Chacone pour une femme: Chaconne de Phaeton: a performance study

The 1704 Recueil de dances contains two chaconnes composed to the same tune: the Chaconne de Phaeton pour un homme clearly marked 'non dancee a l'Opera' and the Chacone pour une femme, identified in the melody line only as Chaconne de Phaeton with no further information. The performer...

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Published in:Dance research 1998-12, Vol.15 (2), p.150-169
Main Author: Astier, R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The 1704 Recueil de dances contains two chaconnes composed to the same tune: the Chaconne de Phaeton pour un homme clearly marked 'non dancee a l'Opera' and the Chacone pour une femme, identified in the melody line only as Chaconne de Phaeton with no further information. The performer of the Chacone pour une femme has two legitimate options: to either dance it as a ballroom composition or to stage it in the context of the opera 'Phaeton'. Explores both options, starting with the ballroom version. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0264-2875