Il Papa - la Reale (reconstruction)
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steps La Vita Ippiter Lasso Non Mi Parto I Tromboni La Traditora Lucretia Che Faralla La Primavera La Reale La Franciosetta Lo Dimostra La Villanella Baramattio Fiammetta

la Reale

By il Papa

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trans. meas. man 1 lady man 2 notes end position
8:16:15 1 cL cR cL cR cL cR line
8:16:15-17 2 vL pL pR pL pR vL Lady leaves the men, turning to face them at the end triangle
8:16:17-19 3 sL sR sL sR sL sR The lady passes through the men; at the end, everyone turns to face the opposite gender
4 pL pR pL pR pL pR pL pR pL pR pL pR
8:16:20-22 5 cL cR cL cR cL cR
6 RL RL RL
8:16:23-24 7 PxL PxL PxL forward to meet line
8 PR PL PR PR PL PR PR PL PR And back to place in a triangle triangle
8:16:25- 9:17:1 9 tL tR tL tR tL tR Lady gives her right hand to the man on her right, they all do a half-hay
10 tL PR tL PR tL PR
9:17:1-5 11 tL tR tL tR tL tR Lady gives her left hand to the man on her left, they all do a half-hay
12 tL PR tL PR tL PR triangle
9:17:6-7 13 ½rL ½r? ½rL ½r? ½rL ½r?

This just says "they do the mezze riprese and the volta". Note that the number of mezze riprese are unspecified. If we choose a default of 2, the steps look remarkably like a Volta di Lasso. Nevertheless, we don't make it an actual Volta di Lasso because (a) It doesn't say so, (b) leaving it as two measures increases the parallelism with the next 2 measures, and (c) if this is two measures, the whole dance breaks up nicely into 4-measure segments, making music much more practical.
14 vL vL vL
9:17:7-8 15 RL RL RL
16 vL vL vL
meas. man 1 lady man 2 notes end position
9:17:9-11 17 PL PR tL PL PR tL PL PR tL Approaching, and at the end, the men do a half turn so they are all facing the same direction
18 PR PL PR PR PL PR PR PL PR line
9:17:11-12 19 rL rL rL
20 rR rR rR
9:17:12-14 21 PxL forwards triangle
22 PR PL PR and back line
9:17:14-16 23 PxL PxL forwards triangle
24 PR PL PR PR PL PR and back line
9:17:17-22 25 tL tR tL tR tL tR Treccia, with hands, starting with the lady giving right hands to the man on her right, and ending with the men having changed places - probably a hay-and-a-half.
26 tL tR tL tR tL tR
27 tL tR tL tR tL tR
28 tL tR tL tR tL tR triangle
9:17:22-24 29 RL RL touching right hands with the man on her right. This could be either one, depending on how one comes out of the treccia - we suggest coming out so that this is the first man, so that the dance will end proper.
9:17:24-25 30 RL RL R "The same" with the other man
9:17:25-27 31 vL pL pR pL pR vL men turn while the lady joins them file
9:17:27-28 32 RL RL RL taking hands

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