The prompter's hand book. Ed. by J. A. French.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, O. Ditson Co., c1893.Description: 88 p. 16 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV1767 .F87
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.
Summary: Similar to other prompter's books published during the last half of the nineteenth century, French gives instructions for calling the figures of quadrilles including examples of how the calls correlate to the music. The book also covers the calling of contra dances (progressive figure dances performed by a column of men facing a column of women).
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Similar to other prompter's books published during the last half of the nineteenth century, French gives instructions for calling the figures of quadrilles including examples of how the calls correlate to the music. The book also covers the calling of contra dances (progressive figure dances performed by a column of men facing a column of women).

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.

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