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Timeline
| Time | Title | Author | Abbr. | Language | Provenance | cited in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c. 1455 | De arte saltani | Domenico da Piacenza | Pd | Italian | PBN f.ital.972 | 1 |
| 1455/1465 | Libro dell'arte del danzare | Antonio Cornazano | *V | Italian | PBV Capponiano 203 | 1 |
| 1463 | De practica seu arte tripudii | Guglielmo Ebreo | *Pg | Italian | PBN f.ital.973 | 1 |
| c.1471-74 | De practica seu arte tripudii | Giovanni Ambrosio (alias Guglielmo Ebreo) | Pa | Italian | PBN f.ital.476 | 1 |
| c.1473 | Il libro di Sidrach | Ven | Italian | Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (It. II. 34 (=4906) | 1 | |
| 1474 | Ebreo | S | Italian | Siena, Biblioteca Comunale (L.V.29) | 1 | |
| 1477 | Ebreo | FN | Italian | Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Magliabecchiano XIX, 88) | 1 | |
| 1477 | Ebreo | M | Italian | Modena, Biblioteca Estense (ital. 82. a. J. 94) | 1 | |
| 1480 | Ebreo | NY | Italian | New York Public Library, Dance Collection (*MGZMBZ-Res. 72-254) | 1 | |
| 1480s | ("fiorito" dances) | Vit | Italian | Viterbo, Archivio di Stato, Notarile di Montefiascone, Protocollo 11 | 1 | |
| 1510 | Ebreo | FL | Italian | Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Antinori 13) | 1 | |
| 1510 | (a bassadanza and four "new" balli) | FL | Italian | apparently an addition to FL, above | 1 | |
| 1517 | untitled | N | German | Niirnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum (HS 8842/GS 1589) | 1 | |
| c. 1520-30 | "Il Papa" | NY | Italian | Apparently bound with NY, above | 1 | |
| c.1540-60 | MS "Tuscan balli" | Italian? | 1 | |||
| 1549 | La Pazzia del ballo | S. Zuccolo | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1555 | Dialogo del Ballo | R. Corso | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1559 | (a letter with a description of "la caccia" | Italian? | 1 | |||
| 1560 | Ballo della Gagliarda | L. Compasso | Italian | 1 | ||
| c. 1570 | title? | Eliner Gunter and/or Edward Gunter | RP | English | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawl. Poet. 108, ff. 10r-11r | 2 |
| c. 1575-1625 | title? | [found in papers of J. Stowe] | HA | English | London, British Library, Harley 367, ff. 178-179 | 2 |
| 1581 | Il Ballarino | F. Caroso | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1587 | (gagliard variations) | P. Lutij | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1589 | (re-edition of gagliard variations) | P. Lutij | Italian | 1 | ||
| c. 1594 | The olde Measures | John Willoughby | SRO | English | Somerset Records Office, DD/WO 55/7, item 36 | 2 |
| 1600 | Nobilità di Dame | F. Caroso | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1600 | Libro di mutanze of gagliarda, passo e mezzo, canario, etc. | L. Lupi | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1602 | Le Gratie d'amore | C. Negri | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1604 | re-edition of Le Gratie d'amore under new title Nuove inventioni di balli | C. Negri | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1605 | re-edition of Nobilità di Dame | F. Caroso | Italian | 1 | ||
| c. 1607 | Practise for Dauncinge | John Ramsey | DO | English | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 280, ff. 66av-66bv | 2 |
| 1607 | new edition of Libro di mutanze (1600), this time with step descriptions | L. Lupi | Italian | 1 | ||
| c.1615-20 | Modo di ballare(MS) | L. Jacobilli | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1620 | Discorso sobra il ballo | F. degli Alessandri | Italian | 1 | ||
| c. 1620 | Del Origine et Nobilità del Ballo (MS) | G. Mancini | Italian | 1 | ||
| c.1628-37 | Il Corago (a treatise on the theatre) | anonymous | Italian | 1 | ||
| 1630 | re-edition of Nobilità di Dame with new title Raccolta di varij balli | F. Caroso | Italian | 1 | ||
