The first of two volumes devoted to the evolution of the Allemande, the Balletto, and the Tanz from 1540 to 1750.

David Buch's informative volume is the first modern study edition and commentary dealing with almost all of the surviving French five-part scores of dance music

The repertoire of the early Viennese ballroom was highly influential in the broader histories of both social dance and music in nineteenth-century Europe. Yet m