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Book/Printed MaterialNvove inventioni di balli, opera vaghissima ... nella quale s...
Nuove inventioni di balli Originally published as Le gratie d'amore in 1602, this manual is considered one of them most valuable and diverse primary sources on Italian court dance. Divided into three parts, the first part illuminates the career and students of dancing master Cesare Negri (ca. 1536-ca. 1604; also known as Il Trombone); the second is devoted to the era's most virtuosic dance type, the galliard; and...- Contributor: Bordone, Girolamo - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Negri, Cesare - Cappuccini Dell'immacolata Concezione (Naples, Italy). Biblioteca - G. Bordone - Pallavicini, Leone - Della Rovere, Giovanni Mauro - Clement XII
- Date: 1604
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Book/Printed MaterialAbbregé de la nouvelle methode, dans l'art d'écrire ou de tra...
Abregé de la nouv. choregraphie | Seconde partie contenant douze des plus belles danses de Monsieur Pecour The first part of this manual discusses performance of various steps including demi coupé, coupé, bourée, chassé, and pirouette. Through the use of text and tables, Rameau also provides discussion on an improved and simplified version of Feuillet notation, the eighteenth-century system of recording dances. The second part of the text consists of notations for twelve duets choreographed by French dancer and choreographer, Guillaume-Louis...- Contributor: Chez L'auteur, Faubourg St Germain [Etc - Pécourt, Guillaume Louis - Orléans, Philippine Élisabeth D - Hoff, G. Whitney (Grace Whitney) - Rameau, Pierre - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1725
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Book/Printed MaterialOrchesographie. Et traicte en forme de dialogve, par leqvel t... Written by a French cleric, Jehan Tabourot, in the form of a dialogue between a dancing master and his student and originally published in 1588, this manual is an important tool in the understanding of late sixteenth-century French social dance. The manual provides critical information on social ballroom behavior and on the interaction of musicians and dancers. The book's usefulness is also enhanced by...
- Contributor: Imprimé Par Iehan Des Preyz - Rahir, Edouard - Des Preyz, Jean - Arbeau, Thoinot - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1589