Meaning of ridotto | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.
   historical
2. An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.

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Examples

“May 26, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets.”

“Night came, with that increase of gaiety which has always been night's peculiar privilege—perhaps on the principle of contrast. Monday, it was the ridotto; Tuesday, the opera; Wednesday, Ranelagh; Thursday, the play; Friday, a ball; Saturday, a rout, or else a little of all these blended together.”

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