Around Dowland's time there were at least three major treatises on dance: Coroso, Negri, Arbeau, the first two written in lute tab with mensural notation for melodies and often bass lines. They explain how to do the steps and lay out whole dances set to specific music. The dances and steps are open to interpretation in the same way that musicians have different opinions on tempos, ornaments etc. You could probably find much information about it through Google. cheers,
On Apr 2, 2007, at 3:39 AM, Herbert Ward wrote: > To what degree are the historical dances preserved? Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
