Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Basse Dance

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Basse dance 5
Basse dance was typically accompanied by flute and drum.
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While flutes and tambour were commonly used for music, other combinations of musical instruments were known. Examples of other musical instruments used include: 1
  1. Vielle, dancers sang
  2. Shawms (pifferi): soprano (1), tenor (2)
  3. Shawms (pifferi) and sackbutt (or slide trumpet)
  4. Lute
  5. At an intermedio:
    1. Chitarroni (2)
    2. Lire (2)
    3. Lute (4)
    4. Viols (bass, 2)
    5. Viols (4)
    6. Violin (1)
    7. Sackbutt (or slide trumpet) (4)
    8. Cornetti (2)
    9. Citern (1)
    10. Psaltery (1)
    11. Mandola (1)
    12. Archiviolata lira (1)
    13. Singers
1 "Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick, 1250-1750", Jenifer Nevile (Ed.), Indiana Univ. Press, 2008, pp. 26-28

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