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Thoinot Arbeau
French author and priest (1520–1595)
Thoinot Arbeau | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jehan Tabourot March 17, 1520 Dijon |
| Died | July 23, 1595(1595-07-23) (aged 75) Langres |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Cleric |
Thoinot Arbeau is the anagrammaticpen name of French cleric Jehan Tabourot (March 17, 1520 – July 23, 1595).[1] Tabourot is most famous for his Orchésographie, a study of late sixteenth-century French Renaissance social dance.
Pavane thoinot arbeau biography
He was born in Dijon and died in Langres.
Orchésographie and other work
Orchésographie, first published in Langres, 1589,[2] provides information on social ballroom behaviour and on the interaction of musicians and dancers.
It is available online in facsimile and in plain text. There is an English translation by Mary Stewart Evans, edited by Julia Sutton, in print with Dover Publications. It contains numerous woodcuts of dancers and musicians and includes many dance tabulations in which extensi