Michael Praetorius - Dances from Terspsichore (1612) 

0:00:00 Passameze 0:01:25 Galliarde 0:03:39 La Bouree 0:05:39 Bransle de la Torche 0:07:43 Bransle Simple 0:09:25 Bransle Gay 0:10:56 Bransle Double 0:12:14 Bransle de Villages 0:16:23 Philou 0:19:25 Ballet des Sorciers 0:20:05 Ballet des Princesses 0:22:46 Ballet / Ballet des Bacchanales / Ballet des Matelotz 0:24:40 Ballet des Coqs 0:26:10 Bransle de la Torche 0:27:34 Pavane de Spaigne 0:31:32 Spagnoletta 0:33:25 Passameze pour les Cornetz 0:35:17 Courante 0:37:39 Courante 0:39:14 Courant de Bataglia 0:40:41 La Sarabande 0:42:29 Volte du Tambour 0:43:15 Volte 0:47:37 Voltes

In 2002 I was very sick and I needed treatment in an hospital in the south of Germany. The doctor who treated me had the surnmae Praetorius. I asked him if he was an descendant of the famous composer Michael Praetorius. He said yes and was very pleased, that I knew about Michael Praetorius. We talked about the music of his ancestor and I forgot about the pain I was suffering before. Never forget about this beautiful encounter.

Every casual days goes by like the wind while listening to this heroic music in Winter Tokyo I'm on cloud

My very fond childhood memory some 400 plus years ago !

One of the best records in early music history, this unsurpassed version was an unforgettable milestone. Brings back so many memories and long lost youthful sensations.

my heart is flying......

Listen to this almost every day during work. This is still the best version of the dances I have found to date. Many thanks for uploading, this video has brought me much joy and got me through some tough days!

Très beau, paradisiaque, rare beauté Praetorius génial, j'adore./

Like the first light of dawn, this music opens your eyes to new promises and to all the wonders of nature. Evocative of powers beyond observation, these pieces pull the strings of the heart, attract nostalgia and awaken the loves, the skinned lives and torpor of the sleeping watchmen !

ПОКОРНЕЙШЕ ВАМ БЛАГОДАРЮ! НАКОНЕЦ-ТО, НАШЁЛ ИМЕННО ТАКОЙ СТИЛЬ КЛАССИКИ, КОТОРЫЙ НРАВИТСЯ! ■ КЛАССИКА - ЭТО ЛУЧШЕЕ ЛЕКАРСТВО ОТ ВСЕХ БОЛЕЗНЕЙ И ШЛЯПОВИРУСОВ!!! ■

This promotes spiritual uplift and awakening This invigorates the human spirit

So much joy. Many thanks.

A most noble Compilation of Musick, yea, verily!

I'm new to Praetorius. Fabulous!

So many thanks for this. Lightens up the spirit.

Sublime Michael at his best!

Great music to listen to, you see the dancing people in front of you on this music

Bransle de la Torche. Bellissimo! Ho imparato la coreografia

Tellement beau !

Музыка совершенно изумительной красоты! 🙏💓

Absolutely brilliant music.

Beautiful

I used to have that CD. Thanks for bringing it back! The Susato CD also.

JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL ENSEMBLE OF MUSIC.

yes yes yes!

There are many excellent recordings of these dances, but this one just has to be the best. So stylish and imaginative in its interpretations !

🎄Again, thank you!🎄

The music is beautiful, and the musicians do an excellent job, but Pickett is a criminal and deserves every second of the 11 years he was sentenced to. I wish the remainder of the musicians continued success in their careers, as they are all quite talented.

thanks for the upload I look for this version for many years

Renaissance age d'or de l'humanité, j'entend déjà les bibliothèques à deux pattes dire; "et le peuple?" OUI! ET EN MACRONIE ET LE RESTE DU MONDE, ET LE PEUPLE? avec les moyens que nous avons, la misère est révoltante./

En ces temps, la musique populaire était de qualité... Ce n'est plus toujours le cas en 2020...

Schöne musik ,kann ich rauf und runterhören ,wird nie öde ,i

such majestic music.

Praetorius působil i v Čehách. Představa, že při jeho hudbě tančili na banketech páni Smiřický, Harant, Velen ze Žerotína, mladý Anhalt atd., je fascinující...

