Nachtanz

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Nachtanz (Ger.). After-dance. Term applied to the 2nd of the two dance tunes which were commonly paired from the 15th to the 17th cents., i.e. pavan and galliard, passamezzo and saltarello, sarabande and gigue, etc. (The Saltarello, especially, is known by this name.)

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