La Bourrée - Terpsichore - Michael Praetorius

[rosten736]

This is actually an old English dance tune known as "parsons farewell"

[ernststolz]

those tunes were very widely used in Europe

[alpenfrauchen]

@rosten736 So what ? Parson´s Farewell (Playford, Englisch dancing master, in all editions 1651 to 1728 !!!) is only the 2nd tune of Praetorius (parts 3 and 4), the beginning modified after "Nobody´s Jig" by Richard farnaby. If You browse after Parson´s farewell You´ll get a dozen versions more here at YouTube, e.g. "Bourree d`Avignon(ez)" by Nicholas Vallet or "Blauw garen en kopperdraed" from the Etienne Roger collection (A´dam 1696/1716). La Bourree is the almost greatest hit in pop history !

[rosten736]

@alpenfrauchen Yes it was. Thanks for the history. The tune may have even earlier origins in Valerius´ gedenck clanck from 1625

[alpenfrauchen]

@rosten736 1. Yes, I know about this version, too. This is the only version with a text, dealing with facts from the 80years-war, happened in 1588. It´s not certain who wrote the text - Valerius himself or an Anonymus.

2. For searching for later developments of the Bourree: v=oFz2-D0Y7U (a tune from around 1800, taken from Nandlstadt near Munich. v=-PdTrNgzReM and v=wfkO9sSJMtE : both the Scottish(!) tune "Robertson´s Hornpipe"; 1st part from Parson´s Farewell, 2nd part from Amsterdam 1771.

[alpenfrauchen]

Cont.: in Bavaria, Austria or South Tyrol, You will surely see funny folks dressed in lederhosen or dindl dresses dancing a "BOARISCHER" - an "indigene" dance with a name taken from Bavaria - but in fact from Bourrée, and especially from the piece by Praetorius ! Search after "Boarischer" and study Praetorius´ descendants, and try the closest relative: v=oFz2R-D0Y7U . It´s a tune very popular around Munich, and the beginning is directly taken from Praetorius. Enjoy and be astonished !

[ernststolz]

I will thanks

[unagondolaunremo]

i like it very much

the speed is a surprise, but not bad at all!

[ernststolz]

Grazie Aldo, sometimes tempi can be a surprise for myself when playing. That is the nice thing about making music... ciao

[alpenfrauchen]

@unagondolaunremo & ernststolz: Although it will not be Your favourite kind of music, please try the following for comparison:

v=6o3ALmn8UNs , v=sZUaxsn1L-I , v=ipVro6mZVYc .

All of them are modern tunes, danced in tyrolian costumes, but in Praetorius´tradition. And therefore this should be the real speed for the original !

[alpenfrauchen]

2. You play this piece technically perfect, but much to fast ! Please remember that this is a dance and not a 100-meter-race - how shall people do a dance to Your music ? I know why, because I am by myself engaged in folk and historical dances, and am searching of the origines of tunes in renaissance music. And La Bourree is the superhit #1, perhaps the most successful one in popmusic history ! It lives in HUNDREDS of folk dance tunes in Central Europe, and if You are on holiday...

[ernststolz]

oh, thanks!

[alpenfrauchen]

1. You made a wrong attribution of this picture. The Flemish Proverbs were painted by his father Pieter Breughel the Elder in 1559. The great house in the picture has vanished since cewnturies, but the village could obviously be identified, and the Municipialty of Dilbeek (west of Brussels) erected a squaremeter-sized reperoduction at it´s original place.

[zara2255]

Splendid , really very beautiful ! Thank you ! :)

[TornaZefiro]

Molto bello *****

[ernststolz]

Grazie

[serassi614]

Very nice*****