• publisher: In Venetia, Appresso Francesco Ziletti
  • creator: Caroso, Fabritio
  • Keyword: Dance Handbooks, manuals, etc. Early works to 1800. Dance music 16th century. Lute music 16th century. Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals. Music for Dance.
  • years: 1581.
  • pages: 2 v. in 1.
  • class: MT950
  • notes: Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
  • description: 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, Nobilta虁 di dame (1600; 1605).
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