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Dances and songs from Il Decamerone di Boccaccio (Videotape)

Title
Dances and songs from Il Decamerone di Boccaccio (Videotape)
Publication
1986, c1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
  • Domenico, da Piacenza, -approximately 1470
  • Thomas, Emma Lewis
  • Balliamo (Company)
Description
1 cassette. 38 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
"This program recreates scenes from the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio, with dances by Domenico da Piacenza, and music from contemporary sources. It was taped live before audiences in Rauischholzhausen and Ausburg, Germany; San Gimignano and Certaldo, Italy, summer 1986."
Subjects
Note
  • Videotaped in performance by James Kent Arnold. Musical director/narrator: Frederick Hammond.
  • Choreography: Domenico da Piacenza, [reconstructed by Emma Lewis Thomas]. Costumes: Sylvia Moss.
  • Danced by members of Balliamo: Carolann Busch (Neifile), Frank Cofrancesco (Filostrato), Beth Corell (Filomena), Carl Daugenti (Dioneo), Mabelle Iturra (Lauretta), Gregory A. Johnson (Pamfilo), Cathy Milne (Elissa), Erica Lewis Nashan (Fiammetta), Laurie Sefton (Emilia), and Annamaura Silverblatt (Pampinea). Musicians: Ron Grun (recorders and cortoldt), Victor Coelho (lute).
Contents
CONTENTS. - Bassadanza: Daphnes "Queen of the measures." - Ballo a due: L'altro fia guielmina. - Ballo a due, a tre: Lionzello vecchio & nuovo. - Ballo a sei: Sobria. - Ballo a due: Marchexana. - Ballata [song]: Non so qual. [Composer:] Lorenzo da Firenze. Sung by Erica Lewis Nashan. - Bassadanza: Zoglioxa. - Ballo a quatro: Mercantia. - Caccia [song]: Segugi a corde. Sung by Nashan. - Ballo a tre: Belfiore. - Ballo a dieci: Tesara.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-895
OCLC
NYPY906001247-F
Title
Dances and songs from Il Decamerone di Boccaccio (Videotape)
Imprint
1986, c1987.
Local Subject
Social dancing -- 15th century.
Dance -- Italy -- 15th century.
Television. Dances and songs from Il Decamerone di Boccaccio.
Added Author
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
Domenico, da Piacenza, -approximately 1470, choreographer.
Thomas, Emma Lewis.
Balliamo (Company)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-895
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