Title: Il ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta, diuiso in due trattati
First published: 1581
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, Nobiltà di dame (1600; 1605).
Subjects: Early works to 1800, Music for Dance, Dance music, Dance, Lute music, Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals, Handbooks, manuals, Tablature (Music), Court dancing
Time periods: 16th century
LC classification: MT950 .C25 1581