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Book/Printed Material Dances of to-day,

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Title

  • Dances of to-day,

Summary

  • Declaring his book to be the "absolute authorith on modern dancing," Newman describes a large selection of the most popular ragtime dances including the Castle Walk, Castle Glide, one step, horse trot, tango, maxixe, and lame duck. The manual is enhanced with line drawings and photographs and contains music for the "Newman Tango."

Names

  • Newman, Albert W.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co., 1914.

Headings

  • -  Dance
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
  • -  Music for Dance
  • -  Notation for Dance

Medium

  • 176 p. incl. front. (port.) illus., plates. diagrs., music. 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1755 .N5

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 14009840

Online Format

  • image

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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:

Newman, Albert W. Dances of To-Day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co, 1914. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/14009840/.

APA citation style:

Newman, A. W. (1914) Dances of To-Day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/14009840/.

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Newman, Albert W. Dances of To-Day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co, 1914. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/14009840/>.