Anthony R. Deldonna

Naples, Capital of Dance

The 'feste di ballo' Tradition in the Long Eighteenth Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009440271
• ISBN-10: 1009440276
• Artikelnr.: 73310211

Autorenporträt

Anthony R. DelDonna is Thomas E. Caestecker Professor of Music in the Department of Performing Arts at Georgetown University. He is the author of Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples: Politics, Patronage and Artistic Culture (Cambridge, 2021) and Opera, Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
List of music examples
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Naples: networks of culture
1. Celebratory balls in the Kingdom of Naples
2. The politics of place and spheres of power
3. Seasons of Feste: 1737 and 1747
4. The dance treatise in the Age of Reason
5. Seasons of splendor: from the capital city to the Reggia di Caserta
6. A return to the capital
7. Dietro le quinte e tra le pagine: music, musicians, and Maestri di ballo
8. The Neapolitan Feste di Ballo as (historical) soundscape
Bibliography
Index.