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Book/Printed MaterialSchriftsmässige Beantwortung der Frage: Was von dem weltüblichen Tanzen und Spielen zu halten sey und ob es nicht mit zur Christlichen Freyheit gehöre? This manual is an early German example of the literature against the practice of dancing. In this case, Bogatzky (1690-1774) compares gambling with dancing, and asks the reader to consider these practices in the context of Scripture, especially the Ten Commandments.
- Contributor: Im Verlag Des Wäysenhauses - Bogatzky, Carl Heinrich Von
- Date: 1750-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialTratado dos principæs fundamentos da dança, obra muito util, naõ sómente para esta mocidade, que quer aprender a dançar bem, mas ainda para as pessoas honestas, e polidas, as quæs ensina as ...
Tratado da dança Portuguese dancing master Bonem's manual borrows from the work of contemporary French sources, including dancing masters Guillaume-Louis Pecour and Pierre Rameau. The manual's fourteen chapters focus on dance in the court of Louis XIV and include discussion on feet positions, bows appropriate for various occasions, and the steps and arm positions for the minuet.- Contributor: Bonem, Natal Jacome - Na Officina Dos Irmaõs Ginhoens
- Date: 1767-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialTrattato del ballo nobile, Part one of this text consists of thirty-four chapters devoted to instructions for steps required in Italian Baroque dance including pirola (pirouette), sfuggito (echappé), passo unite (assemblé), and cadente (tombé). Each step is fully described and notated in Feuillet notation, the dance notation system first published by French choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. The second part of the manual contains six chapters devoted to...
- Contributor: Dufort, Giovanni Battista
- Date: 1728
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Book/Printed MaterialChorégraphie, ou L'art de décrire la dance par caracteres, figures et signes desmonstratifs, avec lesquels on apprend facilement de soy même toutes sortes de dances
Chorégraphie | Art de décrire la dance par caracteres, figures et signes desmonstratifs Originally published in 1700, this manual details a dance notation system that indicates the placement of the feet and six basic leg movements: plié, releveé, sauté, cabriole, tombé, and glissé. Changes of body direction and numerous ornamentations of the legs and arms are also part of the system. The system is based on tract drawings that trace the pattern of the dance. Additionaly, bar...- Contributor: Chez Le Sr Dezais - Feuillet, Raoul-Auger - Dezais, Jacques
- Date: 1713-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialRecueil de dances With his Chorégraphie, ou L'art de décrire la dance par caractères ... Paris, 1713. Engraved throughout. Full-page diagrams; at head of each diagram, the tune for the dance figure is represented. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images. LAC tnb 2019-07-03 no edits (1 card)
- Contributor: L'auteur - Feuillet, Raoul-Auger
- Date: 1709-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialRecueil de dances With his Chorégraphie, ou l'Art de décrire la dance par caracteres ... Paris, 1713. Engraved throughout. Full-page diagrams; at head of each diagram, the tune for the dance figure is represented. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images.
- Contributor: L'auteur - Feuillet, Raoul-Auger - Pécourt, Guillaume Louis
- Date: 1709-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialPer. receüil [sic] de danses de bal pour l'année 1703
Premier recueil de danses de bal This treatise contains two duets choreographed by French dancer and choreographer Guillaume-Louis Pecour (c. 1653-1729) and notated in the eighteenth-century notation system first published by Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. The system is based on tract drawings that trace the pattern of the dance. Additionally, bar lines in the dance score correspond to bar lines in the music score. Signs written on the right or...- Contributor: Zaehnsdorf (Firm) - Feuillet, Raoul-Auger - Le Sieur Feüillet [Etc.] - Pécourt, Guillaume Louis
- Date: 1702-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialOrchesography; or, The art of dancing by characters and demonstrative figures. Wherein the whole art is explain'd; with compleat tables of all steps us'd in dancing, and rules for the motions of ...