| c. 1630 | copye of the oulde measures | Elias Ashmole | RD | English | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawl. D. 864, ff. 199r-199v | 2 |
| 1633-5 | Trattato della musica scenica | G. B. Doni | Italian | 1 | ||
| ca. 1640-1675 | The Measures as they are Danced in the Inner Temple Hall | Butler Buggins | IT | English | London, Inner Temple Records, `Revels, Foundlings, and Unclassified, Miscellanea, Undated, &c.' vol. XXVII, folios 3r-6v | 2 |
| after 1640 | The Old Measures of the Inner Temple London as they were first begun and taught by Robert Holeman a Dancing-Master before 1640 and continu'd ever since in the Inner Temple Hall | Butler Buggins? | RCM I, RCM II | English | London, Royal College of Music, Ms. 1119, ff. 1r, 1v, and 2v [RCM I] and 2r [RCM II] | 2 |
| 1728 | Il Ballo Nobile | G. B. Dufort | not sure | 1 |
Citations are from:
- Barbara Sparti, "Breaking down Barriers in the Study of Renaissance and Baroque Dance"
- [Greg Lindahl?,] "Dances from the Inns of Court", http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/dance/ioc/intro.html
Locations:
- PBN: Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale
- RBV: Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Note that texts are generally known by their current location, not their origin. So the "Siena Mannuscript" is the Ebreo manuscript located in the library of Siena, rather than a source originally from Siena.
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Online Primary Sources
- Arbeau's Orchesographie (France, 1589),
- Il ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta (Italy, 1581)
- Nobiltà di dame del Sr. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta (Italy, 1600)
- The Brussels Manuscript (Early Burgundian basse dance - date unknown, but text very similar to Toulouze)(translation of this and Toulouze)
- Toulouze, ":'art et Instruction de Bien Dancer" (Paris, c. 1490)
- Copeland's "Manner of dauncynge of bace dauces" (1521, England) transcription
- Moderne's "S'ensuyvent Plusieurs Basses Dances Tant Comunes Que Incommunes" (1532-3) translation
- Domenico da Piacenza's "De la arte di ballare et Danzare" (PnD, or Paris Bibliotheque Nationale, f. Ital 972) (Italian c. 1425)
Online Secondary Sources
These links are for secondary sources, reconstructions and research papers. They include some level of scholarly attention to detail and feasibility
- Master Crispin Sexi's Evidence for 13th-14th Century Dance
- Mistress Rosina's Joy and Jealousy: A Manual of 15th-Century Italian Balli
- Class notes for Conto Dell'Orco , Candida Luna and the Gresley class notes from KWDS VII on Rendance.Gyges.org
- Peter Durham's Dances from the Inns of Court London Booklet
- Daniele da Padola's Reconstruction of early Burgundian Basse Dance
Cheat Sheets and Other Tertiary Sources
These are links to informal cheat sheets and step reminders, not dance reconstructions. They are meant primarily for people who are familiar with the repertoire and wish to refresh their memory of dances they know already. They include numerous assumptions and are often based on interpretations which are far removed from the original sources and primary research.
- The Barony of Cinnabar's Terpsichore of the Tower 18 (red cover, 2012) booklet
- Master Gregory's Cheat Sheets
Articles on Dance
- The Function and Status of Dance in the Fifteenth-Century Italian Courts - Barbara Sparti, Dance Research: The Journal of the Society for Dance Research, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Summer, 1996), pp. 42-61. Discusses the social status of dance in the stated period.
- Breaking down Barriers in the Study of Renaissance and Baroque Dance Barbara Sparti, Dance Chronicle, Vol. 19, No. 3 (1996), pp. 255-276. Discusses the transition between dance periods. Contains the foundation of the timeline started above.
