Courtly Dance of the Renaissance. de Caroso, Fabritio (16th century). Sutton, Julia, editor - 1995: A New Translation and Edition of the "Nobilità di Dame", 1600. Translated and Edited by Julia Sutton.

N.Y., Dover, 1995. By the late sixteenth century, formal dance, having attained great sophistication and style, had become the rage of the courts of Europe. Notable for its exemplary clarity and detail, Caroso's text consists of two parts. Book One presents instruction on a great variety of dance steps, on rules of the dance and on dance etiquette. Book Two presents the music (in keyboard form and lute tablature) and fully detailed choreography for 49 Renaissance dances. Soft Cover. vii, 408 pages, music, illus. (facsimile), 23.5 cm. New from publisher/ paperback. ISBN (10) 0486286193. Stock#32658x.