Pavane
Dance common in 16th century Europe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Pavane (disambiguation).
"Padovana", "Paduana", and "Padouana" redirect here. For the chicken breed, see Padovana chicken.
The pavane[lower-alpha 1] (/pəˈvɑːn, pəˈvæn/ pə-VA(H)N; Italian: pavana, padovana; German: Paduana) is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century (Renaissance).
The pavane, the earliest-known music for which was published in Venice by Ottaviano Petrucci, in Joan Ambrosio Dalza's Intabolatura de lauto libro quarto in 1508, is a sedate and dignified couple dance, similar to the 15th-century basse danse. The music which accompanied it appears originally to have been fast or moderately fast but, like many other dances, became slower over time (Brown 2001).