprese francesi as the demarche (and I hadn't
noticed the similarities of structure when I |
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wrote that perhaps they should be done backwards). Set up like this, you have a 5-3-1 basse
danse |
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with some saltarelli tacked onto the end (I suppose that
the Italians felt they were required). |