Courtly Dance of the Renaissance: A New Translation and Edition of the Nobiltà Di Dame (1600)Renaissance classic includes choreography and music for 49 dances, plus all-important guidance on how to dress, how to behave, and how to carry oneself while dancing at court, set down with utmost clarity and precision. Indispensable source of authentic information on courtly dance in the period from 1550 to 1610. |
Contents
Problems of Translation | 10 |
Carosos Life | 17 |
LateRenaissance Dance | 28 |
Dance Types in Nobiltà di dame | 37 |
The Music by Julia Sutton and F Marian Walker | 49 |
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Letter of Dedication | 74 |
To the Reader | 87 |
BOOK | 151 |
Notes on the Musical Transcriptions | 317 |
Glossary | 333 |
Figures to the Dances | 345 |
Table of the Rules for Dancing | 355 |
Appendix | 363 |
Key Signatures | 369 |
Common terms and phrases
Arbeau Ballarino balletto Balletto Dedicated balletto suites bass Bassa beats of music breve continences breve Reverence breve sequence breve stopped steps broken sequences broken sequences flankingly cadence canary caper Caroso cascarda choreography cipher Codetta Contrapasso Corinthian step d'Amore dance types dexterous step drop hands duple emended Fabritio Caroso falling jumps flankingly forward flourishes forward Gagliarda galliard gentleman grave half Reverence half-double sequence Il Ballarino Illustrious and Excellent Julia Sutton knees a little knot Labanotation left foot left hip limping hop long Reverence mensural Negri Nobiltà di dame notation ordinary sequences passo e mezzo Pavaniglia repeat reprise with foot right foot Rule Saltarello Sapphic step Sciolta scurrying sequences second playing semibreve steps semigrave sequence forward Sequence Seguito Sermoneta side Spagnoletta step patterns stopped steps forward style tablature take customary hands take left hands take right hands tempo term third playing Tordiglione triple beats turning usual courtly manner