Il Papa - Lo Dimostra (reconstruction)

Il Papa - Lo Dimostra (reconstruction)

Lo Dimostra

by Giovannino

transcription and translation

Section 1

First man leading

trans.	meas.	man 1	lady	man 2	notes
10:20:3-5	1	s_L s_R			towards the second man
10:20:5-6	2	p_L p_R p_L p_R			towards the lady, ending facing her
10:20:6-8	3	t ½r_R			backwards from the lady towards his own place
10:20:8-10	4	d_L			turning to the left
10:20:8-10	5	d_R			turning to the right
10:20:10-11	6	s_L s_R	s_L s_R	s_L s_R	all travelling in a circle
10:20:10-11	7	p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R	all travelling in a circle
10:20:11-12	8	s_L s_R	s_L s_R	s_L s_R	all travelling back the other way in a circle
10:20:11-12	9	p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R	all travelling back the other way in a circle
10:20:12-15	10	t_L t_R	t_L t_R	t_L t_R	A trecchia of 8 trapassini, as in La Vita, each returning to his place.
	11	t_L t_R	t_L t_R	t_L t_R
	12	t_L t_R	t_L t_R	t_L t_R
	13	t_L t_R	t_L t_R	t_L t_R
10:20:15-17	14	s_L s_R			towards the second man
10:20:17-18	15	p_L p_R p_L p_R			towards the lady, ending facing her
10:20:18-20	16	R_R	R_R		to each other
10:20:20-21	17	d_R			going back to his own place

Section 2

Lady leading

trans.	meas.	man 1	lady	man 2	notes
10:20:22-24	18		s_L s_R		towards the first man
	19		p_L p_R p_L p_R		towards the second man, ending facing him
	20		t ½r		backwards from the second man towards her own place
	21		d_L		turning to the left
	22		d_R		turning to the right
10:20:25 - 11:21:2	23		s_L s_R	s_L s_R	holding one hand, circling each other, returning to place
10:20:25 - 11:21:2	24		p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R	holding one hand, circling each other, returning to place
11:21:2-5	25	s_L s_R	s_L s_R		holding one hand, circling each other, returning to place
11:21:2-5	26	p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R		holding one hand, circling each other, returning to place
11:21:6-8	27	t_L t_R	t_L t_R	t_L t_R	"turning around" - presumably circling one direction
11:21:6-8	28	t_L P_R	t_L P_R	t_L P_R
11:21:8-10	29	t_L t_R	t_L t_R	t_L t_R		face the other way, circle back to place
11:21:8-10	30	t_L P_R	t_L P_R	t_L P_R
11:21:10-15	31		s_L s_R		towards the first man
	32		p_L p_R p_L p_R		towards the second ma, ending facing him
	33		R_R	R_R	to each other
	34		d_R		going back to her own place

Section 3

Second man leading

trans.	meas.	man 1	lady	man 2	notes
11:21:16-17	35			s_L s_R	towards the lady
	36			p_L p_R p_L p_R	towards the first man, ending facing him
	37			t ½r	backwards from the first man towards his own place
	38			d_L	turning to the left
	39			d_R	turning to the right
	40	s_L s_R	s_L s_R	s_L s_R	all travelling in a circle
	41	p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R	all travelling in a circle
	42	s_L s_R	s_L s_R	s_L s_R	all travelling back the other way in a circle
	43	p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R	p_L p_R p_L p_R	all travelling back the other way in a circle
11:21:16 - 11:22:8	44	t_L t_R		t_L t_R	giving right hands, switch places	A trecchia always in a triangle
	45	t_L t_R	t_L t_R		giving left hands, switch places
	46		t_L t_R	t_L t_R	giving right hands, switch places
	47	t_L t_R	t_L t_R		giving left hands, switch places
11:22:8-10	48			s_L s_R	towards the second man
	49			p_L p_R p_L p_R	towards the lady, ending facing her
	50	R_R		R_R	to each other
	51			d_R	going back to his own place

Coda

trans.	meas.	man 1	lady	man 2	notes
11:22:11-16	52	Px_L	Px_L	Px_L	Going around in a circle exactly once (so 90° per Px), "always in a triangle"
	53	Px_R	Px_R	Px_R
	54	Px_L	Px_L	Px_L
	55	Px_R	Px_R	Px_R
11:22:16-19	56		t_L t_R	t_L t_R	giving right hands, and circling exactly once back to their own place
11:22:16-19	57		t_L P_R	t_L P_R

trans.	meas.	man 1	lady	man 2	notes
11:22:19-21	58	t_L t_R	t_L t_R		giving left hands, and circling exactly once back to their own place
11:22:19-21	59	t_L P_R	t_L P_R
11:22:21-23	60	r_L	r_L	r_L	"rotating in a triangle" - i.e., staying facing inward in the circle, either left-then right, or both left.
	61	r_?	r_?	r_?
	62	d_?	d_?	d_?	turning (individually) to the left
11:22:23-24	63	P_? P_?		P_? P_?	joining the lady

Notes

Note that feet in red are explicit in the text.
One might normally think the riprese in measures 60 and 61 are first left, then right, but strict alternation of feet would then have the dance ending on the left foot - odd, but not impossible (though it would involve the only instance in the manuscript of a measure of two passi right then left). One could have both going left, which would end the dance on the normal feet, but itself seems a bit odd - again, it might be the only instance in the manuscript of two riprese in a row going in the same direction - or maybe not, as we have interpreted sequential riprese as mezza riprese in other places, I believe. Then again, this might simply be two mezza riprese here, which would solve all problems - but wouldn't, strictly speaking, be what the text says.