Bibliography and Discography for 15th century Italian Dance

- A quick overview -

The intent of this page is to exchange information on what is avilable for 15th c. Italian dance in the way of extant coreographies and music and modern recordings. I have not tried all of these, nor am I any kind of expert in the matter so please let me know if you can correct or add to this table.

Please see the notes below for the meaning of the abbreviations used, etc. If you have any additions / comments / questions, please e-mail me.

Name	Author	Music in:	Possible substitutions can be done to music of:	CD and track
Alessandresca, bd	GE			F16
Amoroso Isghuardo, balleto
Amoroso per 2, ballo francese				like Am. for 3?
Amoroso per 3, ballo		Smith, Sparti		AD12, Ferr10
Anello, ballo		Smith		F10, MA3
Angelosa, balleto
Angiola, ballo
Ays, bd
la Bassa di Schastiglia, bd				AD13, RR18
Bassa Franzesse, bd				AD10
la Bassadanza				AD9? AD24?
Belfiore, ballo	D	Smith
Belriguardo, ballo	D	Smith?
Belriguardo nuovo, ballo per 2	GA	ibid?
Belriguardo nuovo, ballo per 3		ibid?
Bialre di Chastiglia, balleto
Borges, bd (franzesse)
Caterva, bd	GE
Chastelana, bd	GE			AD20
Chirintana, balleto
Chorona Gentile, bd	GA
Colinetto*		Smith		Ferr20/21 (bd)
Colonnese, ballo	GE	Smith, Sparti		AD4, MA4
Consolata	Phylippo
Corona, bd
Corona Gentile, bd
Corta, bd
la Crudela, bd
Cupido, bd	GE			F4
Damnes, bd	D			AD18
Danza di Re, ballo
Diamante, bd
Duchesco, ballo	GE
Duchessa, bd
Febus, bd	D
il Ferrarese*		Smith		Ferr2 (bd), Ferr9 (ballo)
Ferretra, ballo
la Figlia di Guglielmino, bd franc --> ballo	Franc, D	as below?		AD11, F20, MA12
la Figlia di Guglielmino		Smith?		Viva5, Ferr4
Fiore de Virtu, ballo				AD3
Fioretto, ballo
Flandesca, bd	D
Fodra, bd
la Fortuna, bd	Marsetto			F15?
Fortunosa, bd	D
Francho Cuore Gentile
Fraza Mignon Franzese, ballo
la Gelosia	D	Smith, Sparti		AD14, F17, MA14, RR7
Ginevra	GE
Gioia, bd
Gioioso, ballo	GA
Gioliva, bd	GE
Giove, ballo	F11	Smith, Sparti
Goiso Spagnuolo, ballo
Gracioxa
la Graziosa, balletto
Grazioso, ballo	GE	Smith, Sparti		AD2, MA11
Humana, ballo
la Ingrata, ballo	D	Smith, Sparti		AD7
Iupiter, ballo
Lauro, bd	Lor. M		la Spagna	F13, RR16
Legiadra, ballo	GE	Smith, Sparti		AD22
Lioncello Vecchio, ballo	D	Smith?, Sparti?		AD5, F2, MA1, RR11, Ferr11 ?
Lioncello novo		ibid?		as above?
Malgratiosa, balletto
Malum, bd
la Marchesana, ballo	D	Smith, Sparti		AD8, MA2
Mastri di Tromboni
Mercanzia, ballo		Smith, Sparti		MA15, RR20
Meschina, ballo
Mignotta Vecchia, bd	D
Mignotta Nova
Mignotta, bd
Moderna, bd
Morosa, bd
Moza di Bischare, ballo
Nobile, bd
Partita Crudele, bd	Giu E.
Pazienza, bd	GE			F3
Pellegrina, bd	GE			F5
Petit Rinense (or Riense), ballo francese		Smith, Sparti		F18, MA6, Ferr11
Petite Rose, ballo	D
Pietosa, bd	GE
la Pinzochera		Smith, Sparti		AD15, F12
Prigionera, ballo	D	Smith, Sparti		AD6
Principessa, bd	GE
Principessa, ballo
Raia, balletto
Re di Spagna*		Smith		Ferr16 & 7
Reale, bd	D
Rossina, balletto
Rostiboli Gioioso, ballo	D	Smith, Sparti		AD1, F9, MA10
Santomera, ballo
Se no dormi Dona Ascholtta, ballo
Sobria, ballo		Smith, Sparti		MA16
la Spagna, bd				Sp1
Spero, ballo	GE	Smith, Sparti		AD21, F19
Tesara		Smith		AD17, F8
Venus, bd	Lor. Med.			F14
Verçeppe		Smith		AD16, F1, MA5
la Vita di Cholino, balletto				AD23
Voltati in ça Rosina		Smith, Sparti		AD19, F6, MA7
Zoglioxa

Notes:

Name:

The names of the dances are taken from Smith, vol. 2, except for the three that appear in italics and with an asterisk. These are mentioned in Smith vol. 1, which has the music for them and states the following: "3 tenors for bassadanze from Rvat: Collinetto, il Ferrarese and Re di Spagna supposedly can be used for any of the 43 choreographic descriptions of bassadanze". [Smith, vol 1, p.213]
Has anyone verified this for any particular dances?

Author:

D = Domenico
GA = Giovanni Ambrioso
GE = Guglielmo Ebreo
Lor. Med. = Lorenzo di Medici
Franc. = Francese (french)

Music in:

Smith: refers to Smith, vol. 1 (see bibliography below)
Sparti: refers to

CD and track:

F = Forse che si, forse che no
MA = Mesura et arte de danzare
AD = Alta Danza
Viva = Viva, viva Rey Fernando
RR= La Cour du Roi René
Ferr = A la Ferrarese
For some I am not sure whether the track will work with all the dances that are similarly named so I have placed question marks around them.

Bibliography:

A. William Smith, Fifteenth-century Dance and Music: Twelve Transcribed Italian Treatises and Collections in the Tradition of Domenico da Piacenza, vol. 1: Treatises and Music, Pendragon Press 1995
A. William Smith, Fifteenth-century Dance and Music: Twelve Transcribed Italian Treatises and Collections in the Tradition of Domenico da Piacenza, vol. 2: Choreographic Descriptions with Concordances of Variants, Pendragon Press 1995
Guglielmo Ebreo of Pesaro, De Practica seu Arte Tripudii / On the Practice of the Art of Dancing, ed. by Barbara Sparti, Oxford University Press 1999

Discography:

Details and reviews of these CDs can be found at Del's Dancebook:
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/del/biblio/biblio05.htm

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