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The carol or carole (carola in Italian), a circle or chain dance which incorporates singing, was the dominant Medieval dance form in Europe from at least the 12th through the 14th centuries. This form of dance was found in Italy as well and although Dante has a few fleeting references to dance, it is Dante's contemporary Giovanni del Virgilio ...
Dance with musicians, Tacuinum sanitatis casanatense (Lombardy, Italy, late 14th century) Sources for an understanding of dance in Europe in the Middle Ages are limited and fragmentary, being composed of some interesting depictions in paintings and illuminations, a few musical examples of what may be dances, and scattered allusions in literary texts.
Italian folk dance in Marche. Italian folk dance has been an integral part of Italian culture for centuries. Dance has been a continuous thread in Italian life from Dante through the Renaissance, the advent of the tarantella in Southern Italy, and the modern revivals of folk music and dance.
Dormi, dormi, bel Bambin is an Italian Christmas carol. It is particularly popular in Corsica. The carol is supposed to be a cradle song of the Virgin Mary. [1]
Historical dance (or early dance) is a term covering a wide variety of Western European-based dance types from the past as they are danced in the present. Today historical dances are danced as performance , for pleasure at themed balls or dance clubs, as historical reenactment , or for musicological or historical research.
Pages in category "Italian folk dances" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Italian folk dances (9 P) Pages in category "Italian dances" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The most popular Italian Christmas carol is "Tu scendi dalle stelle", the modern Italian words to which were written by Pope Pius IX in 1870. The melody is a major-key version of an older, minor-key Neapolitan carol "Quanno Nascette Ninno" of Alphonsus Liguori .