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Eight Besard Dances

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
Original / Hungarian title
Nyolc Besard-tánc
Foreign language / English title
Eight Besard Dances
Subtitle
For guitar
Year of composition
1956
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
chit.
Movements, parts
1. Gagliarda Equitis Romani E-Major
2. Gagliarda Pomponii Bonoviensis vulgo dolorata E-Minor
3. Branle D-Major
4. Branle Gay D-Major
5. Air de Court (J´ai trouvé sur l´herbe assise) D-Minor
6. Volte D-Major
7. Allemande E-Minor
8. Chorea Rustica G-Major
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Ltd., London, ED 10399
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Remarks, other info
Arranged from Jean-Baptiste Besard´s original Lute tablature "Thesaurus harmonicus" (1603)