Il ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta, diuiso in due trattati; nel primo de' qua
By Caroso, Fabritio. Published 1581. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Head- and tail-pieces; initials Vol. 2 has title: Trattato secondo del Ballarino ... nel quale s'insegnano varie sorti di balletti, cascarde, tordiglione, passo e mezo, pauaniglia, canario, & gagliarde all' vso d'Italia, Francia, & Spagna This manual is one of the most important documents detailing late-Renaissance Italian court dance. Dancing master Fabritio Caroso (died 1605) describes fifty-four steps, provides rules for style and etiquette, and contains specific choreographies for eighty dances, most of which are designed for one couple. Many dances are preceded by full-page illustrations and each dance is provided with appropriate music notated in Italian lute tablature. Fabritio Caroso is also the author of an additional dance manual, Nobiltà di dame (1600; 1605)
- Author
- Caroso, Fabritio
- Date
- 1581
- Publisher
- In Venetia, Appresso Francesco Ziletti
- Language
- ita
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
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