Dances for the Sun King
Subtitle: André Lorin's "Livre de contredance"
By: Julia Sutton, editor-in-chief ; Rachelle Palnick Tsachor, associate editor
Contributors: Lorin, André; Colonial Music Institute
Publisher: Colonial Music Institute
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780981875927
Subjects: Dance; Country dancing; Early works to 1800; Country-dances (Music); History
Notes: "André Lorin's 'Livre de Contredance' (1685-87) is a collection of thirteen social dances from the 1680s, ordered by and presented to King Louis XIV of France. ... This edition features a complete facsimile of the manuscript, with translations of the text and a full reconstruction of each section of the dance on the facing page. Extensive background essays, full explanations of the notated steps, concordances, and biographies and portraits of the courtiers to whom the dances were dedicated fill out the volume"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Commentary; title: pt. 2. Livre de contredance / [André Lorin] ; facsimile, translation, and interpretation, Julia Sutton, Christine Helwig, and Francis Worrell.