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10 Annotated Bibliography of Renaissance DanceClosson, ErnestClosson, Ernest (editor). Le Manuscrit Dit Des Basses Danses De LaBibliotheque De Bourgogne. Geneve: Minkoff, 1975.Matt Larsen: Ms in Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, Ms 9085. Facsimile withintroduction and transcription by Ernest Closson. This manuscriptincludes a short discussion on steps for the Burgundian style of bassedance, which are processional in nature, beginning with a reverence (i.e.bow) and branle, followed by some combination of single steps, doublesteps, reprises and branles. The most well-known of these dances in theSCA are Dance de Cleves and Fransois Nouvele, both reconstructed fromthis manuscript. This work includes a list of 59 bassedances, along withmusic. The music given is only the tenor line, as the musicians wereexpected to improvise one or two more parts around the base given to thetenor. The introduction by Closson is dated, and has been supplanted bynewer scholarship.Nathan Kronenfeld: There are also two dances which are not basse dances.auto: There is a previous edition from 1912 but it is not in thisbibliography.Cochlaus,JohannesCochlaus, Johannes. Hie Jnnen sindt geschriben die wellschen tenntz. c.1517.Matt Larsen: Nurnberg Ms. "Hie Jnnen sindt geschriben die wellschentenntz." Brief,undated (c. 1517) ms. in Nurnberg, Germ. Nat. Mus. (MS8842). Discussion with facsimile of single page in Ingrid Brainard. "The Artof Courtly Dancing in Transition...", pp. 61-79. This is a small manuscript,consisting of seven pages. It offers eight choreographies, but no music ordescription of how the steps are performed is included. Dr. Brainardattributes this source to one Johannes Cochlaus, a German who was atthe university of Bologna. The manuscript was apparently compiled for apair of young ladies in Nurnberg, who desired some knowledge of currentfashion in Italian dancing, for use at local dances. Most of the includeddances appear in the Italian sources of the period, but this source offers apoint of view other than that of a dancing master.Colombo, CarmelaColombo, Carmela. La Danza Nel Seicento. 47 p. 10 plates. 33 cmBellinzona: La Vesconta, 1962.Compasso, LutioCompasso, Lutio, and Sparti, Barbara. Ballo della gagliarda : opera nuovae dilettevole. Freiburg: fa-gisis, 1995.Reprint of Ballo della gagliarda : opera nuova e dilettevole, 1560.Compasso, LutioCompasso, Lutio. Ballo della gagliarda : opera nuova e dilettevole.Florence: 1560.Concord of SweetSoundsConcord of Sweet Sounds. Le Divertissement du Roi. CD Herald, 1808.