01486cam a22002651  4500001001300000003000400013005001700017007001500034008004100049010001700090040001800107050001700125100004300142245019000185260003400375300003600409500002000445520046700465530010000932650004701032650001701079650004501096650002101141856005801162ca 05001949 DLC20260227111042.0cr |||||||||||781018s1867    nyuag         000 0aeng    aca 05001949   aDLCcDLCdDLC00aGV1751b.B841 aBrookes, L. De G.q(Laurence De Garmo)10aBrookes on modern dancing,bcontaining a full description of all dances, as practised in the ball room and at private parties, together with an essay on etiquette.cBy L. De G. Brookes.  aNew Yorkb[The author]c1867.  a2 p.l., [3]-94, [10] p.c19 cm.  aIncludes music.  aThe format for this manual is typical of nineteenth-century dance treatises. It begins with a short discussion on the utility of dancing, followed by a section devoted to etiquette of the ballroom and how to give balls. Descriptions of dances in this manual include quadrilles, waltz, polka, polka redowa, schottisch, polka mazurka, varsovienne, and the waltz in 5/4. The book concludes with eighty-seven cotillon figures and eight pages of ballroom dance music.  aAvailable also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. 0aBallroom dancingvHandbooks, manuals, etc. 0aDance music. 4aDance Instruction and Technical Manuals. 4aMusic for Dance.41dmusdif027uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.027qs