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8 - The Neapolitan feste di ballo as (Historical) Soundscape

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2025

Anthony R. DelDonna
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Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The findings of the present study are detailed in the concluding Chapter 8. They underline the place and prestige of the feste di ballo within the considerable artistic landscape of early modern Naples. The chapter briefly revisits and summarizes the significant larger social, political, and artistic contexts that promoted the growth and proliferation of the feste tradition. It also considers their resonance as emblems of Neapolitan aristocratic identity prior to the rise of Napoleon and the Republican ideals that dominated the continent at the end of the century. Finally, it situates the feste di ballo as a form of historical soundscape, placing emphasis on sonic frameworks within documentary accounts of Naples and its environs.

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Naples, Capital of Dance
The ‘feste di ballo' Tradition in the Long Eighteenth Century
, pp. 201 - 218
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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