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Source Description
During the 15th century, La Saltarelle was a popular Neapolitan court dance named for its particular leaping step, after the Italian verb saltare (to jump). Lively and merry, it was played in a fast triple meter. In the 19th century, the saltarello was featured in the Carnival celebrations preceding Lent in Rome. After witnessing the Roman Carnival of 1831, the German composer Felix Mendelssohn incorporated the dance into the finale of one of his masterpieces, the Italian Symphony.
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Document identity
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168343
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La Saltarelle
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drawing
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168343
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drawing
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La Saltarelle
description
During the 15th century, La Saltarelle was a popular Neapolitan court dance named for its particular leaping step, after the Italian verb saltare (to jump). Lively and merry, it was played in a fast triple meter. In the 19th century, the saltarello was featured in the Carnival celebrations preceding Lent in Rome. After witnessing the Roman Carnival of 1831, the German composer Felix Mendelssohn incorporated the dance into the finale of one of his masterpieces, the Italian Symphony.
date
1800s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80074088
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53791
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Drawing
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Sheet: 25.4 x 35.7 cm (10 x 14 1/16 in.)
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France, 19th century
accession
2010.171
Source extras
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watercolor and gouache with selective gum glazing over a faint graphite underdrawing
tombstone
La Saltarelle, 1800s. Dominque Louis Papety (French, 1815–1849). Watercolor and gouache with selective gum glazing over a faint graphite underdrawing ; sheet: 25.4 x 35.7 cm (10 x 14 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2010.171
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heavyweight cream wove paper
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DR - French
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Signed in black ink, lower right: Dom. Papety
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Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:39:34.522000
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168343
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DR - French
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watercolor and gouache with selective gum glazing over a faint graphite underdrawing
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male
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