Fabritio Caroso was dancing master to some of the greatest princely families of Italy, and Nobilta 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 etiquetter, and forty-eight actual choreographies) are unequalled by any contemporary manual in their specificity and clarity. Most dances are preceeded 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."
- ISBN10 019311917X
- ISBN13 9780193119178
- Publish Date 20 March 1986
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 July 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 372
- Language English