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Historic Dance IX: 1850-1875

Historic Dance 1850-1875
  
 
A4 book. 698 pages of research, discussion and analysis with dozens of illustrations, musical scores, dance reconstructions, source extracts, transcriptions and translations.To order, go to Shop.

26 page Preface and bibliography then the following 5 parts (omitting the subheadings for the Part 4 dance contents):

Part 1 ~ Dance Context ~ 46 pages

~ Balls in General ~  3

~ Programming a ball ~  4

~ England ~  5

~ France ~  13

~ Private balls ~  13

~ Public dance halls ~  20

~ The Opera balls ~  23

~ Central and Northern Europe ~  25

~ America ~  28

~ Australia ~  34

~ Poland ~  41

~ Russia ~  43


Part 2 ~ Dance Forms ~ 44 pages

~ The Cotillion ~  3

~ In France ~  3

~ Elsewhere on the continent ~  8

~ America ~  9

~ England ~  11

~ The Country Dance and relatives ~  13

~ The Hybrids ~  17

~ The Mazurka ~  18

~ In the East ~  18

~ In the west ~  19

~ In America ~  21

~ In Australia ~  22

~ The Minuet ~  24

~ The Polka and Galop ~  25

~ The Polonaise ~  26

~ In Poland ~  26

~ In Russia ~  27

~ In Germany ~  27

~ In the West ~  28

~ The Quadrille ~  30

~ The Reel ~  37

~ The Schottische and its relatives ~  39

~ The Varsovienna ~  41

~ The Waltz ~  43

 

Part 3 ~ Dance Technicalities ~ 28 pages

~ Style ~  3

~ Etiquette ~  5

~ 1850s ~  7

~ 1860-1875 ~  11

~ Figures and formations ~  17

~ Honours ~  19

~ The man’s bow ~  19

~ The woman’s courtesy ~  20

~ Holds ~  22

~ Steps ~  27

 

Part 4 ~ Dances in Detail ~ 514 pages

~ L’Anglicane ~  4

~ La Boulangère (2) ~  6

~ Le Carillon de Dunkerque ~  9

~ The Chase (2) / Chase the Lady (1) ~  17

~ The Chase (3) / Chase the Lady (2) ~  19

~ The Chase (4) / Chase the Squirrel ~  20

~ Cheat the Lady / Coquette (2) ~  22

~ Cinderella Set ~  24

~ Cinderella Waltz ~  29

~ Circassian Dances ~  30

~ Cotillion-mazurka, long sequence ~  38

~ Coulon’s Double Quadrille ~  57

~ La Czarine ~  69

~ The Empire Quadrille ~  80

~ The Esmeralda (1) ~  102

~ The Esmeralda (2) ~  104

~ The Five Step Waltz (2) ~  112

~ Galop (1) / Galopade (3) ~  118

~ The Gitana Waltz ~  127

~ The Gorlitza ~  130

~ Hongroise (1) ~  145

~ Hongroise (2) ~  148

~ Hop Waltz (1) / La Sauteuse ~  151

~ La Koska (1) ~  153

~ La Koska (2) / La Coska ~  156

~ The Lancers’ Quadrille (4) ~  159

~ The Mazurka Quadrille (3) / Philadelphia Mazurka Quadrilles ~  173

~ The Mazurka Waltz (2) ~  189

~ Money Musk (3) ~  194

~ Mrs Henderson’s Double Quadrille ~  198

~ The New Caledonian Quadrille ~  210

~ The Norwegian Country Dance ~  216

~ Polka (4) ~  224

~ Polka Mazurka ~  228

~ Polka Redowa ~  240

~ Prince Imperial Quadrille ~  246

~ Princess Alice ~  271

~ Quadrille Français (3) / The Russian Quadrilles ~ 274

~ Quadrille Français (4) ~  302

~ Redowa (2) ~  338

~ Redowa (3) ~  350

~ The Russian Mazurka Quadrille ~  359

~ Sackett’s Harbor ~  368

~ Schottische ~  371

~ Sicilian Circle ~  390

~ La Tempête (3) ~  399

~ La Tempête (4) ~  401

~ La Tempête (5) ~  409

~ The Triplet ~  414

~ Vals des Patineurs ~  423

~ Les Varietés Parisiennes ~  427

~ La Varsovienne / The Varsovienna (1) ~  454

~ La Varsovienne / The Varsovienna (2) ~  463

~ La Varsovienne / The Varsovienna (3) ~  472

~ Waltz (5) / Glide Waltz ~  475

~ The Zingarilla (1) ~  495

~ The Zingarilla (2) / La Zingerilla ~  501

~ Zulma l’Orientale ~  504

 

Part 5 ~ Dancing Masters ~ 40 pages

~ Dance Teaching ~  3

~ The frequency of lessons ~  3

~ Dance teachers in general ~  5

~ The Turveydrops ~  6

~ Markowski ~  14

~ Prompting and Calling ~  16

~ Publications and Notation ~  19

~ Lives and Works ~  20

~ Anonymous ~  20

~ Bland ~  24

~ Blasis ~  24

~ Brookes ~  25

~ Brooks ~  25

~ Coulon ~  25

~ Czerwinski ~  26

~ D’Albert ~  26

~ De Garmo ~  27

~ Dodworth ~  27

~ Durang ~  28

~ Ferrero ~  29

~ Fertiault ~  29

~ Gawlikowski ~  30

~ Giraudet ~  30

~ Godrey ~  30

~ Gronow ~  31

~ Henderson ~  31

~ Hillgrove ~  31

~ Howe ~  32

~ Hughes ~  33

~ Ibarra ~  33

~ Jullien ~  34

~ Klemm~  34

~ Laborde ~  34

~ Marriott ~  35

~ Meyen ~  35

~ Montgomery ~  35

~ Narrey ~  36

~ Polkarius ~  36

~ Reilley ~  36

~ Ridgeway ~  37

~ Roberts~  37

~ Saint-Léon ~  37

~ Scherpf ~  38

~ Webster~  38

~ Wesner ~  39

~ Wivell ~  39

~ Youens ~  40