containing all the last new and fashionable dances Coulon 1808- creator text enk London Jullien & Co. [1860?] 1860 3d ed. monographic eng

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xii, 99, [1] p. front. (port.) illus. 13 cm. This third edition of Coulon's manual describes dances popular during the 1840s. Typical of many nineteenth-century ballroom manuals, much of the material is borrowed from other contemporary sources. It is not known whether or not famed French dancing master Eugène Coulon contributed to the work. Small enough to fit into a pocket, the manual begins with a discussion of the polka and includes directions for various ballroom dances including the mazurka quadrille, polka mazurka, schottisch, "La Cellarius," gorlitza, various quadrilles and other group dances such as "La Tempète" and "Sir Roger de Coverley." The manual concludes with directions for the "Menuet de la Cour." An expanded version of this work was published in 1873. By Coulon ... Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. Ballroom dancing Handbooks, manuals, etc Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals GV1751 .C85 ca 05001945 hdl:loc.music/musdi.049 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.049 DLC 781018 20260227111042.0 ca 05001945