A Pavane is a kind of dance that was very popular in Europe in the 16th century. Grade 6 recorded this piece by Susato as part of their work on medieval music, the next stage of which will be to create a Pavane dance video which may be somewhat less authentic in style. To find out how that turns out you'll just have to wait and see, so in the meantime, here's the music...

(Yes, we know that this is really Renaissance music, but its roots are much earlier, so we thought it would be ok.) 

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