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Book/Printed Material Prof. M. J. Koncen's quadrille call book and ball room guide; to which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and deportment in the ball and assembly room. Ladies toilet, gentleman's dress, etc. etc. and general information for dancers Quadrille call book and ball room guide / Professor M. J. Koncen's quadrille call book and ball room guide

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Title

  • Prof. M. J. Koncen's quadrille call book and ball room guide; to which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and deportment in the ball and assembly room. Ladies toilet, gentleman's dress, etc. etc. and general information for dancers

Other Title

  • Quadrille call book and ball room guide
  • Professor M. J. Koncen's quadrille call book and ball room guide

Summary

  • This manual is a compilation of previously published materials and includes standard advice on etiquette and dress. Dances include the grand march, quadrilles, and numerous round dances such as the waltz, glide waltz, Boston dip, society waltz, knickerbocker waltz, and the Newport. The popular series of party games called the German (also known as the cotillon) is given sixty-eight figures, and other group dances include the "Virginia Reel."

Names

  • Koncen, M. J. (Mathias J.)

Created / Published

  • St. Louis, Press of S. F. Brearley & Co. [c1883]

Headings

  • -  Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals

Notes

  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.

Medium

  • 125 p. illus. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1751 .K82

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca05001771

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.)

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Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Koncen, M. J. Prof. M. J. Koncen's quadrille call book and ball room guide; to which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and deportment in the ball and assembly room. Ladies toilet, gentleman's dress, etc. etc. and general information for dancers. [St. Louis, Press of S. F. Brearley & Co, 1883] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001771/.

APA citation style:

Koncen, M. J. (1883) Prof. M. J. Koncen's quadrille call book and ball room guide; to which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and deportment in the ball and assembly room. Ladies toilet, gentleman's dress, etc. etc. and general information for dancers. [St. Louis, Press of S. F. Brearley & Co] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001771/.

MLA citation style:

Koncen, M. J. Prof. M. J. Koncen's quadrille call book and ball room guide; to which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and deportment in the ball and assembly room. Ladies toilet, gentleman's dress, etc. etc. and general information for dancers. [St. Louis, Press of S. F. Brearley & Co, 1883] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca05001771/>.