Lasso

by Giovannino

Reconstruction:

First Man	Lady	Second Man	Measures	Notes
c_l c_r	c_l c_r	c_l c_r	1	The first c turns slightly left, the second, slightly right (think of it as shoulder shading).
s_l s_r	s_l s_r	s_l s_r	2	Straight towards the center.
mr_l mr_r	mr_l mr_r	mr_l mr_r	3	All put right shoulders into center, do mr away from center, mr towards center.
vt (d_l)	vt (d_l)	vt (d_l)	4	Turn over right shoulder.
R_l	R_l	R_l	5
s_l s_r			6	To the center	During this switching section, the set expands slightly.
p_l p_r p_l p_r	p_l p_r p_l p_r		7	To each others' places, with right hands.
s_l s_r			8	To the center.
p_l p_r p_l p_r		p_l p_r p_l p_r	9	To each others' places, with right hands.
	s_l s_r		10	To the center.
	p_l p_r p_l p_r	p_l p_r p_l p_r	11	To each others' places, with right hands.
s_l s_r	s_l s_r	s_l s_r	12	To the center.
p_l p_r p_l p_r	p_l p_r p_l p_r	p_l p_r p_l p_r	13
mr_l mr_r vt _l R_l	mr_l mr_r vt _l R_l	mr_l mr_r vt _l R_l	14-16	As 3-5.
t_lt_rt_lP_r			17-20	Heads right around the circle.
	t_lt_rt_lP_r		21-24	Heads right around the circle.
		t_lt_rt_lP_r	25-28	Heads right around the circle.
t_lt_rt_lP_r			29-32	Heads between the other two.
8t	8t	8t	33-40	The first man starts a hay by switching with the lady. Each switch takes 2 t.
mr_l mr_r vt _l R_l	mr_l mr_r vt _l R_l	mr_l mr_r vt _l R_l	41-43	As 3-5.

Transcription/Translation:

Balletto chiamato Lasso composto per Giovannino	Balletto called Lasso, composed by Giovannino

Primamente tutti atre s’arechino come una mezza luna	First, all three arrange themselves in a half moon
e senza pigliarsi per mano facano insieme le continenze	and without taking hands, they do the continenze together,
e voltinsi alquanto per inlato[.] e dipoi faccino dreto luno a	and turn somewhat to the side. And then they do two sempi
laltro dua scempi e voltinsi cosi per inlato e faccino dua	straight towards each other and turn {to the side as above [interpretation problem]}, and do two
mezze ripirese e dipoi la volta in sul lato ritto inprima movendo	mezze riprese. And then the volta on the right side, moving the
il pie mancho e la riverenza. Dipoi escha quello	left foot first, and the riverenza. Then he who is on the lady’s
che fa la man mancha con dua scempi e dia dipoi la man	left hand [side] leaves with two sempi and then gives his right
ritta alla donna et ella alui et con 4 passetti in un tempo	hand to the lady, and she [gives hers] to him, and they change places in
medesimo schambinsi iluogi, dipoi il medesimo che si ritrova	the same tempo with 4 passetti. Then the same [man] who
nel luogo della donna escha unaltra volta con dua	ends up in the lady’s place leaves again with two
scempi e dia la man ritta al compagno et egli alui et	sempi and gives his right hand to his companion, and he [gives his] to him, and
un [sic] tempo medesimo con 4 passetti sischambino iluogi[.] dipoi	{in the same tempo,} with 4 passetti, they change places. Then
la donna che si trova la prima debbe tornare nel mezzo	the lady who is first [in line] must return to the middle;
si che facci dua scempi e dando la mano con 4 passetti schambi	so that she does two sempi and, giving her hand, changes
il luogo con quello che si ritrova nel suo luogo et cosi	places with him who is in her place with 4 passetti, and thus
fin que la donna si ritroverra [sic] nel mezzo al suo luogo et gli	so that the lady will be in her place in the middle, and the
huomini si saranno luno a laltro schambiati i luogi. Dipoi	men will have changed places with one another. Then,
stando cosi faccino come disopra dreto luno a laltro dua	standing so, they do two sempi [and] 4 passetti straight towards
scempi 4 passetti et voltinsi per inlato e faccino le mezze	one another as above, and they turn to the side and do the mezze
riprese con la volta come di sopra e una riverenza.	riprese with the volta, as above, and a riverenza.
Dipoi tornino afare come di sopra uscendo con una volta tanto	Then they return to do as above, leaving with a volta,
che ciascuno di quegli dagli in lato torni al luogo suo. dipoi	so that each of those [men] on the sides returns to his place. Then
come di sopra faccino dreto luno alaltro encerchio dua scempi	as above, they do two sempi, 4 passetti, the mezze riprese, the volta
4 passetti le mezze riprese la volta et la riverenza.	and the riverenza in a circle straight towards one another.
Dipoi tutti atre in cerchio vadino inanzi dreto luno a laltro	Then all three in a circle go forwards, straight towards one another,
il primo sia quello aman stancha tre trapassini et un passo.	the first being the man on the left hand [side] [of the lady], three trapassini and a passo.
dipoi voltisi faccia et faccinne tre altri con un passo.	Then he turns [his face] and does three more of them with a passo.
dipoi subito incomincino la treccia laquale e di 8 trapassini	Then immediately, they begin the "braid", which is of 8
ove la donna debbe restare al luogo suo egli huomini	trapassini; where the lady must end up in her place, and the men
luno a laltro schambiarsi iluogi[.] dipoi tutti insieme faccino	change places with one another. Then all together, they do
le mezze riprese e la volta col pie mancho come disopra	the mezze riprese and the volta with the left foot as above,
et una riverenza et e Finita	and a riverenza, and it is Finished.

(Maria Elisabetta)
(Moi, Roselyne)

Il Papa documents

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Lasso
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Reconstructed by Sue Kronenfeld, and Bess Libby.