Dancing through the Ages 1750-1800
Dancing through the Ages (October, 2020) is a 10,800 page work offering background on, reconstruction of, and chorded music for nearly 1,000 dances from between from 1400 to 1900, as well as extensive notes analysing links between these dances, the evolution of dance forms, movement ideas and notation systems through this 500 period, and the changing nature of ball culture and dance sources in countries across the old and new word. The whole is supported by thousands of quotations, diagrams and illustrations from original sources.
The work is broken into 31 books, each of between 300 and 460 (average 350) double-sided A4 pages. After the 'Orientation and Overview' book 1, the work is organised into ten 'Volumes', each of 3 books.
Each 3-book Volume is devoted to a particular period and consists of 1,000 plus pages of research, discussion, analysis, illustrations, musical scores, dance reconstructions, source extracts, transcriptions and translations. The first book (Part 1a-d) looks at dancing in general (the social, political and geographic contexts in which dance and the institution of the ball was evolving; the nature and evolution of the period’s main forms of dance; dance elements such as style, etiquette, honours, holds, formations, figures and steps; developments in dance teaching, notation and publication, and period-relevant primary sources (including little known ones). The second and third books (Part 2a and Part 2b respectively) offer sources and music for, and reconstructions and analysis of dozens of dances from the relevant period, presented in alphabetic order.
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Below are the front covers and contents of the three books that constitute Volume VI in the series.
Part 1: Dance in general (Book 17)
Part 2a: Dances in detail A-L (Book 18)
Adonis ~ 6
Ah Ça Ira (1) ~ 17
Allemande (3) ~ 20
Allemande (4) ~ 30
Allemande à trois ~ 46
Allemande du Devin de Village ~ 58
Allemande Suisse ~ 62
Always Drunk and Never Sober (2) ~ 66
Aly Grogan & Round O ~ 69
Anglaise de chez l’embassadeur (1) ~ 76
Anglaise de chez l’embassadeur (2) ~ 78
Anglaise de la Reine (1) ~ 80
Anglaise de la Reine (2) ~ 82
Anglaise de la Rhein (3) ~ 85
Anglaise de la Reine (4) ~ 87
Auretti’s Dutch Skipper (1) ~ 89
Auretti’s Dutch Skipper (2) ~ 91
Barley Mow ~ 93
La Baroque ~ 95
La Belle Alliance ~ 97
Le Belle Assemble ~ 100
Les Belles Filles de Norwich ~ 103
Bevis Mount ~ 106
La Bionni ~ 108
The Bishop ~ 115
The Black Dance (1) ~ 117
The Black Dance (2) ~ 119
La Bonne Amitié ~ 123
Le Bois de Boulogne ~ 125
Blessmann’s Englischer Tanz nr.1 ~ 128
Blessmann’s Englischer Tanz nr.2 ~ 133
Blessmann’s Englischer Tanz nr.3 ~ 136
Bonny Lass of our Town ~ 140
La Boulangère (1) ~ 142
La Bouquette ~ 147
The British Amusements ~ 149
Der Canontanz ~ 152
Carillon (1) / Der Carillon ~ 158
Carillon National ~ 170
The Changing ~ 174
La Chasse d’Amour ~ 176
Cockney’s Frolic ~ 179
La Cométe ~ 181
The Comical Fellow ~ 183
Congo Minuet ~ 185
The Cossack ~ 201
Country Bumpkin (1) ~ 204
Daniel Cowper (2a&b) / Daniel Cooper ~ 217
Douze ~ 223
The Dusky Night ~ 227
L’Été / La Polimnie ~ 228
The Fair Maid of the Inn ~ 231
The Fandango ~ 232
Feldtenstein’s no. 4 ~ 234
Feldtenstein’s no. 5 ~ 236
Feldtenstein’s No. 6 ~ 238
