25 Renaissance Dances from the Susato Collection

Choose from 100 tracks to play along on the Descant ,Treble. Tenor or Bass!

152 min playing time

Includes 2CD’s and the score (SATB) (“The Susato Collection”, Dolce Edition DOL108 108)

A lively selection of 25 dances, excellent arrangements from Susato’s famous Danserye. They have been transposed up where necessary to not only accommodate a normal SATB consort but also so that they sound bright and clear like dance music should.

An all time favorite for lovers of renaissance recorder music, easy to intermediate level

Tylman Susato (also Tielman) (ca 1500-1561)

was a Renaissance Flemish instrumentalist and publisher of music in Antwerp. Susato also was a prolific composer of instrumental music, and much of it is still recorded and performed today. He produced one book of dance music in 1551, “Het derde musyck boexken ... alderhande danserye”, composed of pieces in simple but artistic arrangement. Most of these pieces are dance forms (allemandes and galliards,..and so forth) and are simple and homophonic in texture; many are based on current popular songs. (information from Wikipedia)