pavane

The Pavane is a slow processional dance used to carry couples to the front of the court room to present themselves to the queen. Possibly, the dance was derived from the Italian Padovana, and it was popular in the Elizabethan court in England.

The most famous examples are Faure's Pavane and Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess.

a stately dance [ puh-vahn, -van; French pa-van ] show ipa. noun,plural pa·vanes [puh-vahnz, -vanz; French pa-van]. a stately dance dating from the 16th century. the music for this dance.

The pavane, the earliest-known music for which was published in Venice by Ottaviano Petrucci, in Joan Ambrosio Dalza's Intabolatura de lauto libro quarto in 1508, is a sedate and dignified couple dance, similar to the 15th-century basse danse.

Adapted from the basse danse, an earlier court dance, the pavane presumably traveled from Italy to France and England by way of Spain; in southern Spain it was performed in churches on solemn occasions.

While it's literally true that the French should be translated as 'Pavane for a dead Princess', Ravel was at pains to point out that it 'Is not a funeral lament for a dead child, but rather an evocation of the pavane that might have been danced by such a little princess as painted by Velázquez'.

The pavane's basic movement, to music in 2/2 or 4/4 time, consisted of forward and backward steps; the dancers rose onto the balls of their feet and swayed from side to side. A column of couples circled the ballroom, and the dancers occasionally sang.

Pavane for a dead Princess While it's literally true that the French should be translated as 'Pavane for a dead Princess', Ravel was at pains to point out that it 'Is not a funeral lament for a dead child, but rather an evocation of the pavane that might have been danced by such a little princess as painted by Velázquez'.

While it's literally true that the French should be translated as 'Pavane for a dead Princess', Ravel was at pains to point out that it 'Is not a funeral lament for a dead child, but rather an evocation of the pavane that might have been danced by such a little princess as painted by Velázquez'.

Italian pavane, (probably from Italian padovana, “Paduan”), majestic processional dance of the 16th- and 17th-century European aristocracy. Until about 1650 the pavane opened ceremonial balls and was used as a display of elegant dress.

“Little Me” by Little Mix / Pavane by Fauré The opening thematic idea from Fauré's Pavane is used as a recurring motif with the Dominant seventh chord in the cadence repeated for extra emphasis.

composer Joan Ambrosio Dalza The Pavan came from Italy and our first printed sources for the music come from 1508 from the composer Joan Ambrosio Dalza. His book of lute music included five pavane alla venetiana and four pavane alla ferrarese.