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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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Prima, e seconda memoria per servire alla istoria del ballo degli antichi, del signor Burette. n°. II.

Burette, M. 1665-1747. (Pierre Jean),

OTHER TITLES
Memoria per la storia del ballo

CREATED/PUBLISHED
In Venezia, 1746.

SUMMARY
In this history of dance, Burette (1665-1747) presents an extensive discussion on Greek and Roman dance, basing his information on literary references such as the Iliad and authors such as Lucian. Included in the discussion are tragic and serious ballet, satire, and pantomime. While this text illuminates the importance of Greek and Roman influence on the arts of the mid-eighteenth century, modern dance scholars will find many interpretive and factual errors.

NOTES
Title vignette.

Previously published in the Académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Histoire, avec les Mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie. Paris, 1736. t.I, p. 93-135.

SUBJECTS
Dance--History--Early works to 1800.
Dance History and Theory.
Theatrical Dance.

MEDIUM
1 p.l., 33-44, 33-42 p. 25 x 19 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1607 .B8

DIGITAL ID
musdi 032 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.032

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