Add to ORKGLike many other nineteenth-century dance manuals, much of the material in The prompter comes from previously published materials. The treatise opens with a brief discussion of etiquette and continues with figures for quadrilles. Additionally, the manual discusses "Le quadrille Français," De Garmo's terminology for English country dances, and gives eighty-seven figures for the cotillon, a popular group dance that takes the form of a series of party games
One of the most important manuals devoted to the performance of early nineteenth-century quadrilles,...
Dancing master and composer Dodworth's manual was originally published in 1885 and "new and enlarged...
Foreshadowing the growing trend of late nineteenth-century dance manuals to reduce discussion on eti...
Similar to other prompter's books published during the last half of the nineteenth century, French g...
This manual was originally published in 1864 with subsequent editions in 1865, 1866, and 1868 when t...
A translation of La danse des salons (1847), this manual provides important information on mid-ninet...
This manual, small enough to fit into a pocket, declares that it contains "all the information which...
This is a compilation by Dick and Fitzgerald of previously published sources on ballroom dance. Alth...
The author of this manual claims that many books on dance lack simple explanations; this work is adv...
This small, pocketsize manual is attributed to American inventor Elias Howe; however, a publisher as...
This is a typical example of a manual compiled from previously published materials and assembled by ...
The etiquette section of this manual anticipates many nineteenth-century concerns regarding decorum ...
Originally published c. 1818, this second edition of 1822 contains an opening three-color-fold-out a...
The publisher of this tiny manual (called a "vest pocket edition") notes that of the many books avai...
This manual begins, as do others of the period, with a general introduction that covers the necessit...
One of the most important manuals devoted to the performance of early nineteenth-century quadrilles,...
Dancing master and composer Dodworth's manual was originally published in 1885 and "new and enlarged...
Foreshadowing the growing trend of late nineteenth-century dance manuals to reduce discussion on eti...
Similar to other prompter's books published during the last half of the nineteenth century, French g...
This manual was originally published in 1864 with subsequent editions in 1865, 1866, and 1868 when t...
A translation of La danse des salons (1847), this manual provides important information on mid-ninet...
This manual, small enough to fit into a pocket, declares that it contains "all the information which...
This is a compilation by Dick and Fitzgerald of previously published sources on ballroom dance. Alth...
The author of this manual claims that many books on dance lack simple explanations; this work is adv...
This small, pocketsize manual is attributed to American inventor Elias Howe; however, a publisher as...
This is a typical example of a manual compiled from previously published materials and assembled by ...
The etiquette section of this manual anticipates many nineteenth-century concerns regarding decorum ...
Originally published c. 1818, this second edition of 1822 contains an opening three-color-fold-out a...
The publisher of this tiny manual (called a "vest pocket edition") notes that of the many books avai...
This manual begins, as do others of the period, with a general introduction that covers the necessit...
One of the most important manuals devoted to the performance of early nineteenth-century quadrilles,...
Dancing master and composer Dodworth's manual was originally published in 1885 and "new and enlarged...
Foreshadowing the growing trend of late nineteenth-century dance manuals to reduce discussion on eti...