01515cam a22002771 4500 ca 05001949 DLC 20260227111042.0 cr ||||||||||| 781018s1867 nyuag 000 0aeng ca 05001949 DLC DLC DLC GV1751 .B84 Brookes, L. De G. (Laurence De Garmo) Brookes on modern dancing, containing a full description of all dances, as practised in the ball room and at private parties, together with an essay on etiquette. By L. De G. Brookes. New York [The author] 1867. 2 p.l., [3]-94, [10] p. 19 cm. Includes music. The 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. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. Ballroom dancing Handbooks, manuals, etc. Dance music. Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals. Music for Dance. musdi 027 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.027 s 13392 13392