[SCA-Dance] Did pavanes go away?

Alexander Clark alexbclark at pennswoods.net
Sun Aug 7 12:53:04 EDT 2011


On 8/6/11, tmcd at panix.com <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Aug 2011, Mary Railing <mrailing2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Most likely, people figured out how inauthentic most SCA pavan
>> choreographies are
>
> I know almost nothing about period pavanes.  Where are sources for
> authentic ones -- Arbeau?

Arbeau, and the Inns of Court. An early manuscript for the "Inns of
Court" dances/measures has instructions for pavanes with more
complicated sequences of singles and doubles.

-- 
Henry of Maldon/Alex Clark


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