List of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction to the Dover edition -- The status and character of Nobiltà di dame -- Problems of translation -- Caroso's life -- Late-Renaissance dance -- Dance types in Nobiltà di dame -- The music (by Julia Sutton and F. Marian Walker) : Introductory remarks ; The correlation of text and music -- The musical edition / F. Marian Walker -- Bibliography -- Nobiltà di dame : Letter of dedication ; 'Celeste Giglio' ; To the reader ; On the nobility of ladies: book one : Types of dance steps ; Dialogue between a disciple and his master [rules for dancing] ; Dialogue between a disciple and his master, on the conduct required of gentlemen and ladies at a ball and elsewhere -- On the nobility of ladies: book two : Containing instructions for various kinds of Balletti, for Cascarde, Tordiglione, the Passo e Mezzo, Pavaniglia, canary, and galliards ... with the bass and soprano of the music, and with the lute tablature for each dance ; Commentary: notes on the musical transcriptions ; Glossary ; Figures to the dances ; Table of the rules for dancing ; Table of the notes on deportment ; Table of dances, and those to whom they are dedicated -- Appendix: Italian Renaissance dance steps: a labanotation manual of dance step-types selected from Fabritio Caroso's Nobiltà di Dame (1600) : Preface ; Contents ; Notes on style/learning the steps ; Key signatures ; Glossary ; Relating Caroso's step time-values to the music ; Rules when practicing the art of dancing ; Index to the manual ; Publications of Julia Sutton.
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