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Naples, Capital of Dance

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

Anthony R. DelDonna (Georgetown University, Washington DC)

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English
Cambridge University Press
17 April 2025
Renowned as a city of entertainment, Naples was unequaled in eighteenth-century Italy for the diversity of its musical life. During the reigns of Carlo di Borbone and his heir Ferdinando IV, the sponsorship of feste di ballo, elaborate celebratory balls featuring social dance such as the minuet and contradance, grew increasingly lavish. Organized for carnevale, occasions of state, and personal celebrations in the lives of the royal family, the feste di ballo fostered both a public agenda and a personal rapport between the monarchs and local aristocracy. As the century progressed, the frequency of and resources accorded to the feste di ballo and its showcasing of social dance came to match those of stage drama and instrumental music. Based on extensive archival research, this book reveals the culture of social dance at the Bourbon court and how these spectacular events served to project images of authority, power, and identity.
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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 250mm,  Width: 172mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   595g
ISBN:   9781009440271
ISBN 10:   1009440276
Pages:   262
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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).

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