Splendide !

Amo música antiga e Petronius é dos melhores

Adorável

Bourrée que amo!!!! 🎉

Thank you!

Amei! ❤❤❤❤

Please somebody that knows the names of this delightful works, replicate my comment with Track names modified! 0:00:00 Track 1 0:01:25 Track 2 0:03:39 Track 3 0:07:43 Track 4 0:10:56 Track 5 0:12:14 Track 6 0:16:23 Track 7 0:19:25 Track 8 0:20:05 Track 9 0:22:46 Track 10 0:24:40 Track 11 0:26:10 Track 12 0:27:34 Track 13 0:31:32 Track 14 0:33:25 Track 15 0:35:17 Track 16 0:37:39 Track 17 0:39:14 Track 18 0:40:41 Track 19 0:42:29 Track 20 0:43:15 Track 21 0:47:37 Track 22

Wonderful Music, some parts remind me Irish-Celtic Music...

Yes yes yes Godmusic.

00:07:44 Bransle simples/gay/double

The part you're looking for is at 3:40

Brilliant 1. Passameze; Galliarde

What did Praetorius start with? Were the pieces already harmonized or did he have just the melodies--I imagine the dancing master piping as his students practiced. Given the variety of orchestrations that have been recorded, I infer that Praetorius did little to specify instruments for the different parts.

3:40

anyone know what instruments are used? Some pretty crazy sounding ones in there!

Passameze shows lords who dance with their swords drawn out and their ladies are also dancing but at a distance. They are all on a military campaign, rich folks running this show from ancient times brought their entourage, their court musicians, while the big oak tree is littered with hanged deserters, enemies and peasants. This music is not only a counterpoint to the violence of the 16th century but it is its integral part - whether lords or rich merchants and craftsmen from the middle class, whether peasants during harvest or in the closing autumn to celebrate hard work - they are all dancing, they shall all feel, in one way or another, the brunt of violence, of war, of brutality, of dirtiness and diseases, of the struggle to survive, they shall be moved by irrational passion to live, and if they survive through their infancy they shall either accept the realisation of what existence really is, or sink into depression and illusions, until mercenary veterans kill those gentle souls unaccustomed to the ways of life. Mercenary sword, dagger, pike, arquebuse, musket, pistol, halberd, zweihander or under hooves of the specially bred and royal stables trained warhorses who do not shy even from the wall of pikes. Gentle sensitive souls or their harder town or village neighbors - they can all perish during looting, pillaging, raping and massacring. But amidst life's brutish brevity they would strive to live it to the fullest, by working, by dancing, by making love and fighting like in a frenzy. Along with their dethatched cynical lords who spend human lives in droves to defend or enlarge their realms. This passameze is just a prelude to the drama of life enfolding in each of these masterly performed miniatures. 16th century, with all of its contradictions of the heights of human spirit to the almost uninterrupted century and a half of more brutal carnage than in previous centuries, clearly showed still present opposing forces of advancement in all fields, including the means for war, the tools for killing. Bransle de Villages shows in a film montage sequence Dutch/Flemish peasants during sunny summer - collectively working in the fields, drinking, feasting, resting, smiling, dancing, making love, preparing for the winter... And all that can be erased in a moment. But during these four minutes of music celebrating life, work and love peasant's melancholy nostalgia kicks in while during a long war, impoverished in a big walled Flemish city, remembers how 10 years ago he had a family and a property, while now, with his complete left hand lost during the destruction of the village, he has nothing and has to beg to survive. This music and this performance are more than they might appear to be. Whispering of the lords, while musicians are playing, can determine who will survive and who will perish. And that doesn't mean only political intrigues aimed at rich and powerful individuals but in secrecy expressed plans determining the fate of many. Lords have no time or inclination to give to the music more than it "deserves." They are in the ruthless primordial tundra-like killing game. Then Machiavelli, whispering to the lord of Milan, suddenly turns towards you, presses his finger on his lips and points out to the musicians. "Enjoy your music."

Süsse ,,schweinereien,, für die ohren ,

Make Anglos Great Again!

Da koennt ihr die schlager gut und gerne selber hören ,ich hab keine zeit für der artige lalle ,denn ich höre lieber renaissance und barock an ,ballermann mag ich auch nicht ,