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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals
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[The code of Terpsichore. The art of dancing, comprising its theory and practice, and a history of its rise and progress, from the earliest times ... by C. Blasis ... Translated under the author's immediate inspection by R. Barton]
OTHER TITLES
Code complet de la danse. English
Art of dancing
CREATED/PUBLISHED
[London, E. Bull, 1830]
SUMMARY
This is one of several books written by Italian dancer, choreographer, and writer Blasis (1803-1878). It covers the history and theory of dance, pantomime, the composition of ballets, and contains a section devoted to social dances entitled "private dancing." Although much of the discussion on technique is identical to Blasis' earlier treatise, Traité élémentaire théorique et pratique de l'art de la danse (1820), the manual is a comprehensive survey of ballet during the early nineteenth-century.
NOTES
On spine: Code of Terpsichore. By C. Blasis ... With seventeen plates; illustrating upwards of sixty positions. With original quadrilles and waltzes. Arranged for the piano-forte.
Barton's English translation of Code complet de la danse, which was subsequently translated into French by Paul Vergnaud under title: Manuel complet de la danse.
"Programmes, containing examples of every species of ballets. Composed by C. Blasis": p. 259-484.
L.C. copy imperfect: t.-p. wanting; title supplied from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale.
SUBJECTS
Dance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance--History.
Dance music.
Piano music.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Theatrical Dance.
Music for Dance.
RELATED NAMES
Barton, R., tr.
MEDIUM
vii p., 22 p. (music), [5]-548 p. 17 pl. 23 cm.
CALL NUMBER
GV1590 .B57 1830
DIGITAL ID
musdi 251 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.251
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