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Annotated Bibliography of Renaissance Dance 13Matt Larsen: Six manuscripts all originally relating to dancing at theLondon Inns of Court: Oxford, Bodleian Library (Rawl. Poet.108) (c. 1570).London, British Museum Library (Harley 367) (n.d.). Oxford, BodleianLibrary (Douce 280) (c. 1606). Oxford, Bodleian Library (Rawl. D. 864) (c.1630). London, Inner Temple Library (Misc. Vol. XXVII) (mid. 17thcentury). London, Royal College of Music (Ms. 1119) (mid. 17th century).All mss. have been transcribed by Cunningham. These manuscriptsdescribe the dancing which was done during the early seventeenth centuryat the four London Inns of Court. Dancing at the Inns of Court consisted ofa fixed program of dances, beginning with pavans and almains, andfollowed by galliards, corantos and branles. These manuscripts areprobably notes for the dancers, to remind themselves of the steps andpatterns of the dances, and as such can be difficult to understand,particularly for the more complicated dances. Of the two transcriptions,Wilson's is the better, having Cunningham to draw on. Wilson also pointsout a number of flaws in Cunningham's transcriptions, which are worthexamining. Cunningham, on the other hand, gives more background onthe Inns of Court and gives a great many quotes from accounts whichdescribe the dancing, expanding on the text which is given in themanuscripts themselves. Also transcribed with commentary by D.R.Wilson, 1986/87.Dance HistoryScholarsDance History Scholars. International Encyclopedia of Dance. 6 vols. NewYork: 1998.Brainard, IngridBrainard, Ingrid. Medieval Dance.(In International Encyclopedia of Dance.)Brainard, IngridBrainard, Ingrid. Renaissance Dance Technique.(In International Encyclopedia of Dance.)Daugenti, Carl Daugenti, Carl. Dance in Medieval Western Europe. v, 83 leaves : ill. ; 28cm Master's Thesis (UCLA-1987), UCLA, 1987.Davies, Sir John Davies, Sir John. Orchestra, a Poem of Dancing. London: 1594.Matt Larsen: This is an Elizabethan poem which celebrates dancing as anart, and in particular indicates that the dancing which was done at thetime in the court of Elizabeth I was the ultimate form of the art. The poemis of interest to dance historians in that it includes some passages whichdescribe the dancing of the time. These passages are not very detailed,however, so their value lies mostly in providing some supporting evidencefor interpretations of steps and dance forms which are described in moredetail in other sources.DeMol, Karen ADeMol, Karen A. Tonal Practices in Early Seventeenth Century GermanDances. dissertation, 1990.Dixon, PeggyDixon, Peggy. Early Dance Book 1, Medieval to 15th C French BasseDance. Glasgow: Nonsuch Early Dance Society.