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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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The ball-room manual of contra dances and social cotillons, with remarks on quadrilles and Spanish dance.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Vest pocket ed.
Belfast, Me., H. G. O. Washburn; Boston, G. W. Cottrell, 1863.

SUMMARY
The publisher of this tiny manual (called a "vest pocket edition") notes that of the many books available to the dancing public, few contain "the good old contra dances of our ancestors." To remedy the situation, the manual gives figures for fifty-six English country dances, group dances consisting of figures performed by a column of men facing a column of women.

NOTES
Introduction signed: W. H. Q.

SUBJECTS
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Miniature books--Specimens.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.

RELATED NAMES
Washburn, Harrison Gray Otis, 1811-1866, publisher.
Cottrell, George W., d. 1895, publisher.
Quimby, William Henry, 1831-1857.
Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
iv, [5]-30, ii p. 8 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1767 .B3

DIGITAL ID
musdi 011 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.011

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