| Uniform title | Nobiltà di dame. English |
| Contents |
The status and character of Nobiltà di dame -- Problems of translation -- Caroso's life -- Late-Renaissance dance -- Dance types in Nobiltà di dame -- The music. The correlation of text and music / Julia Sutton and F Marian Walker -- The musical edition / F Marian Walker -- Bibliography -- Nobiltà di dame -- Letter of dedication -- Celeste Giglio -- Letter to the reader -- Book one -- Types of dance steps -- Dialogue between a disciple and his master (rules for dancing) -- Dialogue between a disciple and his master, on the conduct required of gentlemen and ladies at a ball and elsewhere -- Book two -- Instructions for various kinds of balletti, for cascarde, tordiglione, the passo e mezzo, pavaniglia, canary, and galliards, with the bass and soprano of the music, and with the lute tablature for each dance -- Commentary on the music -- Figures to the dances -- Table of the rules for dancing -- Table on the notes on deportment -- Table of dances, and those to whom they are dedicated. |
| Abstract |
Fabritio Caroso was dancing master to some of the greatest princely families of Italy, and Nobilt`a di dame, his sumptuous collection of ballroom dances and their music, reflects an age that believed that the person of high rank should be a work of art, uniting strength and beauty. Caroso's detailed instructions (including rules for steps, style and etiquette, and forty-eight actual choreographies) are unequalled by any contemporary manual in their specificity and clarity. Most dances are preceded by an engraving showing the opening position and illustrating many aspects of dress, posture, and gesture. A full scholarly apparatus, giving new information unavailable elsewhere, makes the book even more valuable to dancers and to students of dance and music at the junction of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. |
| General note | "Oxford books on music"--Jacket. |
| General note | Includes indexes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-69). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Caroso, Fabritio. Nobiltà di dame. English. Nobiltà di dame. Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Genre/form | Dance music. |
| Genre/form | Early works. |
| Genre/form | Dance music. |
| Genre/form | Early works to 1800. |
| Other title | Oxford books on music. |
| LCCN | 83017359 |
| ISBN | 019311917X |
| ISBN | 9780193119178 |
| Stock number | $40.00 , CIP rev. |
