Il ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta : diuiso in due trattati : nel primo de' quali si dimostra la diuersità de i nomi, che si danno à gli atti, & mouimenti, che interuengono ne i balli: & con molte regole si dichiara con quali creanze, & in che modo debbano farsi : nel secondo s'insegnano diuerse sorti di balli, & balletti sì all'uso d'Italia, come à quello di Francia, & Spagna : ornato di molte figure, et con l'intauolatura di liuto, & il soprano della musica nella sonata di ciascun ballo : opera nuouamente mandata in luce ...
Alternate Title(s):
Ballarino
Published / Created:
In Venetia : Appresso Francesco Ziletti, MDLXXXI [1581]
Physical Description:
[8], 16; 184, [4] leaves : ill., port., music ; 25 cm (4to)
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsMT950 .C37 1581Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gilt-tooled red morocco,by Chambolle-Duru; gilt edges; marbled end-papers. Portrait on leaf B4v hand-colored.BEIN Montiverdi 3: Bibliographic ms. notes and dealer's description on front endpapers. Bookplate: Alfred Cortot. Stamp: C.A. [i.e. Alfred Cortot]. Autographs on t.p. scribbled over. Presentation inscription on t.p. verso and final p. to conte Umbertino Caracciolo. Inscription at colophon: Iacobi Caracciolo et amico. Repair on leaf C1v. From the Albi Rosenthal Collection of Monteverdi and the birth of opera.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).Signatures: A-F⁴ a-z⁴ 2A-2Z⁴ [dagger]⁴."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 t.p. on leaf a1r.Printer's device with motto "Inter omnes" on both t.p.Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials within text throughout.Music printed from movable type.Illustrations: 23 full-page engravings (including author's portrait on leaf B4v and many repeats) by Giacomo Franco.Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), I, 1594Grove, I, 268Harvard College Library. Catalogue of books and manuscripts. Italian 16th century books, 106With a final index of the dances described.Errata, register of signatures and colophon on leaf [dagger]4v.
Subject Terms:
Dance music -- Early works to 1800. | Lute music -- Early works to 1800. | Dance -- Early works to 1800. | Dance -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800. | Caracciolo, Umbertino, conte -- Presentation inscription. | Caracciolo, Jacobus -- Autograph. | Cortot, Alfred -- Autograph. | Cortot, Alfred -- Stamp. | Rosenthal, Albi, 1914–2004 -- Ownership. | Chambolle-Duru (Firm) -- Bookbinder.
Form/Genre:
Engravings. | Hand coloring. | Woodcuts. | Music notation (Printing)
Contributors:
Ziletti, Francesco, d. 1587?, publisher. | Franco, Giacomo, 1550–1620, engraver.