Ballo

{{short description|Dance form in 15th century Italy}} {{Italic title}} {{other uses}} The '''''ballo''''' was an Italian dance form during the fifteenth century, most noted for its frequent changes of tempo and meter. The name ''ballo'' has its origin in Latin ''ballō'', ''ballāre'', meaning "to dance",<ref>Chantrell (2002), p. 42.</ref><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dballo ballō], Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, ''A Latin Dictionary'', on Perseus</ref> which in turn comes from the Greek "βαλλίζω" (''ballizō''), "to dance, to jump about".<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dballi%2Fzw βαλλίζω], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref><ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ball ball (2)], Online Etymology Dictionary</ref> In Greece there is the Greek dance named Ballos.

==Renaissance== During the Quattrocento ''balli'' were written by various composers, primarily the dance masters Domenico da Piacenza and Guglielmo 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 the basse danse, consisting of what would now be labeled as a slow {{music|time|6|4}} or {{music|time|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<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 3127107|title = The 15th-Century "balli" Tunes: A New Look|journal = Early Music|volume = 14|issue = 3|pages = 346–357|last1 = Sparti|first1 = Barbara|year = 1986|doi = 10.1093/earlyj/14.3.346}}</ref>

==Baroque== The Renaissance dance should be distinguished from the early Baroque ballo, which was enlarged to include vocal numbers by such composers as Monteverdi (''Il ballo delle ingrate''), and Francesco Lambardi (''Una festa a ballo''). Handel included a ballo for two recorders and violin in the 1734 version of Il pastor fido (Handel)

==See also== * Ballata ==References== {{reflist}} == 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 == * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3127107 The 15th Century "balli" Tunes: A Look] * [http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lod/vol3/italian_balli.html Italian Balli of the 15th Century]

Category:Italian dances Category:Renaissance dance