Calata. A 16th-century dance. The derivation of the term is obscure, but could be from a region in Transylvanian Romania; from the Italian calare (descend, to lower, to fall); from the Spanish calado, referring to figures of the Spanish church dances, in which rows of dancers interweave or intersect each other; from the Italian callota (calotta) (skull cap); or from the Italian calle (path, way or narrow street in Venice; cf the German Gassenhauer and Spanish passacalle). In a poem of about 1420 Prudenzani cited the playing of calate de maritima et compagnia, interpreted by Debenedetti as referring to dance-songs of these regions. Solerti mentioned that the calata was danced at the court of Florence as late as 1615. Few musical examples are still extant. They extend in time from the manuscript F-Pn Rés.Vm 27 (c1505; facs. (Geneva, 1981) with introduction by F. Lesure) and Dalza's lutebook of 1508 (see BrownI) to Montesardo's guitar tablature of 1606 and the manuscript guitar tablature D-HR III 4½ 20 1046 (c1700). Dalza closed his book with 13 examples, the first for two lutes. Most are in duple metre and have regular phrases. Of the six that he qualified spagnola, three are in triple metre. Other qualifying words in the titles include de stramboti (no.3) and ditto terzetti (no.13), hinting at an association with strophic texts.
BIBLIOGRAPHY BrownI SolertiMBD S. Debenedetti: Il Sollazzo: contributi alla storia della novella, della poesia musicale e del costume nel Trecento (Turin, 1922) L.H. Moe: Dance Music in Printed Italian Lute Tablatures from 1507 to 1611 (diss., Harvard U., 1956) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susanne Herre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 2:11 PM Subject: [LUTE] Dalza - Calata ala Spagnola > Dear all, > > At the moment I'm playing the piece "Calata ala Spagnola" by Dalza. I > searched for information about the special sort of dance "Calata" but > didn't find anything. Is there anybody who knows which characteristics > this dance type has? I'm also a little confused about the form of the > piece - it begins with 10 bars and continues in sections of 8 bars. > > Would be grateful for any information about this piece, > > kind regards, > > Susanne > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com
