Discuss developments in secular music and dance brought about by the Italian courts of the fifthteenth century

In view of Leonello's serious preparation as an amateur musician, standards for secular music were probably higher at Ferrara than at many rival Italian courts of the time. During Leonello's ten-year rule, the main groups of secular musicians at the court were established. The groups remained essentially the same to the end of the century. To specialists, it is a commonplace that under Leonello and throughout the second half of the fifteenth century, Ferrara became a principal center for Italian court dance. This development of dance has not been seen within the context of Ferrarese court ...