Trotto

Jig · 6/8 · G major

Trotto is an instrumental dance tune from late medieval Italy, surviving as an anonymous work in a single fourteenth-century British Library manuscript. Preserved in 6/8 meter in G major, it exhibits the lively, asymmetrical rhythm characteristic of medieval saltarello-style dance music. Because specific historical associations beyond its performance context as a court or street dance are largely lost to time, modern interpretations focus on its brisk tempo and rustic, energetic character.

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