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Manuale di Ballo (Enrico Pichetti, Roma, c.1900)
Publisher: Enrico Pichetti, Maestro di Ballo da Società, Via del Tritone N.102 Roma. Internal evidence (latest internal event date 1892, narrative reference to Polka introduction in '1830' as historical, Italian first-Tarantella in 1892) supports a c.1898-1902 publication date. Source: archive.org identifier manualediballida00pich, Getty Research Institute copy (3 3125 01009 6887). 4-part structure (Parte I-IV): Pichetti-original compositions (Roman Dance, Cross-Step, Savoja-Petrovich, Skating, Washington-post, Quadriglia Americana, Boston Americano Valtzer, Boston Figurato, Valtzer Louis XV, Cross Polka, Polka Piquée, Polka Orientale, Polka Mazurka Italiana/Valtzer/Russa, Badoise, Dancing in the Barn, Scozzese, Piemontese, Quadriglia di Famiglia, Minuetto-Quadriglia, Sir Roger/Giga Americana) interleaved with standard Belle-Époque fare (Valtzer a Due Tempi, Valtzer a Cinque Tempi, Valtzer Saltato, Polka, Polka Mazurka, Galop, Schottisch, Varsoviana, Cotillon, Contradanza, Lancieri, Quadrille des Salons). Pichetti's preface explicitly notes a study trip to 'Parigi, Londra, etc.' to gather 'le ultime novità' and 'i migliori metodi d'insegnamento'. Mid-grade Italian publisher complementing Gavina 1905, Bottallo 1912, and Franceschini 1922 sources already in the corpus.Year: 1900Family: pichettiCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Enrico Pichetti, Maestro di Ballo da Società, Via del Tritone N.102 Roma. Internal evidence (latest internal event date 1892, narrative reference to Polka introduction in '1830' as historical, Italian first-Tarantella in 1892) supports a c.1898-1902 publication date. Source: archive.org identifier manualediballida00pich, Getty Research Institute copy (3 3125 01009 6887). 4-part structure (Parte I-IV): Pichetti-original compositions (Roman Dance, Cross-Step, Savoja-Petrovich, Skating, Washington-post, Quadriglia Americana, Boston Americano Valtzer, Boston Figurato, Valtzer Louis XV, Cross Polka, Polka Piquée, Polka Orientale, Polka Mazurka Italiana/Valtzer/Russa, Badoise, Dancing in the Barn, Scozzese, Piemontese, Quadriglia di Famiglia, Minuetto-Quadriglia, Sir Roger/Giga Americana) interleaved with standard Belle-Époque fare (Valtzer a Due Tempi, Valtzer a Cinque Tempi, Valtzer Saltato, Polka, Polka Mazurka, Galop, Schottisch, Varsoviana, Cotillon, Contradanza, Lancieri, Quadrille des Salons). Pichetti's preface explicitly notes a study trip to 'Parigi, Londra, etc.' to gather 'le ultime novità' and 'i migliori metodi d'insegnamento'. Mid-grade Italian publisher complementing Gavina 1905, Bottallo 1912, and Franceschini 1922 sources already in the corpus. (1900). Imported from local collection.