Monday, June 23, 2008

Marchesana

Marchesana
For a man and a woman

In the style of Domenico
Music has:
12 tempi quadernaria
13 tempi bassa danza (Domenico states 12.5 bars, but gives music for 13)
6 tempi quadernaria

Quadernaria:
1-8 -- 8 saltarelli (last two saltarelli are a different tune)

9-10 -- Man goes away with 3 steps (L,R,L), and a saltarello R
11-12 -- Woman catches up with the same steps

Bassadanza:
1-2 -- 2 Riprese
3-4 -- Take right hands and do 2 sempi (L,R), and a doppio L
5 -- change hands, ripresa R
6-7 -- 2 Sempi (L,R), Doppio L
8 -- Drop hands ard ripresa R (Domenico has one sempio here - making half a bar. Other manuscripts give a ripresa, so I have used this to fill the 13 bars of music)
9-10 -- 2 Doppii away from each other (L,R), turning to face at the end
11-12 -- 2 Riprese (L,R)
13 -- 2 Continenzi (L,R)

Quadernaria:
1 -- Man movimento, Woman respond with a movimento
2 -- Doppio L towards each other
3 -- Woman movimento, Man respond with a movimento
4 -- Doppio L towards each other
5 -- Doppio L, circling each other
6 -- Leap onto the right foot, ending up side by side as at the beginning of the dance

The end (repeat, woman leading? This dance doesn't specify this but many others do, and most recordings of music go through twice)

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