Apologie de la danse (1623) selected transcripton, with comparison to Louange de la danse, in the collection of J.M. Ward
Contributors: John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Published: 1960
Language: fre
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Dance; Early works to 1800; Courantes; Galliards; Basse danse (Dance)
Description: Typescript collage uniting transcribed selections of early 17th cen. dance descriptions from the published Apologie de la danse (S.l., 1623) with an unidentified manuscript [probably Montagut, Louange de la danse, British Library Royal MS 16 E XXXIX].
Notes: Includes sections describing the reverence before specific dances, as well as courantes, bransles, gaillardes, and capriolles; Ward notes page and foliation numbers from both sources.

In French.