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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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An essay for the further improvement of dancing; being a collection of figure dances, of several numbers, compos'd by the most eminent masters; describ'd in characters after the newest manner of Monsieur Feuillet. By E. Pemberton. To which is added, three single dances, viz. a chacone by Mr. Isaac, a passacaille by Mr. L'Abbe, and a jig by Mr. Pecour ...

Pemberton, E.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
London, J. Walsh [etc.] 1711.

SUMMARY
This is a collection of dances with music in Feuillet notation by numerous eighteenth-century dancing masters including Thomas Caverley, Anthony l'Abbee, Louis-Guillaume Pecour, and Josiah Priest. Designed for the young ladies of a boarding school, the collection includes country dances, "Bore," "Jigge," and several group dances including country dances and figured minuets.

SUBJECTS
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance music.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Notation for Dance.
Music for Dance.

MEDIUM
5 p.l., 54 pl. (partly fold.) 26 x 19 cm.

CALL NUMBER
MT950.A2 P45

DIGITAL ID
musdi 134 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.134

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