Nobody seems to have responded to this. On May 8, 2009, at 11:33 AM, David Rastall wrote:
> Isn't it possible that the dancers might have paused in the dance at > the end of the minuet, and started the trio at a different tempo as > set by the musicians? Possible, but I'm not aware of any evidence for it, and the notion strikes me as more a musician's whim than a dancer's. In social dance, it seems disruptive -- the dancers want to dance, and chat, and look each other over, and not have to concentrate on taking some musician's changed tempo. You don't want to be watching for a downbeat when you could be looking down a lady's blouse (or, if you're the lady, asking the lady next to you about the income of the gentleman who's been looking down your blouse). -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
