I asked that question of someone knowledgeable several years (I can't recall who at the moment but it might have been Frederico Marincola), and they said that Balletto as used in the Capirola is just a generic term for a dance, not a particular dance form.
Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: Herbert Ward<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 12:14 PM Subject: [LUTE] Capirola's "Balletto", question 2. Thanks for the prompt help in finding scores for Capirola's "Balletto". I had several versions, any one of which would have been fine. I assume the name "Balletto" is 16th century Italian for "dance". Did Capirola have a specific dance-type in mind (like waltz, tango, pavan, ...), and intend the music to be actually incident to dances? Or did he instead just think the piece reminiscent of dancing in general, like a symphonic movement labeled "minuet"? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html<http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html> --
