The pavane, the earliest-known music for which was published in Venice by Ottaviano Petrucci, in Joan Ambrosio Dalza's Intabolatura de lauto libro quarto in 1508, is a sedate and dignified couple dance, similar to the 15th-century basse danse. The music which accompanied it appears originally to have been fast or moderately fast but, like many other dances, became slower over time (Brown 2001).
The word pavane is most probably derived from Italian [danza] padovana (En. Britannica), (Treccani 2016), meaning "[dance] typical of Padua" (similar to Bergamask, "dance from Bergamo"); pavan is an old Northern Italian form for the modern Italian adjective padovano (= from Padua).[b] This origin is consistent with the equivalent form, Paduana.
An alternative explanation is that it derives from the Spanish pavón meaning peacock (Sachs 1937, 356).
Although the dance is often associated with Spain (Horst 1937, 7), it was "almost certainly of Italian origin" (Brown 2001).
HistoryEdit
The decorous sweep of the pavane suited the new more sober Spanish-influenced courtly manners of 16th-century Italy. It appears in dance manuals in England, France, and Italy.
The pavane's popularity was from roughly 1530 to 1676 (Horst 1937, 8), though, as a dance, it was already dying out by the late 16th century (Brown 2001). As a musical form, the pavan survived long after the dance itself was abandoned, and well into the Baroque period, when it finally gave way to the allemande/courante sequence (Apel 1988, 259ff[page needed]).
Slow duple metre (2 2 or 4 4) by the late 16th century, though there is evidence that it was still a fast dance as late as the mid-16th century, and there are also examples of triple-time pavans from Spain, Italy, and England (Brown 2001).
Two strains of eight, twelve, or sixteen bars each.
Accent generally comes on the third beat with a secondary accent on the 1st beat though some pavanes place the accent on the first beat with the secondary accent falling on the third.[citation needed]
Usually no florid or running passages in instrumental ensemble settings, but pavans for solo instruments usually included written-out repeat sections with variations (Brown 2001).
DanceEdit
At the royal court of Henry III of France: Anne de Joyeuse and his wife Marguerite de Vaudémont-Lorraine, dancing a pavane.[1] Left under the canopy the king and his mother Catherine de' Medici, to the right of her Queen Louise. The musicians on the right side. (c. 1581)
In Thoinot Arbeau's French dance manual, it is generally a dance for many couples in procession, with the dancers sometimes throwing in ornamentation (divisions) of the steps (Arbeau 1967, 59–66).
The Dictionnaire de Trevoux describes the dance as being a "grave kind of dance, borrowed from the Spaniards, wherein the performers make a kind of wheel or tail before each other, like that of a peacock, whence the name." It was usually used by regents to open grand ceremonies and to display their royal attire (Horst 1937, 9). Before dancing, the performers saluted the King and Queen whilst circling the room. The steps were called advancing and retreating. Retreating gentlemen would lead their ladies by the hand and, after curtsies and steps, the gentlemen would regain their places. Next, a lone gentleman advanced and went en se pavanant (strutting like a peacock) to salute the lady opposite him. After taking backward steps, he would return to his place, bowing to his lady (Horst 1937, 12).
Modern useEdit
The step used in the pavane survives to the modern day in the hesitation step sometimes used at weddings.
More recent works titled "pavane" often have a deliberately archaic mood. Examples include:
"Pavane, the Girl with the Flaxen Hair", a dramatic script written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, inspired in part by Debussy's composition,[clarification needed] for the old-time radio series Quiet, Please (1947).
The science fiction novel Pavane (1968) by British author Keith Roberts, about an alternative history in which Queen Elizabeth I is assassinated and the Armada wins in the year 1588, using the musical term as a metaphor for the book's setting.
The first part of Maurice Ravel's Ma mère l'oye suite (1910), entitled "Pavane for the Sleeping Beauty", covered (as "Pavanne") by Joe Walsh on his album So What (1974).
"A Sad Pavan for These Distracted Times" is part IX of Vladimír Godár's "Querela Pacis" ("Complaint of Peace") oratorio (2010). Thomas Tomkins composed a piece with the same title in 1649.[clarification needed] Sir Peter Maxwell Davies composed one also, in 2004. The 'distracted times' refer to the execution of British king Charles I.
Eric Clapton released an acoustic demo song on his Facebook Page on September 30, 2014: "Pavane for Jay A", as a homage to skateboard pioneer Jay Adams, who died on August 15, 2014, aged 53.
Explanatory notesEdit
^Variously attested as pavan, paven, pavin, pavian, pavine, or pavyn.
