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Book/Printed Material Tratado 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 regras para bem andar, saudar, e fazer todas as cortezias, que convem em as assembleas adonde o uzo do mundo a todos chama Tratado da dança

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Title

  • Tratado 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 regras para bem andar, saudar, e fazer todas as cortezias, que convem em as assembleas adonde o uzo do mundo a todos chama

Other Title

  • Tratado da dança

Summary

  • 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.

Names

  • Bonem, Natal Jacome

Created / Published

  • Coimbra : Na Officina dos Irmaõs Ginhoens, 1767.

Headings

  • -  Dance--Early works to 1800
  • -  Salutations--Early works to 1800
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals

Medium

  • 6 p. l., 3-138 p., 3 l. ; 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1590 .B73
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item B-112, Reel 32 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 34022338

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:

Bonem, Natal Jacome. Tratado 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 Regras Para Bem Andar, Saudar, E Fazer Todas as Cortezias, Que Convem Em as Assembleas Adonde O Uzo Do Mundo a Todos Chama. Coimbra: Na Officina dos Irmaõs Ginhoens, 1767. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/34022338/.

APA citation style:

Bonem, N. J. (1767) Tratado 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 Regras Para Bem Andar, Saudar, E Fazer Todas as Cortezias, Que Convem Em as Assembleas Adonde O Uzo Do Mundo a Todos Chama. Coimbra: Na Officina dos Irmaõs Ginhoens. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/34022338/.

MLA citation style:

Bonem, Natal Jacome. Tratado 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 Regras Para Bem Andar, Saudar, E Fazer Todas as Cortezias, Que Convem Em as Assembleas Adonde O Uzo Do Mundo a Todos Chama. Coimbra: Na Officina dos Irmaõs Ginhoens, 1767. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/34022338/>.