Fête Champêtre ~ 240
La Folie ou le Goût du Siècle ~ 242
The Fourth of June ~ 248
La Fricassée (1) ~ 251
La Fricassée (2) ~ 255
Fricke’s no.1 ~ 259
La Fuiarde ~ 262
Galopade (1a & b) ~ 264
The Hanoverian Waltz ~ 271
The Happy Captive ~ 273
The Irish Washer Woman ~ 275
Le Jardin Enchanté ~ 277
La Jesuite, or, the Jesuit ~ 281
Le Jeu des quatre coins ~ 285
Les Jolis Garçons ~ 288
Lasses of Portsmouth ~ 292
Leather Lake House ~ 294
Link’s Englischer Contre-Tanz no. 2 ~ 297
Link’s Englischer Contre-Tanz no. 4 ~ 299
Linnen Hall ~ 302
Lord Nelson’s Waltz ~ 304
Part 2b: Dances in detail M-Z (Book 19)
The Macaroni ~ 6
Magri’s contradanza I ~ 8
Magri’s contradanza II ~ 10
Magri’s contradanza no. VIII ~ 13
Magri’s contradanza no. XVI ~ 15
Magri’s contradanza no. XXIX ~ 17
Magri’s contradanza XXXVIII ~ 19
La Maison du Bois ~ 28
Marset’s no.1 / The Baulk (2) ~ 30
Marset’s no.2 ~ 33
La Méditation des Chinois ~ 36
Menuet de la cour (1) ~ 44
La Mignonette ~ 69
Minuet (2) ~ 73
Miss Bland’s Allemande ~ 119
Money Musk (1) ~ 121
La Musette ~ 125
Mutual Love ~ 127
New Christmas Eve ~ 129
The New German Waltz (1) & (2) ~ 133
New Twelfth Night ~ 137
Les Ombres Chinois ~ 142
Opera Reel (1) 145
Le Palais de l’amour ~ 147
Les Pantalons / L’Élisé ~ 150
La Perigourdine ~ 154
Petersen’s Englischer Tanz no. 5 ~ 161
Petersen’s Englischer Tanz no.9 ~ 165
Les Plaisirs de la Jeunesse ~ 167
Pleasures of the Town (1a&b) ~ 171
Polonaise (1) / The Polish dance ~ 173
Polonaise (2) / Neu Figurirte Polonoise ~ 179
La Pontlevoy ~ 184
La Pouvoir de la Beauté ~ 189
Der Prager-Student / Student of Prague ~ 192
Le Prince de Galles ~ 200
Prince of Wales’ Cotillion ~ 203
The Princess of Wales’s Waltz ~ 206
The Prussian Camp ~ 208
Le Quadrille ~ 210
Les Quadrilles ~ 216
Les Quatre Berceaux ~ 225
Les Quatre Nymphes (1) ~ 231
Les Quatre Nymphes (2) ~ 235
Les Quatre Saisons ~ 238
La Réverbère ~ 240
Rigadoon (3) / Rigodon ~ 244
La Riswic ~ 252
Ruffs and Rhees ~ 254
The Savage Dance ~ 256
Schmiedt’s Angloise No.1 ~ 258
Schmiedt’s Quadrille No.1 ~ 260
Scotch Lilt ~ 264
A School for Scandal ~ 266
Shrewsbury Lasses ~ 268
Soldier’s Joy (1a&b) ~ 270
La Strasbourgeoise (1) ~ 272
La Strasbourgeoise (2) ~ 276
Strawberries and Cream (3) ~ 282
Sun Assembly ~ 284
The Touchstone ~ 287
Le Tourbillon ~ 288
Les Triangles ~ 290
A Trip to Highgate ~ 295
The Triumph (1a) ~ 296
La Voltaire et la Franklein ~ 299
Von einem Böhmen no.1 ~ 303
Von einem Böhmen no.2 ~ 305
Von einem Böhmen no.9 ~ 307
Wakefield Hunt ~ 311
Waltz (on a fan) ~ 313
Wednesday Night ~ 315
Wernigeröder Englischer Tanz nom. 19 ~ 316
La Windsor ~ 319
The Wish ~ 324
The Young Widow ~ 326
PART 1a: DANCE CONTEXT ~ 8
France ~ 10
Balls at Versailles ~ 10
Opera Balls ~ 12
How did Paris Opera ball actually work? ~ 14
Other Public Balls ~ 16
Developments on stage ~ 16
Dancing during the Terror ~ 19
England ~ 21
The importance of dance ~ 21
The Private Ball ~ 24
The Assemblies ~ 26
Garden settings ~ 30
On Stage ~ 32
At Court ~ 32
Dancing masters’ parties, and the case of Mr Jenkin’s party ~ 34
Scotland, Wales and Ireland ~ 37
Scotland ~ 37
Wales ~ 41
Ireland ~ 43
Italy ~ 45
Dance in the 1787 opera Don Giovanni ~ 45
Dance in Magri’s 1779 Trattato ~ 46
Dance in illustrations ~ 48
Germany, Austria and Hungary ~ 52
The University dance culture ~ 52
