Il ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta : diuiso in due trattati : nel primo de' quali si dimostra la diuersitaíÛ de i nomi, che si danno aíÛ gli atti, & mouimenti, che interuengono ne i balli: & con molte regole si dichiara con quali creanze, & i

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Title: Il ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta : diuiso in due trattati : nel primo de' quali si dimostra la diuersitaíÛ de i nomi, che si danno aíÛ gli atti, & mouimenti, che interuengono ne i balli: & con molte regole si dichiara con quali creanze, & i
Alternative Title: Ballarino
Trattato secondo del ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta.
Creator: Caroso, Fabritio
Franco, Giacomo, 1550-1620
Ziletti, Francesco, d. 1587?
Published / Created: MDLXXXI [1581]
Publication Place: In Venetia :
Publisher: Appresso Francesco Ziletti,
Description: "Trattato secondo del ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta, nel quale s'insegnano varie sorti di balletti, cascarde, tordiglione, passo e mezzo, pauaniglia, canario, & gagliarde all'uso d'Italia, Francia, & Spagna. Con molte figure, & con l'intauolatura di liuto, & il soprano della musica à ciascuno di essi balli"--Divisonal title page on leaf a1r.
Errata, register of signatures and colophon on leaf [dagger]4v.
Illustrations: 23 full-page engravings (including author's portrait on leaf B4v and many repeats) by Giacomo Franco.
Music printed from movable type.
Printer's device with motto "Inter omnes" on both title pages.
Signatures: A-F⁴ a-z⁴ 2A-2Z⁴ [dagger]⁴.
This manual is one of the most important documents detailing late-Renaissance Italian court dance and is a mirror of the costume and choreographic art of the time. 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. Each separate dance is dedicated with a sonnet to one of the illustrious ladies of the period. Fabritio Caroso is also the author of an additional dance manual, Nobiltà di dame (1600; 1605).
With a final index of the dances described.
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials within text throughout.
Extent: [8], 16; 184, [4] leaves : ill., port., music ; 25 cm (4to)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Italian

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: NLx20 581c

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Genre: Engravings--1581.--gmgpc
Frontispieces (Illustrations)
Musical works
Portraits
Woodcuts--1581.--gmgpc
Subject (Topic): Chron.--1581
Dance music--Early works to 1800
Dance--Early works to 1800
Dance--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800
Lute music--Early works to 1800

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Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Brunet, I, 1594
Grove, I, 268
Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent., 106

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 1309693
Object ID (OID): 10778605