Music and Dance in Boccaccio's Time
Part II: Reconstruction of Danze and Balli ( including three dances with music and Labanotation )
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11223637 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emma Lewis Thomas (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 23-42 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-7677 • E-ISSN: 1940-509X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1478001 |
| OpenAlex | W1984960560 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
W. Thomas Marrocco has shown the types of music and dance that are discussed in Boccaccio's Decameron ; I should like to present some examples of these art forms, re-created as accurately as we are able to do so, in the form of an entertainment which might have amused the ladies and gentlemen in that secluded villa on the outskirts of Florence in 1348. In re-creating dances of the past from written documents, two principles must be borne in mind: first, that the records reflect the dance of an earlier period, for the steps and movements must have been tried, learned, and proven successful before a dancing master (or academician) would have deemed them worthy of recording; second, the materials preserved were obviously quite popular in the courts and hence were likely the most “danceable” compositions available. Therefore, it is the task of the reconstructor of these movements to discover the elements that were exciting and appealing to the dancers (and spectators) of the period and to make these elements come to life for contemporary audiences. Besides the obvious necessity of translating verbal instructions for steps and movement patterns and setting these to music, many factors enter into this elusive performance task: the size of the dance area usually employed; the shape, length and weight of clothing worn while dancing; the style and maneuverability of shoes, hats, swords, capes and other accoutrements; body positions generally in vogue as well as attitudes towards the human body, i.e., what was and what was not generally acceptable in terms of the good manners of the day
Aesthetics · Art · Clothing · Dance · Entertainment · Literature · Movement (music) · Period (music) · Style (visual arts) · Task (project management) · Visual arts · Diverse Musicological Studies · Engineering · History · Musicology and Musical Analysis
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2012 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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