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Book/Printed Material Basses danses dites de Marguerite d'Autriche (Ms. 9085 aus dem Besitz der Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Bruxelles) : vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der Handschrift

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Title

  • Basses danses dites de Marguerite d'Autriche (Ms. 9085 aus dem Besitz der Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Bruxelles) : vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der Handschrift

Summary

  • This is a facsimile reproduction of a rare fifteenth-century source for the bassedanse, a Burgundian court dance. Known as Brussels manuscript 9085, it consists of twenty-five parchment leaves on black paper with gold rules and calligraphic initials in silver. Seventeen folios contain specific music and choreographies in the earliest known dance notation.

Names

  • Margaret, of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, 1480-1530

Created / Published

  • Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, c1987.

Headings

  • -  Basse danse (Dance)
  • -  Basse danses (Music)
  • -  Dance music--16th century
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
  • -  Music for Dance
  • -  Notation for Dance

Notes

  • -  "Die Verkaufsauflage dieser Faksimile-Ausgabe ist auf 500 arabisch (1-500) numerierte Exemplare limitiert. Zusätzlich zur Verkaufsauflage wurden noch 80 römisch (I-LXXX) numerierte Exemplare für die Sponsoren der Ausgabe und als Belege hergestellt".
  • -  Full-color facsimile of the anonymous 15th century dance notebook.
  • -  Issued in a solander case with a commentary volume (commentary covered by LC record 90172102) by Claudine Lemaire, Claude Thiry, and Victor Gavenda, issued in 1988.
  • -  LC has copy no. 30.
  • -  Ownership marks and the coat of arms are on free end papers (not included in page count).
  • -  Title from inside of lower cover.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images.

Medium

  • [50] p. : 1 col. coat of arms ; 13 x 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1796.B28 B27 1988
  • Band 5 der Reihe Musica manuscripta
  • Volumen LXXXVII der Reihe Codices selecti

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90172142

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Margaret, Of Austria, Regent Of The Netherlands. Basses danses dites de Marguerite d'Autriche Ms.aus dem Besitz der Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Bruxelles: vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der Handschrift. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1987. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/90172142/.

APA citation style:

Margaret, O. A. (1987) Basses danses dites de Marguerite d'Autriche Ms.aus dem Besitz der Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Bruxelles: vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der Handschrift. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90172142/.

MLA citation style:

Margaret, Of Austria, Regent Of The Netherlands. Basses danses dites de Marguerite d'Autriche Ms.aus dem Besitz der Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Bruxelles: vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der Handschrift. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1987. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90172142/>.