Ancora sulla moresca / Bianca Maria Galanti.
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VWML | Gift | Pamphlet Box | GRQ 30 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Reference only | Donated by Violet Alford | p1800 |
Offprint from Lares, Organo della Società di Etnografia Italiana, 1949.
The moresca, or Moorish dance, was a kind of masked pantomime typically featuring sword dance, drama and, mock combat. It was popular as part of larger festivals in sixteenth century Italy.