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Notated MusicWon't you sheet music | 1 score | Sheet Music (Form).
- Contributor: French, Arthur W. - G. D. Russell & Co - Rea, Charley
- Date: 1878
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Book/Printed MaterialDancing at home and abroad
Dancing academy Cleveland's manual opens with an interesting account of the building blocks required for setting up a successful private dancing academy. He includes discussion on the architectural requirements, music, progress of students, hours and division of classes, dealing with children, and how to manage balls. The second part of the manual covers "fashionable dances," and the author describes quadrilles, the "Boston Waltz," and twenty-nine figures...- Contributor: Cleveland, C. H.
- Date: 1878
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Book/Printed MaterialDick's quadrille call-book, and ball-room prompter ... To which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and proper deportment in the ball and assembly room, besides seventy pages of dance music for ...
Quadrille call-book, and ball-room prompter This is a compilation by Dick and Fitzgerald of previously published sources on ballroom dance. Although advertised as a ballroom prompter, only one page is devoted to calling figures in a quadrille. The book contains rudimentary etiquette advice and dance instructions for numerous dances including the grand march, quadrilles, and contradances such as "Virginia Reel," "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Spanish Dance," and "Sicilian Circle."...- Date: 1878
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Book/Printed MaterialAssistant for A. Dodworth's pupils This small, pocketsize manual was intended for the students of well-known New York dancing master and composer Allen Dodworth. The manual states the rules for classes, gives Dodworth's qualifications as a teacher, and covers manners and etiquette. This edition expands on the 1873 edition by providing more information on the waltz and the cotillon or German, for which eighty-nine figures are presented.
- Contributor: Dodworth, Allen - Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1878
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Book/Printed MaterialHow to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the latest figures, together with old-fashioned and contra dances now in general use. Also, a guide to ballroom etiquette, toilets, and ... Designed for people who never learned to dance either because of bashfulness or lack of time or money, this manual covers the bare necessities of dress, introductions, and general etiquette. Descriptions are also provided for the quadrille, schottisch, polka redowa, waltz, and several country dances. The manual concludes with rules for the supper room and advice to waltzers.
- Date: 1878
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Book/Printed MaterialDe Witt's "ball-room" call book. Containing directions for "calling" the quadrille figures (new and old), and the leading contra dances, as danced in ball-rooms and private parlors throughout the United States and ...
Ball-room call book- Contributor: Papanti, Luis
- Date: 1878
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Book/Printed MaterialThe prompter's own book; or, Rowe's calls for the ball room. Contains all the latest and best calls necessary for an all night party
Calls for the ball room | Prompter's own book; or, Rowe's calls for the ball room | Rowe's calls for the ball room Foreshadowing the growing trend of late nineteenth-century dance manuals to reduce discussion on etiquette, RoweĘľs treatise contains absolutely no information on the subject but begins directly with information on the quadrille. This book, advertised for 25 cents, is far less extensive than most published during the 1870s.- Contributor: Rowe, Geo. H. (George H.)
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicEsprit du corps : march : op. 45 9702 U.S. Copyright Office 1878 For piano 2 hands. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Staff notation.
- Contributor: Sousa, John Philip
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicSilver Spray Schottische Piano music For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu023002 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Sousa, John Philip
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicRustic belle polka Bravura, op. 44 Location: Box 133 For piano For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Sudds, W. F.
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicNancy Lee Location: Box 137 For piano For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Warren, Alfred E.
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicOur wedding ring Location: Box 14 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Clarke, Herman D. - Worden, A. T.
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicLittle Winnie Location: Box 15 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Colvin, David - Mignon, Alfred
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicThe man in the moon was looking Location: Box 22 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Gill, Wm - Edouin, Willie, Mrs
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicI'm come up from de souf Location: Box 3 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Barnes, Mary I.
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicFatima Location: Box 12 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Camille - Tennyson
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicBetter late than never Location: Box 15 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Coe, Collin
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicMary Ann McLaughlin Location: Box 9 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Bradley, James
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicLittle valley Rose Location: Box 13 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: French, Arthur W. - Challoner, Robert
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicIsle de Blackwell Location: Box 9 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Braham, David - Harrigan, E.
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicJust a sweet little word, Kathleen Location: Box 7 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Blake, Charles D. (Charles Dupee) - French, Arthur W.
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicBring back my love to me Location: Box 11 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Butterfield, J. A.
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicThere's a dear spot in Ireland Location: Box 24 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Farron, F. J. - Pratt, C. E.
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicUncle Tom's farewell Location: Box 5 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Benson, E. A.
- Date: 1878
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Notated MusicIdyl Location: Box 9 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002003 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
- Contributor: Goodwin, Cheever - Braham, John J.
- Date: 1878
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