The quadrille and cotillion panorama, or, Treatise on quadrille dancing, in two parts: with an explanation, in French and English, of all the quadrille & cotillion figures generally adopted, as described by diagrams on the plate, by Thomas Wilson ...

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The quadrille and cotillion panorama, or, Treatise on quadrille dancing, in two parts: with an explanation, in French and English, of all the quadrille & cotillion figures generally adopted, as described by diagrams on the plate, by Thomas Wilson ...

Wilson, Thomas, dancing master.

OTHER TITLES
Quadrille & cotillion panorama

Quadrille panorama

Treatise on quadrille dancing

CREATED/PUBLISHED
London, R. & E. Williamson; New York, Sold by Messrs. Geib and Co.; [etc., etc., 18--]

SUMMARY
Originally published c. 1818, this second edition of 1822 contains an opening three-color-fold-out and nine plates. In this treatise, Wilson analyzes the figures and components of the quadrille--a figured ballroom dance for four couples facing each other, popular throughout the nineteenth century. Divided into two parts, the manual provides suggestions for music and steps, concluding with an alphabetical list of technical terms used in quadrilles. The manual was reissued in 1839.

NOTES
Paged continuously.

Added t.-p., engraved: The quadrille and cotillion panorama. 2d ed., with the addition of nine designs, to illustrate the performance of the figures. London, R. & E. Williamson, 1822.

SUBJECTS
Quadrille (Dance)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Notation for Dance.

MEDIUM
2 v. in 1. fold. front., illus., 3 pl., tables. 20 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1763 .W76

DIGITAL ID
musdi 167 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.167

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