The repertoire mix ~ 52
The ‘Englischer’ ~ 53
The ‘Deutscher’ ~ 54
The torch dance ~ 55
Poland and Russia ~ 57
Russia ~ 59
America ~ 61
Before the war ~ 61
During the war ~ 64
After the war ~ 69
In the 1790s ~ 76
Australia ~ 78
First contact dancing ~ 78
Dancing on prison transports ~ 78
PART 1b: DANCE FORMS ~ 80
Allemande ~ 82
Origins ~ 82
The couples dance ~ 83
Cautions ~ 88
In cotillions and country dances ~ 89
Contradanse anglaise / Country dance ~ 91
Hogarth and Schiller on its beauty ~ 91
Its popularity ~ 92
Its shape and mechanics ~ 94
Its extemporisation ~ 97
Its composition ~ 100
Its management ~ 101
Blessmann on the English Dance ~ 104
The Ecossaise on the horizon ~ 108
Cotillion / Contredanse français ~ 110
Its origin ~ 110
Its popularity and spred on the continent ~ 111
Its introduction to and popularity in England ~ 111
Its introduction to and popularity in America ~ 113
Its continued popularity in England ~ 114
Its formation ~ 115
Its mechanics ~ 117
The change figures ~ 119
Variants on the contredanse à huit ~ 124
The Douze and Seize ~ 126
The Minuet ~ 127
Its importance ~ 127
Continuing step and figures ~ 131
New phrasing, tempo and formation ~ 132
Its teaching ~ 133
The figured minuets ~ 135
The advent of the Menuet de la cour ~ 136
The Polonaise ~ 137
From 1750-1770 ~ 137
From 1770-1790 ~ 138
The Polska ~ 142
The Quadrille ~ 147
The earliest quadrilles ~ 147
The origin of the Pantalon, L’Été, la Poule and La Trenis combination ~ 148
The Reel ~ 150
The Waltz ~ 153
Other dances ~ 155
The French dances ~ 155
The Hornpipe ~ 156
The Jig ~ 158
PART 1c: DANCE ELEMENTS ~ 160
Style ~ 161
Graceful disposition ~ 161
Graceful movement ~ 162
Countenance ~ 163
Equilibrium ~ 165
Timing ~ 165
The bend, rise and lower ~ 166
Degagé ~ 167
Walking ~ 167
For Country dances ~ 168
For Cotillions ~ 168
Arms ~ 170
Etiquette ~ 172
Francis Burney’s Evelina ~ 173
Dress ~ 178
Honours ~ 179
Upon entering a room ~ 179
Honours during a dance—the stationary bow ~ 180
Honours in passing ~ 181
Taking a seat ~ 182
Upon leaving a room ~ 182
Holds and Positions ~ 184
Foot Positions ~ 184
Turn-out~ 184
Allemande arm holds ~ 185
Country dance arm holds ~ 187
Figures in general ~ 190
Country dancing ~ 190
Cotillions ~ 191
Figure glossary~ 193
À la Droite / Chassez à la droite ~ 193
Allemande ~ 193
Aller figurer devant un couple ~ 195
Avant Deux ~ 195
Back to back / Dos à Dos ~ 196
Balance / Balancé ~ 196
Baulking ~ 197
Cast ~ 197
Cerceau brisé ~ 202
Chaîne Anglaise ~ 202
Chaîne des Dames / Petite Chaîne ~ 202
Change / Change over ~ 203
Chassé ~ 203
Circle ~ 206
Cross of Malta ~ 206
Cross over~ 206
Dos à Dos ~ 209
Down and back ~ 209
Draw ~ 212
En Avant ~ 212
Figure of Eight ~ 212
Foot Abreast ~ 216
Foot across and turn ~ 217
Forward and back / Avant Deux / En Avant ~ 217
Grande Carré / Grand Square ~ 218
Grand Chain / Chaine ~ 218
Grand Square / Grande Carré ~ 218
Half-moon / Horseshoe ~ 219
Hands across / Moulinet ~ 220
Hands round / circle ~ 222
Hey ~ 224
Hunt / Chase ~ 225
Lady’s chain ~ 226
Lead ~ 226
Lead Outside ~ 227
Lead to the walls ~ 229
Line / Muraille / die Mauer ~ 229
The Lovers Knot ~ 230
La Main ~ 230
Les Mains ~ 230
Moulinet ~ 230
Passes ~ 231
Les Petites chaînes~ 231
Pirouette ~ 231
Poussette / Draw ~ 232
Promenade ~ 233
Queue du Chat (La) ~ 235