Art of dancing by characters and demonstrative figures | Art of dancing | Orchesography Originally published in Paris by Raoul-Auger Feuillet under the title Chorégraphie ... (1700), this translation by English dancing master and theoretician John Weaver is dedicated to famed choreographer, Mr. Issac. The manual details a dance notation system that indicates placement of the feet and basic leg movements. Changes of body direction and numerous ornamentations of the legs and arms are also part of the...- Contributor: Isaac - Weaver, John - Feuillet, Raoul-Auger
- Date: 1715
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Book/Printed MaterialThe gentleman & lady's companion : containing the newest cotillions and country dances, to which is added, instances of ill manners, to be carefully avoided by youth of both sexes
Gentleman and lady's companion The etiquette section of this manual anticipates many nineteenth-century concerns regarding decorum and bodily control, and some of the ill manners described include "swinging the arms, and all other awkward gestures" and "leaning on the shoulder, or chair of another person." The manual provides nine figures for the cotillon, a precursor to the quadrille consisting of a series of figures known as changes that...- Contributor: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1798
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Book/Printed MaterialTrattato teorico-prattico di ballo
Vol. 2 has title: Trattato di ballo teorico-prattico | Trattato di ballo teorico-prattico This manual represents one of the most important sources on dance technique for the second half of the eighteenth century and is a critical link between Baroque dance and early romantic ballet. Part one is divided into sixty sections describing various aspects of dance beginning with a statement on the utility of dance, and feet positions. The manual continues with descriptions of many steps,...- Contributor: Magri, Gennaro
- Date: 1779
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Book/Printed MaterialArte de danzar a la francesa, adornado con quarenta figuras, que enseñan el modo de hacer todos los diferentes passos de la danza del minuete, con todas sus reglas, y de conducir ... Published in 1758 by engraver, writer, and translator Minguet é Irol, this manual incorporates sections of Raoul-Auger Feuillet's Chorégraphie (Paris, 1700) and Pierre Rameau's Le Maître de danser (Paris, 1725), although neither author is credited. Part one describes feet positions and the manner of managing one's hat, and provides a large vocabulary of steps used in eighteenth-century dance technique. Part two includes dances by...
- Contributor: Minguet É Irol, Pablo - P. Minguet, En Su Casa
- Date: 1737-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialAbbregé de la nouvelle methode, dans l'art d'écrire ou de traçer toutes sortes, de danses de ville ... mise au jour par le Sr. Rameau ... Ouvrage très utile pour toutes personnes ...
Abregé de la nouv. choregraphie | Seconde partie contenant douze des plus belles danses de Monsieur Pecour The first part of this manual discusses performance of various steps including demi coupé, coupé, bourée, chassé, and pirouette. Through the use of text and tables, Rameau also provides discussion on an improved and simplified version of Feuillet notation, the eighteenth-century system of recording dances. The second part of the text consists of notations for twelve duets choreographed by French dancer and choreographer, Guillaume-Louis...- Contributor: Chez L'auteur, Faubourg St Germain [Etc - Pécourt, Guillaume Louis - Orléans, Philippine Élisabeth D - Hoff, G. Whitney (Grace Whitney) - Rameau, Pierre - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1725
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Book/Printed MaterialLe maître à danser. Qui enseigne la maniere de faire tous les differens pas de danse dans toute la régularité de l'art, & de conduire les bras à chaque pas ... Originally published in 1725 and reissued in 1734 and 1748 by French dancing master and writer Pierre Rameau (1674-1748), this is one of the most important sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance technique. Part one of the text (with accompanying full-page plates) carefully describes the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, bows, and a large vocabulary of steps. Part two covers...
- Contributor: Rameau, Pierre - Rollin Fils
- Date: 1748-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe dancing-master: or, The art of dancing explained. Wherein the manner of performing all steps in ball dancing is made easy by a new and familiar method. In two parts ... The ...
Dancing-master | Art of dancing explained This is a translation of one of the most important sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance--Pierre Rameau's 1725 Le maître a danser. Translated by English dancer and writer John Essex (c. 1680-1744), part one of the text and accompanying full-page plates carefully focus on the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, and bows, and describe a large vocabulary of steps. Part...- Contributor: Essex, John - Rameau, Pierre - Printed and Sold by Him, and J. Brotherton
- Date: 1728-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialLa danse ancienne et moderne, ou Traité historique de la danse
Traité historique de la danse This three-volume work on dance history describes dance from its origins through the court fêtes of Louis XIV. Volume one stresses the importance of studying the theories of all the arts and covers the dance history of numerous ancient civilizations including Greek, Roman, Turkish, and Egyptian. Volume two describes the renaissance of the arts and the origins of ballet to 1610. Volume three focuses...- Contributor: Cahusac, Louis De
- Date: 1754
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Book/Printed MaterialTraité sur l'art de la danse, dédié á Monsieur Gardel, l'ainé This instructional manual describes Baroque dance steps and their correlation with music using the notation system published by Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. Additionally, the manual contains information on the minuet and also provides an extensive discussion on hand and arm positions.
