The
ball-room manual of contra dances and social cotillons
with remarks on quadrilles and Spanish dance
Washburn, Harrison Gray Otis
1811-1866
publisher.
Cottrell, George W.
-1895
publisher.
Quimby, William Henry
1831-1857
Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)
text
meu
Belfast, Me
Boston
H. G. O. Washburn
G. W. Cottrell
1863
Vest pocket ed.
monographic
eng
iv, [5]-30, ii p. 8 cm.
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.
Introduction signed: W. H. Q.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.
Ballroom dancing
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ca 05001785
hdl:loc.music/musdi.011
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781018
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