Fifteenth Century Basse Dances by Jackman, James L

E-021: Books for Libraries Press. Very Good. 1980. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Books for Libraries Press, New York. 1980. 49 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece and musical notation. Series: Dance. Bound in cloth boards with gilt titles present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. The text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The basse danse, or "low dance", was a popular court dance in the 15th and early 16th centuries, especially at the Burgundian court. The word basse describes the nature of the dance, in which partners move quietly and gracefully in a slow gliding or walking motion without leaving the floor, while in livelier dances both feet left the floor in jumps or leaps. The basse danse was a precursor of the pavane as a dignified processional dance (Cole n. D. ). The term may apply to the dance or the music alone. E-021; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .