Giovanni Ambrosio ( Italian Giovanni Ambrosio ), before conversion to Catholicism Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro ( Italian Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro , literally “Guglielmo Jew from Pesaro”) (circa 1420 , Pesaro - 1484, Florence ) - Italian choreographer, Renaissance composer. Belonged to the Knightly Order of the Golden Spur , or the "Golden Army" ( lat. Ordo Militia Aurata ).
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Curriculum Vitae
In the 1440s, he studied with Domenico of Piacenza (aka Domenico of Ferrara), mentioned in the book of the last Liber ballorum (1460) [1] .
Between October 1463 and May 1465, Guglielmo, apparently, converted from Judaism to Catholicism and took the name Giovanni Ambrosio [2] . Guglielmo did this under the influence of his distinguished piety patron, condottier Alessandro Sforza (ruler of the city of Pesaro and brother Francesco Sforza ). In honor of Ginevra Sforza , daughter of Alessandro, Giovanni Ambrosio composed a bass dance .
In 1465 he moved to Milan, where he was preparing the celebrations for the planned wedding of Eleanor of Aragon and the Duke of Bari (third son of Francesco Sforza ).
Probably, Alessandro Sforza also contributed to the fact that Giovanni Ambrosio received knighting from Emperor Frederick III in 1469 and became, like his teacher Domenico of Piacenza, holder of the Order of the Golden Spur [3] .
He served at the courts of the most influential monarchs in Renaissance Italy (such as Lorenzo Medici ) - in Naples , Urbino , Milan and Ferrara .
Compositions
In 1463, Guglielmo wrote the treatise De pratica seu arte tripudii (“On the Practice and Art of Dance”), sometimes cited under the Italian name Trattato dell 'arte del ballare (“Treatise on the Art of Dance”). In it, Guglielmo defends the concept of dance as a noble art, emphasizing the important role of musical accompaniment. He also describes the qualities necessary for a dancer, such as posture, musicality, style, memory, retells personal impressions of important court events in which he has participated. His treatise contains data on choreography and musical accompaniment of 36 dances, staged both by himself and his contemporaries.
List of works in Latin
- Guglielmi Hebraei: De pratica seu arte tripudii vulgare opusculum
- Otto bassedanze di M. Guglielmo de Pesaro e de M. Domenico da Ferrara
- Domini Iohannis Ambrosii Pisavrensis de Pratica sev Arte Tripvdii vvlgare opvscvlvm
See also
- Renaissance dancing
Literature
- Alessandro Pontremoli, Patrizia La Rocca, Il Ballare lombardo. Teoria e prassi coreutica nella festa di corte del XV secolo , Vita e Pensiero, Milano 1987
- Guglielmo Ebreo of Pesaro, De pratica seu arte tripudii / On the practice or art of dancing , ed. by Barbara Sparti, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1993, reprint. 1995
Links
- Ambrosio, Giovanni: sheet music at International Music Score Library Project
- Digitization of one of the early editions of Guglielmo Ebreo (digital library Gallica)
Notes
- ↑ Richard Gottheil, Joseph Jacobs . Jewish Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Guglielmo Ebreo of Pesaro. De pratica seu arte tripudii = On the practice or art of dancing. - Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press, 1993/95. - ISBN 0-19-816574-9 .
- ↑ Famaleonis. La corte e la danza nel Quattrocento italiano (Italian) . www.famaleonis.com. Date of treatment March 21, 2018.