Annotated Bibliography of Renaissance Dance - Shadow Island ...

20 Annotated Bibliography of Renaissance DanceMatt Larsen: Ms. (originally owned by Giorgio del Giudeo (c. 1470),donated by Walter Toscanini) in New York, Public Library, DanceCollection (Cia Fornaroli Coll. (S) *MGZMB-Res. 72-254). This manuscriptcontains some thirty seven large pages of very difficult to read writting.The first nine pages are discussion of dance and how the steps areperformed, while the remaining pages give choreographies for fifty fiveseparate balli and bassadanza. No music is included, but many of thedances appear in other manuscripts in which the music is recorded. Thismanuscript is not for the faint of heart, as the handwriting is almostillegible, and no transcription exists. It does, however, contain a wealth ofvaluable information. It is also one of the few sources which is in the U.S.,which makes it somewhat more available, at least to those who live on theeast coast.Elliott, JanineElliott, Janine. The Relationship Between Music and Dance in CotswoldMorris Performance. dissertation, 1993.Ellis, HelenMeredithEllis, Helen Meredith. The Dances of J.B. Lully (1632- 1687). xi, 257leaves : ill., facsims., music University Microfilms, dissertation, StanfordUniversity-1967, 1968.Elson, DavidElson, David. Del's Dance Book. CD-ROM and Book Sydney: Privatelypublished, 1993.Del (D.Elson): Yet another SCA dance book, this covers the dancescurrently being done in Lochac (Australia). Re-issued on a semi-regularbasis.http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/ Online versionElyot, Sir ThomasElyot, Sir Thomas, and Lehmberg, S. E. The Boke Named the Governor.Menston, England: The Scolar Press, 1970.Online version http://www.hti.umich.edu/bin/pdidx?type=header"idno=ElyotGoverMatt Larsen: Chapters 19 through 25 deal with dancing. The chapterswhich discuss dancing are interesting, although not of direct use inreconstructing choreographies. No specific choreographies are given, nor isany music included. What is given, however, is information about howdances were done in England at this time. It is fairly clear that the danceswere basically similar, if not identical to those which were done in Franceand Burgundy at this time. We can also glean some style information, sothis source is more useful to those working on how the steps wereperformed than it is to those who are interested only in specificreconstructions.auto: There is a previous edition from 1531 but it is not in thisbibliography.