Troubadour Raimbaut de Vaqueiras composes the estampie "Kalenda Maya." This is the earliest known estampie melody.
1235
Roman de la Rose, a lengthy allegorical poem, is begun by Guillaume de Lorris and completed before 1275 by Jean de Meun. The poem includes several descriptions of courtly dancing.
c. 1250
A copy of the Magnus liber organi, containing sixty sacred round dances, is sent from Paris to Florence, demonstrating the influence of Parisian music.
The earliest known English instrumental dance is included in Oxford's Bodleian Library:.....
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