With ornamentation instructions and choreographies Selected and edited by Bali János Choreographies by Kovács Gábor These volumes (Z. 14625 and Z. 14640) from János Bali are special publications. Apart from being collections of 16th-century pieces playable at concerts or any other kind of musical occasion, they also serve as basic material for today’s increasingly popular Renaissance dance halls, or balls: the pieces they contain are grouped according to the various types of dance, and supplemented by a description of the most important dance steps, and formulas of ornamentation providing patterns and ideas for use in performance. An ensemble of different-sized recorders/strings is one of the most typical instrumental combinations of the Renaissance, and can successfully evoke the authentic sound and performance practice of the period. Contents 1. Basses-danses 2. Tourdions 3. Branles doubles 4. Branles simples 5. Branles gays 6. Branles de Bourgogne 7. Pavanes 8. Gaillardes