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Book/Printed Material The quadrille and cotillion panorama, or, Treatise on quadrille dancing, in two parts: with an explanation, in French and English, of all the quadrille & cotillion figures generally adopted, as described by diagrams on the plate, Quadrille & cotillion panorama / Quadrille panorama / Treatise on quadrille dancing

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Title

  • The quadrille and cotillion panorama, or, Treatise on quadrille dancing, in two parts: with an explanation, in French and English, of all the quadrille & cotillion figures generally adopted, as described by diagrams on the plate,

Other Title

  • Quadrille & cotillion panorama
  • Quadrille panorama
  • Treatise on quadrille dancing

Summary

  • Originally published c. 1818, this second edition of 1822 contains an opening three-color-fold-out and nine plates. In this treatise, Wilson analyzes the figures and components of the quadrille--a figured ballroom dance for four couples facing each other, popular throughout the nineteenth century. Divided into two parts, the manual provides suggestions for music and steps, concluding with an alphabetical list of technical terms used in quadrilles. The manual was reissued in 1839.

Names

  • Wilson, Thomas, dancing master

Created / Published

  • London, R. & E. Williamson; New York, Sold by Messrs. Geib and Co.; [etc., etc., 18--]

Headings

  • -  Quadrille (Dance)--Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
  • -  Notation for Dance

Notes

  • -  Added t.-p., engraved: The quadrille and cotillion panorama. 2d ed., with the addition of nine designs, to illustrate the performance of the figures. London, R. & E. Williamson, 1822.
  • -  Paged continuously.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.

Medium

  • 2 v. in 1. fold. front., illus., 3 pl., tables. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1763 .W76

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 42049714

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:

Wilson, Thomas, Dancing Master. The quadrille and cotillion panorama, or, Treatise on quadrille dancing, in two parts: with an explanation, in French and English, of all the quadrille & cotillion figures generally adopted, as described by diagrams on the plate. [London, R. & E. Williamson; New York, Sold by Messrs. Geib and Co.; etc., etc., 18] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/42049714/.

APA citation style:

Wilson, T. The quadrille and cotillion panorama, or, Treatise on quadrille dancing, in two parts: with an explanation, in French and English, of all the quadrille & cotillion figures generally adopted, as described by diagrams on the plate. [London, R. & E. Williamson; New York, Sold by Messrs. Geib and Co.; etc., etc., 18] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/42049714/.

MLA citation style:

Wilson, Thomas, Dancing Master. The quadrille and cotillion panorama, or, Treatise on quadrille dancing, in two parts: with an explanation, in French and English, of all the quadrille & cotillion figures generally adopted, as described by diagrams on the plate. [London, R. & E. Williamson; New York, Sold by Messrs. Geib and Co.; etc., etc., 18] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/42049714/>.