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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals
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Beadle's dime ball-room companion and guide to dancing. Comprising rules of etiquette, hints on private parties, toilettes for the ball-room, etc. Also, a synopsis of round and square dances, dictionary of French terms, etc.
OTHER TITLES
Dime ball-room companion
Ball-room companion
Dime ball-room companion and guide to dancing
CREATED/PUBLISHED
New York, Beadle and Co. [c1868]
SUMMARY
This manual is typical of books that were assembled by publishers to be disseminated to a broad mass market. It is a compilation of many treatises covering etiquette, dress, and demeanor, and describes the popular ballroom dances of the era--quadrille, waltz, schottisch, and polka.
SUBJECTS
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
MEDIUM
32 p. diagr. 16 cm.
CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .B36
DIGITAL ID
musdi 101 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.101
RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for page 27) - Waltz a trois temps (waltz)
(Video clip for page 29) - Schottisch
(Video clip for page 29) - Polka
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