Right and Left / Chaîne Anglaise ~ 236
La Rond / Circle ~ 238
Set and Turn ~ 240
Set to corners ~ 241
Shift partners ~ 241
Snail ~ 242
Square ~ 242
Sur les Côtes ~ 243
Turn / Les Main ~ 243
Turn / swing / chain corners ~ 244
Turn right hand / Turn left hand / La Main ~ 245
Turn single ~ 246
Waltzing in a set ~ 246
Weaves / Enchainement ~ 247
Steps in general ~ 250
Step choice ~ 250
Step quality ~ 251
Step timing ~ 251
Steps in country dancing ~ 253
Pauli 1756 and Winterschmid 1758 ~
254
Lange 1763 ~ 255
A.D. Dancing master ~ 256
Petersen 1768 ~ 256
Feldtenstein 1772 ~ 257
‘Von einem Böhmen’ 1777 ~ 259
Magri 1779 ~ 263
Petersen 1791 ~ 265
Steps used in Cotillions ~ 267
Step glossary ~ 269
Allemande (Pas de) ~ 269
Assemblé ~ 269
Balancé ~ 271
Balleto Fermo ~ 272
Ballonné (Pas) ~ 272
Balloté ~ 273
Basque (Pas de) ~ 273
Bourrée (Pas de) / Fleuret ~ 274
Brisé (Pas)~ 277
Changement de Jambe ~ 278
Chassé ~ 278
Contretemps de gavotte ~ 280
Contretemps de minuet ~ 282
Coupé ~ 282
Demi-Contretemps ~ 282
Demi-coupé ~ 283
Demi-jeté ~ 284
Écossois (Pas) ~ 284
Echappé (Pas) ~ 284
Fleuret ~ 285
Footing ~ 285
Fouetté ~ 285
Flinc, Flanc ~ 285
Galop / Gallop ~ 286
Glissade ~ 287
Jeté ~ 287
Marcel (Pas de) ~ 288
Marché (Pas) ~ 289
Minuet steps in general ~ 290
Minuet—3 movements, hemiolic with leap ~ 292
Minuet—3 movements, hemiolic without leap ~ 292
Minuet—3 movements, non-hemiolic no leap ~ 293
Minuet—2 movements, hemiolic without leap ~ 296
Minuet—2 or 3 movements, non-hemiolic ~ 298
Minuet—other variants, Pas de Marcel ~ 303
Pas Angloise / Footing ~ 305
Pas Écossaise ~ 306
Pas grave / Passo grave / Tems de courante ~ 307
Pirouette ~ 307
Quatre Pas ~ 308
Rigaudon / Rigadoon ~ 309
Set ~ 310
Sissone ~ 311
Tems (Temps) Levé ~ 311
Zephyr (Pas de) ~ 311
PART 1d: DANCE TEACHING ~ 312
The necessity of lessons ~ 313
Good and bad teaching ~ 319
Bad teaching ~ 319
Good teaching ~ 321
The Vocation ~ 327
In England and Ireland ~ 327
In Scotland ~ 328
In Ireland ~ 330
In Europe ~ 330
In America ~ 331
Publications ~ 337
Notations systems ~ 340
Feuillet cut-down system ~ 340
De la Cuisse’s system ~ 345
Magri’s system ~ 353
Bacquoy-Guédon’s system ~ 354
Guillaume and Dubois’ system ~ 355
Directing figures ~ 356
Choosing figures ~ 356
Calling figures ~ 358
Anonymous and collected works ~ 360
Anonymous manuscripts ~ 360
Dance sections inside other works ~ 361
Anonymous or publisher collections from London ~ 361
Anonymous or publisher collections from Paris, Vienna, Dublin and America ~ 363
Authors and their works ~ 364
A.D. ~ 364
Bacquoy-Guédon ~ 364
Becker ~ 365
Bishop ~ 366
Bleßmann ~ 366
Brives ~ 366
Budd ~ 367
Cahusac ~ 367
Campbell ~ 368
Chesterfield ~ 369
Compan ~ 369
D’Auternaux ~ 370
De La Cuisse ~ 370
Delpêch ~ 371
Dubois ~ 371
Dukes ~ 372
Feldtenstein ~ 372
Fishar ~ 372
Fraisier~ 373
Friske ~ 373
Gallini ~ 374
Gardiner ~ 375
Gautier ~ 375
Gherardi ~ 376
Griffiths ~ 376
Guillaume ~ 377
Guillemin ~ 377
Hänsel ~ 377
Hullin~ 378
Hurst ~ 378
Iza Zamácola ~ 378
Jones ~ 379
Landrin ~ 379
Lange ~ 380
Laurent ~ 380
Link ~ 381
Old Master of Ceremonies ~ 381
Magny ~ 382
Magri ~ 382
Malpied ~ 382
Markordt ~ 383
Marset ~ 384
Minguet é Irol ~ 384
Pantezze ~ 385
Petersen ~ 385
Sancho ~ 385
Schmiedt ~ 386
Thompson ~ 386
Weis ~ 388
Werner ~ 388
Willcox ~ 388
Willsim ~ 389
Winterschmid ~ 389