^this is reflected also, for example, in the family name Pavan, rather diffuse in northern Italy (Anon 2000).
ReferencesEdit
^Pavane à la cour d'Henri III, collections.louvre.fr
LiteratureEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pavane.
Anon. 2000. Cognome: PAVAN, Presente in 976 comuni. gens.labo.net (accessed 30 November 2010)
Apel, Willi. 1988. The History of Keyboard Music to 1700. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN0-253-32795-4.
Arbeau, Thoinot. 1967. Orchesography, translated by Mary Stewart Evans, with a new introduction and notes by Julia Sutton and a new Labanotation section by Mireille Backer and Julia Sutton. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN0-486-21745-0.
Brown, Alan. 2001. "Pavan". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
Encyclopædia Britannica "Pavane". (accessed 30 November 2016)
Horst, Louis. 1937. Pre-Classic Dance Forms. A Dance Horizons Book. New York: Dance Observer. Reprinted, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Book Co., 1987. ISBN9780916622510.
Sachs, Curt. 1937. World History of the Dance, translated by Bessie Schönberg. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc.
Vocabolario Treccani "Pavana" (in It.). (accessed 30 November 2016)
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For other uses see Pavane disambiguation Padovana Paduana and Padouana redirect here For the chicken breed see Padovana chicken This article includes inline citations but they are not properly formatted Please improve this article by correcting them Parenthetical referencing has been deprecated convert to shortened footnotes September 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The pavane a p e ˈ v ɑː n p e ˈ v ae n pe VA H N Italian pavana padovana German Paduana is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century Renaissance A Pavane Edwin Austin Abbey 1897The pavane the earliest known music for which was published in Venice by Ottaviano Petrucci in Joan Ambrosio Dalza s Intabolatura de lauto libro quarto in 1508 is a sedate and dignified couple dance similar to the 15th century basse danse The music which accompanied it appears originally to have been fast or moderately fast but like many other dances became slower over time Brown 2001 Contents 1 Origin of term 2 History 3 Music 4 Dance 5 Modern use 6 Explanatory notes 7 References 8 LiteratureOrigin of term EditThe word pavane is most probably derived from Italian danza padovana En Britannica Treccani 2016 meaning dance typical of Padua similar to Bergamask dance from Bergamo pavan is an old Northern Italian form for the modern Italian adjective padovano from Padua b This origin is consistent with the equivalent form Paduana An alternative explanation is that it derives from the Spanish pavon meaning peacock Sachs 1937 356 Although the dance is often associated with Spain Horst 1937 7 it was almost certainly of Italian origin Brown 2001 History EditThe decorous sweep of the pavane suited the new more sober Spanish influenced courtly manners of 16th century Italy It appears in dance manuals in England France and Italy The pavane s popularity was from roughly 1530 to 1676 Horst 1937 8 though as a dance it was already dying out by the late 16th century Brown 2001 As a musical form the pavan survived long after the dance itself was abandoned and well into the Baroque period when it finally gave way to the allemande courante sequence Apel 1988 259ff page needed Music Edit nbsp Pavan a6 in F VdGS No 2 Oxford Bodleian Library Mus Sch c 83 II 2 ca 1667 source source By John Jenkins composer Performed by Phillip W Serna Treble Tenor amp Bass Viols Problems playing this file See media help Slow duple metre 22 or 44 by the late 16th century though there is evidence that it was still a fast dance as late as the mid 16th century and there are also examples of triple time pavans from Spain Italy and England Brown 2001 Two strains of eight twelve or sixteen bars each Accent generally comes on the third beat with a secondary accent on the 1st beat though some pavanes place the accent on the first beat with the secondary accent falling on the third citation needed Generally follows the form of A A B B C C It generally uses counterpoint or homophonic accompaniment Often accompanied by a tabor according to Arbeau 1967 59 64 in a rhythmic pattern of minim crotchet crotchet 12 14 14 or similar This dance was generally paired with the Galliard clarification needed Usually no florid or running passages in instrumental ensemble settings but pavans for solo instruments usually included written out repeat sections with variations Brown 2001 Dance Edit nbsp At the royal court of Henry III of France Anne de Joyeuse and his wife Marguerite de Vaudemont Lorraine dancing a pavane 1 Left under the canopy the king and his mother Catherine de Medici to the right of her Queen Louise The musicians on the right side c 1581 In Thoinot Arbeau s French dance manual it is generally a dance for many