La Bourrée - Terpsichore - Michael Praetorius

"Terpsichore" is the title of a large collection of dance tunes collected by Michael Praetorius

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Praetorius

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[rosten736]

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

[ernststolz]

those tunes were very widely used in Europe

[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]

@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.

[rosten736]

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

[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 !

[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 !

[ernststolz]

oh, thanks!