An Almain, Corranto and another Corranto from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
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Channel: My Life With Early Music · 2010 · Music
3 shorter pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (Dover II 266). The allemande originated in the 16th century (Renaissance) as a duple metre dance of moderate tempo, derived from dances supposed to be favoured in Germany at the time. Courante literally means running, and in the later Renaissance the courante was danced with fast running and jumping steps, as described by Thoinot Arbeau. Painting by Vermeer (and an Elizabethan garden) ernst stolz
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