couples in procession with the dancers sometimes throwing in ornamentation divisions of the steps Arbeau 1967 59 66 The Dictionnaire de Trevoux describes the dance as being a grave kind of dance borrowed from the Spaniards wherein the performers make a kind of wheel or tail before each other like that of a peacock whence the name It was usually used by regents to open grand ceremonies and to display their royal attire Horst 1937 9 Before dancing the performers saluted the King and Queen whilst circling the room The steps were called advancing and retreating Retreating gentlemen would lead their ladies by the hand and after curtsies and steps the gentlemen would regain their places Next a lone gentleman advanced and went en se pavanant strutting like a peacock to salute the lady opposite him After taking backward steps he would return to his place bowing to his lady Horst 1937 12 Modern use EditThe step used in the pavane survives to the modern day in the hesitation step sometimes used at weddings More recent works titled pavane often have a deliberately archaic mood Examples include Pavane 1887 by Gabriel Faure a modern version of the Renaissance genre nbsp Pavane pour une infante defunte source source By Maurice Ravel Performed by Therese Dussaut Problems playing this file See media help Pavane pour une infante defunte 1899 by Maurice Ravel The third part of the Piano Suite No 2 Op 10 by George Enescu 1903 The Pavane of the Sons of the Morning that closes scene 7 of Job A Masque for Dancing a ballet composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1930 and first staged in 1931 Pavane the Girl with the Flaxen Hair a dramatic script written and directed by Wyllis Cooper inspired in part by Debussy s composition clarification needed for the old time radio series Quiet Please 1947 The Moor s Pavane 1949 a ballet choreographed by Jose Limon The science fiction novel Pavane 1968 by British author Keith Roberts about an alternative history in which Queen Elizabeth I is assassinated and the Armada wins in the year 1588 using the musical term as a metaphor for the book s setting The song Pavan 1970 from the progressive folk album Evensong by Amazing Blondel The first part of Maurice Ravel s Ma mere l oye suite 1910 entitled Pavane for the Sleeping Beauty covered as Pavanne by Joe Walsh on his album So What 1974 The fourth movement of the suite The Fall of the House of Usher from the progressive rock album Tales of Mystery and Imagination by The Alan Parsons Project 1976 The song Pavane by Jon Lord of the band Deep Purple written and recorded for his solo album Sarabande 1976 Pavane for a Dead Princess 1978 a jazz version of Maurice Ravel s composition by Art Farmer and Jim Hall released on the album Big Blues Pavane She s So Fine 1994 from John s Book of Alleged Dances by John Adams The title of a song from Verehrt und angespien 1999 the second studio album of the folk metal band In Extremo Pavane Thoughts of a Septuagenarian 2000 by the Esbjorn Svensson Trio The title of a song from Water Forest 2003 an album by Rurutia A Sad Pavan for These Distracted Times is part IX of Vladimir Godar s Querela Pacis Complaint of Peace oratorio 2010 Thomas Tomkins composed a piece with the same title in 1649 clarification needed Sir Peter Maxwell Davies composed one also in 2004 The distracted times refer to the execution of British king Charles I Eric Clapton released an acoustic demo song on his Facebook Page on September 30 2014 Pavane for Jay A as a homage to skateboard pioneer Jay Adams who died on August 15 2014 aged 53 Explanatory notes Edit Variously attested as pavan paven pavin pavian pavine or pavyn this is reflected also for example in the family name Pavan rather diffuse in northern Italy Anon 2000 References Edit Pavane a la cour d Henri III collections louvre frLiterature Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pavane Anon 2000 Cognome PAVAN Presente in 976 comuni gens labo net accessed 30 November 2010 Apel Willi 1988 The History of Keyboard Music to 1700 Bloomington Indiana University Press ISBN 0 253 32795 4 Arbeau Thoinot 1967 Orchesography translated by Mary Stewart Evans with a new introduction and notes by Julia Sutton and a new Labanotation section by Mireille Backer and Julia Sutton New York Dover Publications ISBN 0 486 21745 0 Brown Alan 2001 Pavan The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians second edition edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell London Macmillan Publishers Encyclopaedia Britannica Pavane accessed 30 November 2016 Horst Louis 1937 Pre Classic Dance Forms A Dance Horizons Book New York Dance Observer Reprinted Princeton N J Princeton Book Co 1987 ISBN 9780916622510 Sachs Curt 1937 World History of the Dance translated by Bessie Schonberg New York W W Norton amp Co Inc Vocabolario Treccani Pavana in It accessed 30 November 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pavane amp oldid 1180134030, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
