Brookes on modern dancing, containing a full description of all dances, as practised in the ball room and at private parties, together with an essay on etiquette. By L. De G. Brookes.

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Brookes on modern dancing, containing a full description of all dances, as practised in the ball room and at private parties, together with an essay on etiquette. By L. De G. Brookes.

Brookes, L. De G. (Laurence De Garmo)

CREATED/PUBLISHED
New York [The author] 1867.

SUMMARY
The format for this manual is typical of nineteenth-century dance treatises. It begins with a short discussion on the utility of dancing, followed by a section devoted to etiquette of the ballroom and how to give balls. Descriptions of dances in this manual include quadrilles, waltz, polka, polka redowa, schottisch, polka mazurka, varsovienne, and the waltz in 5/4. The book concludes with eighty-seven cotillon figures and eight pages of ballroom dance music.

NOTES
Includes music.

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

MEDIUM
2 p.l., [3]-94, [10] p. 19 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .B84

DIGITAL ID
musdi 027 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.027

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 47) - Valse a trois temps (waltz)
(Video clip for p. 53) - Polka mazurka
(Video clip for p. 55) - La Esmeralda
(Video clip for p. 74) - La Corde (The Rope), from the German (also known as cotillon or German cotillon)
(Video clip for p. 76) - Le Colin Maillard (Blind Man's Buff) from the German (also known as cotillon or German cotillon)
(Video clip for p. 76) - Le Colin Maillard (Blind Man's Buff) from the German (also known as cotillon or German cotillon)
(Video clip for p. 80) - The Fan, from the German (also known as cotillon or German cotillon)

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