Prima, e seconda memoria per servire alla istoria del ballo degli antichi /
Burette, M. (Pierre Jean), 1665-1747.
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In Venezia : [s.n.],
1746.
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In this history of dance, Burette (1665-1747) presents an extensive discussion on Greek and Roman dance, basing his information on literary references such as the Iliad and authors such as Lucian. Included in the discussion are tragic and serious ballet, satire, and pantomime. While this text illuminates the importance of Greek and Roman influence on the arts of the mid-eighteenth century, modern dance scholars will find many interpretive and factual errors.
Title vignette.
Previously published in the Académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Histoire, avec les Mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie. Paris, 1736. t.I, p. 93-135.
Dance--History--Early works to 1800.
Dance History and Theory.
Theatrical Dance.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.032
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/muspre1800.100069