Lavolta

With Volta (also: Lavolta, Wolte or Volte ) was a common in the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe, sensuous and vivacious couple dance called. The dance in 3/4-time from the Provence of the 16th century, the galliard is not dissimilar, and it seems not impossible to see in the Volta a forerunner of the waltz. The scandal dance of the 16th century - the unterrockentblößende Volta - became the favorite dance of Elizabeth I (England). The Volta was considered obscene because their lively movements and rotations, where the ladies were whirled through the air, made ​​it possible to catch a glimpse of the legs and petticoats. As a close partner dance there was always the possibility of lewd touching: "en la faisant volleter robbe, monstroit jours tous quelque chose à la agréable veue, dont j'en ay veu plusieurs s'y perdre et s'en entre eux - ravir mêmes " ( Brantome 1666, cit. according to Curt Sachs, A World History of the Dance, Berlin 1933, p 252).

Music

In the suites of the 17th century, the Volta takes the role of the final dance. Michael Praetorius ' Terpsichore from 1612 is 48 Voltes one of the most important collections of Voltes this time. The Volta is usually built up regularly and tends to manageable phrasing.

Source

Lutz, Michael: " Galliarde Volte Tordiglione. . ", In: The music in the past and present, 2nd Edition, Subject Encyclopedia Vol 3, Kassel etc.: Barenreiter, 1995, 989-998 Sp.

Lutz, Michael E. ( Daniel Heartz ): " Volte " [ processing ], in: The music in past and present, tangible part, Vol 9, Kassel etc. 1999 Sp 1761-1763.