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Livre de la contredance du Roy

Title
Livre de la contredance du Roy / présenté à sa Majestè par André Lorin.
Author
Lorin, André.
Publication
[17--]

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Bibliothèque nationale (France). MSS. Français 1698.
Description
[169] ms. p. : ill., diagrs., music.
Subject
  • Contredanses
  • Dance notation
  • Dance > Early works to 1800
Genre/Form
  • Book illustrations.
  • Miniatures (Paintings)
Note
  • On target frame: Département des manuscrits, Ms. Fr. 1968 [i.e.1698].
  • The French words danse and danser are spelled dance and dancer throughout.
  • Presented to Louis XIV and recopied for Louis XV, this copy includes several dedications and is richly illustrated. Eight small painted dancing figures in late seventeenth-century dress accompany the music and movement notation for each figure of La Contredance du Roy.
Reproduction (note)
  • Microfilm.
Contents
Instruction general pour toutes les contredances -- La Contredance du Roy, Bells, les cloches ou le carillon -- Table.
Call Number
*ZBD-577
OCLC
NYPY96-B2347
Author
Lorin, André.
Title
Livre de la contredance du Roy / présenté à sa Majestè par André Lorin.
Imprint
[17--]
Reproduction
Microfilm. Paris : Bibliothèque nationale, Service photographique, 1986. 1 microfilm reel : col. positive ; 35 mm.
Added Author
Bibliothèque nationale (France). MSS. Français 1698.
Research Call Number
*ZBD-577
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