
During the Christmas and New Year period 2016-17 I found myself playing the organ at a variety of venues here and there across London (UK). As part of my seasonal offerings I decided to try out a newly acquired set of nine renaissance-era dances edited for keyboard by Hans Haselböck: Ein guter neuer Dantz (Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1989).
I was pleasantly surprised by the number of people who, having heard these little pieces, not only commenting how much they enjoyed them but also asking about them. So without more ado here below are details of the music with some recordings of them.
The instrument used here is tuned to a period-appropriate quarter-comma meantime (pure thirds) temperament set at A=427, lower than present-day concert pitch . The pieces, as they are published, are either in G or F and make playful use of of F\F# and C\C# contrasts, thus adding spice to the already piquant quarter-comma temperament. However, despite such talk of temperament and pitch, I make no claims to presenting an historically informed performance these brief and unpretentious dance-pieces, and I hope that you too might find something to enjoy in them.
Recordings©Andrew Pink
Material on this page is published under the Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) : Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. All rights reserved.
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- Intrada, anonymous (1593) played by Andrew Pink © 2017
- Ein guter neuer Dantz, anonymous (1577) played by Andrew Pink © 2017
- Tanz, was wohn wir uff den Abend thun, anonymous (1577) played by Andrew Pink © 2017
- Daunce, anonymous, from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (late c16) played by Andrew Pink © 2017
- Corranto, anonymous, from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (late c.16) played by Andrew Pink © 2017
- Churf. Sachs. Witwen Erster Mummerey Tanz (1598) by August Nörmiger (c.1560-1613) played by Andrew Pink © 2017
- Der Mohren Auftzugkh (1598) August Nörmiger (c.1560-1613) played by Andrew Pink © 2017
- Ungarescha (1603) by Jacob Paix (1556-c.1623) played by Andrew Pink © 2017
- Intrada, anonymous (1593) played by Andrew Pink © 2017
Further reading
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- August Nörmiger (c.1560–1613) (Wikipedia)
- Concert pitch (Wkipeida)
- Dots Music Shop, Camden, London N1
- Hans Haselböck (Wikipedia: German)
- Jacob Paix (1558-c.1623) (Wikipedia: German)
- Quarter-comma meantone (Wikipedia)
- Viscount Organs UK, Bicester, UK
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