- Contributor: Malpied
- Date: 1770
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Book/Printed MaterialErweiterung der Kunst nach der Chorographie zu tanzen, Tänze zu erfinden, und aufzusetzen; wie auch Anweisung zu verschiedenen National-Tänzen; als zu Englischen, Deutschen, Schwäbischen, Pohlnischen, Hannak- Masur- Kosak- und Hungarischen; mit Kupfern; ... Originally published in 1767 under the title Die Kunst nach der Choregraphie zu Tänze, Feldtenstein's manual utilizes text and tables to describe basic steps. The work includes figures for country dances and quadrilles, and a variety of national dances as well as figures and music for four contredanses. This manual is especially important for its description of the minuet as a duet and its...
- Contributor: Feldtenstein, C. J. Von
- Date: 1772-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialA treatise on the art of dancing Originally published in 1762 and reissued in 1765, this work borrows heavily from previously published materials, including the works of Locke, Goldini, and especially John Weaver's 1712 An Essay towards a history of dancing. Gallini (1728-1805) presents a history of dance, arguments for learning the art of dance, and a discourse on the minuet. Especialy interesting are Gallini's comments on European and non-European dance,...
- Contributor: Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea - Printed for the Author and Sold by R. Dodsley [Etc.]
- Date: 1772-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialPrima, e seconda memoria per servire alla istoria del ballo degli antichi
Memoria per la storia del ballo In this history of dance, Burette (1665-1747) presents an extensive discussion on Greek and Roman dance, basing his information on literary references such as the Iliad and authors such as Lucian. Included in the discussion are tragic and serious ballet, satire, and pantomime. While this text illuminates the importance of Greek and Roman influence on the arts of the mid-eighteenth century, modern dance scholars...- Contributor: Burette, (Pierre Jean) - Burette, (Pierre Jean) (M)
- Date: 1746-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialFamiliar dialogues on dancing, between a minister and a dancer : taken from matter of fact : with an appendix containing some extracts from the writings of pious and eminent men against ... Substantiated by quotations from other writers including Pascal, the Prince of Conti, Chief Justice Hale, and Archbishop Tillotson, Phillips declares dance to be a vain and idle amusement. While he acknowledges that many people assume the study of dance teaches good carriage and a "graceful and easy way of moving our limbs," he notes that Quakers, "who hold dancing in abomination," manage to display...
- Contributor: Phillips, John - Printed by T. Kirk - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1798-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialMéthode pour exercer l'oreille a la mesure, dans l'art de la danse In part one of this treatise, Bacquoy-Guédon (fl. 1780) presents a short history of dance as well as arguments in favor of dancing. The focus of this section is devoted to performance of contredanses and minuets. Part two contains eight-bar triple-meter airs for minuets and eight-bar duple-meter airs for contredanses, all composed for a single treble instrument. Additional music is included for a variant...
- Contributor: Chez Valade, Libraire - Bacquoy-Guédon, Alexis
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialRecüeil de dances contenant un tres grand nombres, des meillieures entrées de ballet de Mr. Pecour, tant pour homme que pour femmes, dont la plus grande partie ont été dancées à l'Opera This treatise includes six solo dances for women; eight for men; and seventeen duets for a man and a woman, two women, or two men, all choreographed by French dancer and choreographer, Guillaume-Louis Pecour (c. 1653-1729). Feuillet notes that several of the dances were performed by some of the most famous theatrical dancers of the time including Marie-Thérèse Subligny, Claude Ballon, and Michel Blondy....
- Contributor: Chez Le Sieur Feüillet - Feuillet, Raoul-Auger - Pécourt, Guillaume Louis
- Date: 1704-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe dancing-master; or, Directions for dancing country-dances, with the tunes to each dance, for the treble-violin. Vol. the 1st
Directions for dancing country-dances First ed. published 1650 by John Playford under title: The English dancing-master.- Contributor: Playford, John
- Date: 1725
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Book/Printed MaterialThe dancing-master; or, Directions for dancing country-dances, with the tunes to each dance, for the treble-violin. Vol. the 2d
Directions for dancing country-dances Originally published in 1650 under the title of The English dancing master, this work went through numerous editions from 1652 to 1728, first by John Playford (1623-1686?), then by Henry Playford, and, after 1706, by the publisher John Young. The treatise is considered an important work on English country dance, a form of dance where couples perform a series of set patterns. The work...- Contributor: Playford, John
- Date: 1728
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Book/Printed MaterialThe art of dancing explained by reading and figures, whereby the manner of performing the steps is made easy by a new and familiar method: being the original work, first design'd in ...
Art of dancing explain'd The title page indicates the book was completed in 1724. However, the cost of the thirty-five full-page plates precluded publication until 1735. In this treatise of two parts, Tomlinson (c. 1690-1753?) sets forth the principles of Baroque dance. Book one covers description of twenty nine steps; book two discusses the minuet, including four methods of performing the minuet step.- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Tomlinson, Kellom
- Date: 1735-01-01
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