Villanesca, Granados

[dorfmouse]

Any Spaniards or Spanish dancers out there?

Can anyone tell me a bit about what kind of Spanish dance a villanesca is?  I'm imagining from the music that it's a cheerful, flirty sort of country dance for the lads and lassies.
(Googling just brings me to Granados Spanish Dances again)

[dorfmouse]

Hello, me 
Well, the resounding silence prompted me to root around some more. Results in case anyone is interested:

A villanesca or villanella is a type of 3 voice part song popular in Italy and France in the 15th and 16th centuries. It developed from an earlier form called frottola. The melodic line of the typical frottola had a small range and many repeated notes. A villanelle or villanesca  was simpler than the madrigal, had catchy tunes and the accompaniment was quite homophonic, often in pure block harmonization; consecutive fifths common. They were lively, vigorous peasant songs; may have been sung by farmers and shepherds. Popular in the kingdom of Naples in the 16th century, (then under Spanish rule and thus spread to Spain) There the verses depicted life in the seedier parts of Naples.