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Film, Video Late Nineteenth-Century Dance: The German (also known as cotillon; German cotillon) "The Rope"

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Title

  • Late Nineteenth-Century Dance: The German (also known as cotillon; German cotillon) "The Rope"

Created / Published

  • Library of Congress, 15-Oct-97

Headings

  • -  videorecording
  • -  videoreel

Genre

  • videorecording
  • videoreel

Notes

  • -  Choreography/reconstruction by Elizabeth Aldrich.
  • -  The Great Hall, The Library of Congress, 15 October 1997.
  • -  Performed by members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Reneé Camus, Charles Garth, Elizabeth Keen, James Martin, Hugh Murphy, Maris Wolff.
  • -  Music: "The Stampede: A Descriptive Hunting Scene" by W. E. Pettee, 1892. Played by 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)
  • -  See: p. 46 in DeGarmo, W. The prompter , (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.055),
  • -  See: p. 146 in Dick's quadrille call-book, (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.013),
  • -  See: p. 57 in How to lead the German, (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.190),
  • -  See: p. 120 ("La Corde") in DeGarmo, W. Dance of society, (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.181),
  • -  See: p. 54 in Cartier, P. Cartier's practical waltz instructor, (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.183),
  • -  See: p. 113 in Koncen, M. Prof. MJ Koncen's quadrille call book, (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.109),
  • -  See: p. 74 ("La Corde") in Brookes, L. Brookes on modern dancing, (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.027),
  • -  Performed by members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Reneé Camus, Charles Garth, Elizabeth Keen, James Martin, Hugh Murphy, Maris Wolff.
  • -  Library of Congress, Music Division.

Medium

  • 1 digital file. Duration: 0:28

Source Collection

  • An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490-1920

Repository

  • music division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • video

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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:

Late Nineteenth-Century Dance: The German also known as cotillon; German cotillon "The Rope". Library of Congress, 15-Oct-97, 1997. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/musdivid.003/.

APA citation style:

(1997) Late Nineteenth-Century Dance: The German also known as cotillon; German cotillon "The Rope". Library of Congress, 15-Oct-97. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/musdivid.003/.

MLA citation style:

Late Nineteenth-Century Dance: The German also known as cotillon; German cotillon "The Rope". Library of Congress, 15-Oct-97, 1997. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/musdivid.003/>.