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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals


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Traité de la danse; seul guide complet renfermant 200 danses differentes de salons, grands bals, sociétés, théâtre, concert province et etranger; avec 500 dessins et figures explicatives, par Eug. Giraudet ... suivi d'un appendice contenant environ 30 danses diverses pour piano.

Giraudet, Eugène, b. 1861.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
7. éd.
Paris [Imprimerie A. Veutin, 187-?]

SUMMARY
This is the seventh edition of a popular French manual that, in the mid-1880s, was revised into a larger edition entitled La danse, la tenue, le maintein... The manual gives a short history of dance, discusses appropriate etiquette, and describes many of the popular ballroom dances such as the waltz, quadrille, and polka. Giraudet also includes many curious dances including the schottisch polkée sautée, ganlovienne, and a tarentelle for twelve performers, as well as several dances from previous centuries such as the gavotte, pavane, and bourée.

NOTES
Dance music for piano solo: 98 p. at end. Publisher's plate no.: A.C. 9384.

SUBJECTS
Dance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance music.
Piano music.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Theatrical Dance.

MEDIUM
287, [1] p., 2 l., 98 p. illus., diagrs. 22 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .G53 1870z

DIGITAL ID
musdi 085 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.085

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 33-40) - Valse a trois temps (waltz)
(Video clip for p. 54) - Polka mazurka
(Video clip for p. 61) - Schottisch
(Video clip for p. 90) - Varsoviana
(Video clip for p. 105) - L'Evantail (The Fan) from the German

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