Tudors and Stuarts book with Dances of Court and Country CD

This starter pack includes a book of dance instructions and a CD with recordings of the dance tunes.

Tudors and Stuarts: Dances of Court and Country from the time of Elizabeth I and James I

The book contains:

• step descriptions
• instructions for 13 dances: The Long Dance, Pavan, Galliard, Branle des Lavandieres, Branle des Sabots, Branle Pinagay, Branle de l’Official, Branle des Chevaux, Quadran Pavan, The Earl of Essex measure, The Old Almaine, Gathering Peascods, Millisons Jig.
• historical background information
• music notations
• teaching hints

Dances of Court and Country

This CD contains music for all these dances, and also for all the dances in a companion book, Dances of Court and Country. 

The book together with the CD provide an excellent teaching resource for beginners of any age. They “really added to our children’s understanding of Tudor culture”, says an Oxfordshire teacher.

N.B. The book and CD pack is hard copy only, but the book is also available separately as a download.

The Dances of Court and Country book is also available for purchase from this website, including in a pack of both books + CD.

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