Dances of the 13th century

During the Middle Ages, multiple dances were created to be danced in the main royal courts, in addition to many other dances of a markedly popular nature. These pieces, mainly instrumental, are a fundamental part of the medieval repertoire.

In this program, Dances of the 13th century, we present three types of dance that were very common in the Middle Ages: estampies, ductias and jumpellos. The estampie or istampetta is a dance performed mainly in France and Italy in the 13th century, with a somewhat irregular structure. The ductia is very similar, with a more evident rhythmic character, reflected in regular percussion. For its part, the jumperello is a dance of Italian origin, more complex than the estampies, which was danced including jumps (hence its name).

Finally, Tristano’s Lament and La Rotta on the one hand, and La Manfredina and La rotta della Manfredina on the other, are pairs of dances, designed to be performed successively: a slow dance with three sections is followed by a faster one, also tripartite. The structure of all the dances present in this program is similar, and the variety selected allows a general idea of the dance music of the time.

PROGRAM

Manfredina. Rotta.
Estampie 1 y 2
Ductias
Estampie 3 y 4
Lamento di Tristano. Rotta.
Estampie 5, 6 y 7
Saltarellos