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| | Five Medieval Dances |
 | | These elements blend with contemporary elements, such as chromaticism, odd rhythms, and electronic sounds, to produce a result that reflects medieval music without being medieval music. |
 | | An estampie was a lively dance based on recurring first and second endings, x and y. |
 | | Any number of units could be presented with these endings, so the form was AxAy, BxBy, CxCy, etc. The virelai, ballade, and rondeau were fixed forms for songs dating from fourteenth-century France. |
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