Sixteenth Century Dances

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2. Situating the Minuet

“…62 Already in 1916, she published her first article on the subject but her major works came in 1949 and 1954. 63 Peter Brinson described her involvement in the revival as follows: 'The study of early dance forms was led by Mabel Dolmetsch and Melusine Wood. They were joined presently by Joan Wildeblood, Mary Skeaping and Belinda Quirey; Skeaping and Quirey being pupils of Melusine Wood in this area of scholarship'.…”