- Ballo
:"For the region of the Netherlands, see
Balloo (Netherlands)."The Ballo was an Italian dance form during the fifteenth century, most noted for its frequent changes of tempo and meter. "Balli" were written by various composers, primarily the dance masters
Domenico da Piacenza andGuglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro who also wrote treatises including choreographies to their works.Domenico wrote of the balli as dealing with four "misure":
* The "Bassadanza", from thebasse danse , consisting of what would now be labeled as a slow 6/4 or 3/2
* The "Quadernaria", one-sixth faster than the Bassadanza
* The "Saltarello", two-sixths faster than the Bassadanza
* The "Piva", twice as fast as the Bassadanza [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0306-1078(198608)14%3A3%3C346%3AT1%22TAN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y]Further reading
* Guglielmo Ebreo. "De Pratica Seu Arte Tripudii: "On the Practice or Art of Dancing" " (ISBN 978-0198165743)
* Domenico da Piacenza. "De Arte Saltandi et Choreas Ducendi "External links
* [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0306-1078(198608)14%3A3%3C346%3AT1%22TAN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y| The 15th Century "balli" Tunes: A Look]
* [http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lod/vol3/italian_balli.html| Italian Balli of the 15th Century]
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