# Ballo

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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](/source/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](/source/Greek_language) "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](/source/Greece) there is the [Greek dance](/source/Greek_dances) named [Ballos](/source/Ballos).

==Renaissance==
During the [Quattrocento](/source/Quattrocento) ''balli'' were written by various composers, primarily the dance masters [Domenico da Piacenza](/source/Domenico_da_Piacenza) and [Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro](/source/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](/source/basse_danse), consisting of what would now be labeled as a slow {{music|time|6|4}} or {{music|time|3|2}}
* The [quadernaria](/source/quadernaria), one-sixth faster than the Bassadanza
* The [saltarello](/source/saltarello), two-sixths faster than the Bassadanza
* The [piva](/source/Piva_(dance)), 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](/source/Renaissance_dance) dance should be distinguished from the early [Baroque](/source/Baroque_dance) ballo, which was enlarged to include vocal numbers by such composers as [Monteverdi](/source/Monteverdi) (''[Il ballo delle ingrate](/source/Il_ballo_delle_ingrate)''), and [Francesco Lambardi](/source/Francesco_Lambardi) (''Una festa a ballo''). [Handel](/source/Handel) included a ballo for two recorders and violin in the 1734 version of [Il pastor fido (Handel)](/source/Il_pastor_fido_(Handel))

==See also==
* [Ballata](/source/Ballata)
==References==
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== 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]

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Category:Renaissance dance

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