Six Praetorius Dances
Praetorius arr. Ann Marshall
5 SATTB. Bransle Double - La Bourrée - Torch Bransle - La Volta - Bransle de Villages (I) - Bransle de Villages (II) . Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) was a prolific and versatile composer, and famous in his day. His only surviving secular music, however, is 'Terpsichore', a collection of over 300 dances. There is no shortage of arrangements for recorder of dances from Terpsichore, but there are not so many for the reasonably mellow combination of DTrTTB, and even fewer where time signatures stay as 3/4 or 4/4 (there is nothing in 6/2 in this collection!). As well as mastering the notes, please feel free to experiment with speeds. Remember these were all sprightly dances originally, so a bit of vigour (perhaps with some percussion) would not go amiss.
5 SATTB. Bransle Double - La Bourrée - Torch Bransle - La Volta - Bransle de Villages (I) - Bransle de Villages (II) . Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) was a prolific and versatile composer, and famous in his day. His only surviving secular music, however, is 'Terpsichore', a collection of over 300 dances. There is no shortage of arrangements for recorder of dances from Terpsichore, but there are not so many for the reasonably mellow combination of DTrTTB, and even fewer where time signatures stay as 3/4 or 4/4 (there is nothing in 6/2 in this collection!). As well as mastering the notes, please feel free to experiment with speeds. Remember these were all sprightly dances originally, so a bit of vigour (perhaps with some percussion) would not go amiss.
