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Title
Balletto per S.A.R. Il Sig. Principe di Galles
Names
Ganassetti, Bortolo (Composer)
Collection

Cia Fornaroli Collection

Dance notations

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1729
Place: Bologna
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGRN-Res. 08-2094
Topics
Dancers
Dance notation -- Italy -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Manuscripts
Scores
Drawings
Notes
Biographical/historical: "A Venetian by birth, Bartolomeo Ganasetti (also known as Bartolo or Bortolo Ganassetti or Ganascetti) was active inCentral Italy in the 1740s and 1750s, staging ballets in operas by important composers of the day such as Johann Adolf Hasse and Christoph Willibald Gluck, and later working as an impresario. Antonio Evangelista, who recorded the ballet, worked as a ballet master at the Collegio dei Nobili of Bologna between 1727 and 1734 and, like Ganasetti, was also Venetian."-- http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/italiandance/web2.html
Acquisition: Gift; Walter Toscannini.
Additional physical form: Additional photocopy shelved in *MGZR Baroque dancing [clippings].
Biographical/historical: Bortolo Ganassetti also created dances in Bologna,1728, for Teodoro: dramma per musica; he is listed in that libretto as "servitore di S.A.R. principe di Gales."
Citation/reference: Gloria Giordano presented a paper on this notation at the 2008 Rothenfels symposium.
Content: Translation from exhibition web site: Ballet for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Composed by Sig. Bartolo Ganasetti in the year 1729 [and] Put on Paper by me, Antonio Evangelista, Ballet Master in Bologna.
Statement of responsibility: composto dal Sig. Bortolo Ganasetti.... ; posto in carta da me' Antonio Evangelista Maestro di Ballo.
Physical Description
Extent: [ii], 7 p. ; 22 cm. + photocopy in pocket (8 leaves; 29 cm.)
Handwritten on preliminary leaf by a previous owner: Antonio Evangelista, maestro di ballo. Balletto per la S.A.R. il Principe di Galles, composto da Bortolo Ganasetti, Bologna, 1729.
Description
Dance notation (Feuillet system) for one couple. Includes one line of music at the top of each page. Passapied p. 1-4; bouree p. 5-7.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Still image
Languages
Italian
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17057311
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 804a4560-c5f4-012f-b4b4-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1729: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Balletto per S.A.R. Il Sig. Principe di Galles" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1729. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0ab2e9f-4b2f-bd1c-e040-e00a18066c5e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Balletto per S.A.R. Il Sig. Principe di Galles" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 4, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0ab2e9f-4b2f-bd1c-e040-e00a18066c5e

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1729). Balletto per S.A.R. Il Sig. Principe di Galles Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0ab2e9f-4b2f-bd1c-e040-e00a18066c5e

Wikipedia Citation

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Balletto per S.A.R. Il Sig. Principe di Galles