basse dansen.
/bas ˈdɒns/ A court dance in duple or triple time which originated in France in the 15th century; = base dance n. Also attributive.
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1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 263 John D'Etrée..published four books of Danseries... [Note] The editor of these books tells us, that they contained..ballets, voltes, basses dances,..allemandes. Printed at Paris, 1564.
1899 J. Stainer in Musical Times July 461/2 The ‘basse danse’, as it was termed in French, was so named by way of contrast to the ‘danse par haut’ or ‘danse sautée’.
1927 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 10/6 There was the Basse Dance, queen of measures in the fifteenth century.
1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) III. 821/1 Ortiz's first example is a well-known basse-danse tenor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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