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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals
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Le répertoire des bals, ou Theorie-pratique des contredanses, décrites d'une maniere aisée avec des figures démonstratives pour les pouvoir danser facilement, auxquelles on a ajouté les airs notés. Par le sr. de La Cuisse ...
OTHER TITLES
Theorie-pratique des contredanses
CREATED/PUBLISHED
A Paris, Cailleau [etc.] 1762-<65 >
SUMMARY
This is a bound collection of contredanses, figured group dances for four or more couples that were popular during the last half of the eighteenth century. Each dance is described on four pages: a title page that gives the name of the dance and its choreographer, a page of text describing the figure, a page showing the floor pattern of the dance, and a final page for the music.
NOTES
Engraved throughout; line borders.
Imprint varies.
Vol. 1 is in 2 parts. The second part has special t.-p.: Suite du Répertoire des bals, ou recueil de contredanses. Par le s. de La Cuisse. Paris, Melle Castagnery, 1762. The same title occurs in v. 2-3, following the special t.-p. indicated below.
Vols. 2-3 have title: Suite du Répertoire des bals, ou II.eme [-3.e] volume du recueil des airs et figures des meilleures et plus nouvelles contredanses ...
The dances are in <18 > "cahiers" or <100 > "feuilles," each dance constituting a "feuille" (with special t.-p., v. 2-3). These were issued both separately and in volumes.
LC copy imperfect: pages 17-24 of v. 1 misplaced in binding.
SUBJECTS
Country-dance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800.
Country-dances.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Notation for Dance.
Music for Dance.
MEDIUM
v. <1-3 > front. (v. 2) fold. plates, diagrs. 20 cm.
CALL NUMBER
GV1590 .L3
DIGITAL ID
musdi 213 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.213
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