De Pratica Seu Arte Tripudii: "On the Practice or Art of Dancing" (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Couverture souple

Ebreo Of Pesaro, Guglielmo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198165749 ISBN 13 : 9780198165743

Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1995

Synopsis

This important new sourcebook is the first publication in simultaneous Italian and English translation of the important 1463 dance treatise "On the Practice or Art of Dancing" by Guglielmo Ebreo-William the Jew-dancing master at the most influential courts in Renaissance Italy. It includes choreographies and music for thirty-six dances, a theory of the dance (still valid today), and Guglielmo's first-hand account of the festivities in which he took part. Sparti has provided an extensive introduction, appendices containing significant theoretical, musical, and choreographic additions from a later copy, a bibliography, biographical notes, illustrations, and a glossary.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Fifteenth-century Italy produced the earliest known treatises on the dance. Guglielmo Ebreo, an eminent Jewish dancing master, dedicated his `On the Practice or Art of Dancing' to the future Sforza duke of Milan in the determination to give dance the status enjoyed by music and other arts and sciences. He included not only choreographies (subsequently likened to the artistic achievements of Machaut, Leonardo, Dante, and Petrarch), but a Defence of the Dance, a Socratic dialogue, and theoretical precepts - still valid today - which clearly reflect the contemporary humanistic aesthetic and ideals. Challenging exercises (such as dancing counter to the time of the music!) and advice to young ladies at balls are also described. Barbara Sparti has provided a heretofore unavailable (rare) source book for students, amateurs, and scholars: a critical edition in Italian and a facing English translation; dance tunes in facsimile and in annotated transcriptions based on the choreographies. Recent specialized studies and archival discoveries have greatly enriched the introductory chapters on De pratica's history, the interpretation of its music, Guglielmo's life, and dancing in fifteenth-century Italy. An Appendix containing significant theoretical, musical, and choreographic additions from a later copy also has an Autobiography describing princely festivities, replete with names of participants, locations, and expenditures, of particular import to historians and those interested in court life in the Italian Renaissance. A Bibliography, Biographical Notes on Guglielmo's patrons, Illustrations depicting scenes of dancing, as well as a Glossary of dance, music, and humanistic terms, complete the critical apparatus.

Revue de presse

should be immediately placed on all university and college shelves ... a careful and beautifully researched edition ... I cannot recommend this book more highly (BBC Music Magazine)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198165749
• ISBN 13: 9780198165743
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible