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Book/Printed Material An essay for the further improvement of dancing, being a collection of figure dances, of several numbers, compos'd by the most eminent masters; describ'd in characters after the newest manner of Monsieur Feuillet

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Title

  • An essay for the further improvement of dancing, being a collection of figure dances, of several numbers, compos'd by the most eminent masters; describ'd in characters after the newest manner of Monsieur Feuillet

Summary

  • This is a collection of dances with music in Feuillet notation by numerous eighteenth-century dancing masters including Thomas Caverley, Anthony l'Abbee, Louis-Guillaume Pecour, and Josiah Priest. Designed for the young ladies of a boarding school, the collection includes country dances, "Borě," "Jigge," and several group dances including country dances and figured minuets.

Names

  • Pemberton, E.

Created / Published

  • London : J. Walsh [etc.], 1711.

Headings

  • -  Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • -  Dance music
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
  • -  Notation for Dance
  • -  Music for Dance

Medium

  • 5 p. l., 54 pl. (partly fold.) ; 26 x 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT950.A2 P45
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item P-020, Reel 152 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1983]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11027714

Online Format

  • image

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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:

Pemberton, E. An essay for the further improvement of dancing, being a collection of figure dances, of several numbers, compos'd by the most eminent masters; describ'd in characters after the newest manner of Monsieur Feuillet. [London: J. Walsh etc, 1711] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/11027714/.

APA citation style:

Pemberton, E. (1711) An essay for the further improvement of dancing, being a collection of figure dances, of several numbers, compos'd by the most eminent masters; describ'd in characters after the newest manner of Monsieur Feuillet. [London: J. Walsh etc] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/11027714/.

MLA citation style:

Pemberton, E. An essay for the further improvement of dancing, being a collection of figure dances, of several numbers, compos'd by the most eminent masters; describ'd in characters after the newest manner of Monsieur Feuillet. [London: J. Walsh etc, 1711] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/11027714/>.