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André Lorin: Livre de Contredance du Roy / Présenté à Sa Majesté (BNF MS, 1680/1688/1721 attributed)

Publisher: BNF MS, c.1680 (presented to Louis XIV; later state 1688). André Lorin (fl. 1685-1721, Paris). BNF Manuscript copies in three attributed sta…Year: 1680

The earliest French contredanse collection with graphic notation, presented to Louis XIV.

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