Renaissance · 1612
Pavan: The Earle of Salisbury
W. Byrd
- Key
- Am
- Time
- C
- Tempo
- ♩=60
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Pavan for keyboard — published in Byrd's 'Parthenia' (1612), one of the first printed keyboard-music books in England. Stately AABB form. A pavan is a slow processional dance.
Teaching points
- Pavan = slow duple-meter court dance — discuss its place in Renaissance courtly life
- AABB form with varied repeats (the 'reprise' is ornamented). Coach the ornamentation tradition
- Practical: Grade 5-6 piano. Sounds harder than it is once the chord-shapes are mapped
Full score ↓Public domain
Score: IMSLP (Parthenia 1612 facsimile + modern editions, all public domain).