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Book/Printed Material The terpsichorean monitor

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Title

  • The terpsichorean monitor

Summary

  • This manual, a compilation of previously published materials, includes a brief discussion on dancing and deportment, bows (which the author considers the "criteria of good breeding"), and a section on introductons with instructions on how to shake hands. The book also covers information on the duties of an escort, how to ask a lady to dance, and responsibilities of guests. General information is provided on quadrilles and the cotillon (also known as the German). However, the only dances described in detail are the figures for three quadrilles.

Names

  • Greene, William E.

Created / Published

  • Providence, R.I., E. A. Johnson & Co., Printers, 1889.

Headings

  • -  Dance
  • -  Etiquette

Notes

  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-07-03 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 39 p. 9 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1751 .G79

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca05001941

Online Format

  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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The accompanying videos were produced by the Library of Congress. Note Video Performers for additional credits for video performers.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Greene, William E. The Terpsichorean Monitor. Providence, R.I., E. A. Johnson & Co., Printers, 1889. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001941/.

APA citation style:

Greene, W. E. (1889) The Terpsichorean Monitor. Providence, R.I., E. A. Johnson & Co., Printers. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001941/.

MLA citation style:

Greene, William E. The Terpsichorean Monitor. Providence, R.I., E. A. Johnson & Co., Printers, 1889. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca05001941/>.