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Book/Printed Material The 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

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Title

  • The 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

Other Title

  • Gentleman and lady's companion

Summary

  • 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 were performed alternately with the cotillon figure. The manual also gives the figures for seventy-nine English country dances, a popular group dance performed by a column of men facing a column of women.

Names

  • American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Norwich : Printed by J. Trumbull, 1798.

Headings

  • -  Country dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Dance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals

Notes

  • -  Signatures: [A]² B⁴ C² D⁴.
  • -  ESTC W36981
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-07-03 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 24 p. ; 13 cm. (12mo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1590 .G4

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 24020027

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:

American Imprint Collection. The 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. Norwich: Printed by J. Trumbull, 1798. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/24020027/.

APA citation style:

American Imprint Collection. (1798) The 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. Norwich: Printed by J. Trumbull. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/24020027/.

MLA citation style:

American Imprint Collection. The 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. Norwich: Printed by J. Trumbull, 1798. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/24020027/>.