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Book/Printed MaterialA Solemn warning to dancers This short antidance pamphlet argues that dance is wicked because it leads the mind away from spiritual thoughts. The unknown author warns that all dance, including that mentioned in the Scriptures, is inherently evil. The work asks its readers to consider, "Would you be willing to go from the ball chamber to the judgement seat of Christ?"
- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Methodist Episcopal Church. Tract Society
- Date: 1824
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Book/Printed MaterialHowe's complete ball-room hand book, containing upwards of three hundred dances, including all the latest and most fashionable dances ... with elegant illustrations, and full explanation and every variety of the latest ...
Complete ball-room hand book To demonstrate the authority of this manual, the publisher claims the author to be American inventor, Elias Howe. Similar to many other dance manuals published throughout the nineteenth century, this book is a publisher's compilation of other sources. The book begins with a description of ballroom etiquette, dress, appropriate music, and rules for prompters. The manual continues with discussion of the era's most popular...- Contributor: Howe, Elias
- Date: 1858
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Ball-room instructer [sic]; containing a complete description of cotillons and other popular dances, with illustrations
Ball-room instructer | Ball-room instructor This manual, small enough to fit into a pocket, declares that it contains "all the information which is interesting to the world of dancing" [p. 5]. In fact, like many nineteenth-century dance manuals, the text is heavily borrowed from numerous sources and compiled by a publisher. Its format is common for this type of manual. It begins with a discussion on etiquette followed by...- Date: 1841
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Book/Printed MaterialThe pocket ball-room prompter, containing calls for the different changes and figures to all the principal quadrilles, cotillons, country dances and fancy dances of the day This small, pocketsize manual is attributed to American inventor Elias Howe; however, a publisher assembled it. Even though the manual itself is small in size, it manages to pack in a thorough discussion of etiquette of the ballroom and supper room, the differences between public balls and private parties, and how to call quadrilles or cotillons. Descriptions are included for numerous dances including the...
- Contributor: Howe, Elias - Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1886
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