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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Imprints page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Music Examples -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Naples: Networks of Culture -- I.1 Dance Culture in the Age of Absolutism -- 1 Celebratory Balls in the Kingdom of Naples -- 1.1 The feste di ballo and Rise of Social Dance -- 1.2 Neapolitan Dance Culture -- 1.3 Maria Carolina and the feste di ballo -- 2 The Politics of Place and Spheres of Power -- 2.1 The siti reali -- 2.2 Reggia di Caserta -- 2.3 Portici |
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2.4 Etiquette and Protocol in the Lives of the Bourbon Dynasty -- 2.5 Social Dance and Private Society -- 3 Seasons of Feste 1737 and 1747 -- 3.1 Feste di ballo for the New King -- 3.2 A Dynasty Established: The feste of 1747 -- 3.3 Musical Forces and Resources -- 4 The Dance Treatise in the Age of Reason -- 4.1 Social Dance through the Lens of Contemporary Treatises -- 4.2 From Dufort's ballo nobile to Magri's trattato prattico -- 4.3 Dufort on the Minuet and the Contradance -- 4.4 Magri and the Trattato teorico-prattico -- 5 Seasons of Splendor: From the Capital City to the Reggia di Caserta |
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5.1 An Unexpected Royal Couple -- 5.2 Forging a New Bourbon Identity -- 5.3 Carnevale 1769 -- 5.4 Feste di ballo for an Enlightened Sovereign -- 5.5 A Return to the Reggia: 1770 -- 5.6 An International Affair: 1771 -- 6 A Return to the Capital -- 6.1 The Return to the Public Sphere: 1774 -- 6.2 Public Entertainments, Private State Rituals: 1775-79 -- 6.3 Rinfreschi and composizioni poetiche: 1780-86 -- 7 Behind the Scenes, Between the Lines: Music, Musicians, and maestri di ballo -- 7.1 A Royal Visit and Banner Year: 1776 -- 7.2 Magri and the Contradance -- 7.3 Anglaises for a Queen |
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7.4 Minuets, notturni, and Various Contradances -- 8 The Neapolitan feste di ballo as (Historical) Soundscape -- 8.1 Naples as Mythological, Natural, and Urban Soundscape -- 8.2 Sounds of Gods and Men -- 8.3 A Tale of Two Monarchs: Carlo and Ferdinando -- 8.4 Epilogue -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Court festivities in eighteenth-century Naples included elaborate celebratory balls featuring social dance, hosted by the aristocracy and highlighted by the direct participation of the monarchs. This book offers a fascinating account of these spectacular events, for readers interested in Southern Italian history, culture, music, and dance |
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Machine-generated record |
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Balls (Parties) -- Italy -- Naples -- History -- 18th century
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Dance -- Italy -- Naples -- History -- 18th century
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Naples (Italy) -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 18th century
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Naples (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009440288 |
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1009440284 |
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