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Book/Printed Material Le répertoire des bals, ou Theorie-pratique des contredanses, décrites d'une maniere aisée avec des figures démonstratives pour les pouvoir danser facilement, auxquelles on a ajouté les airs notés Theorie-pratique des contredanses

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  • Le répertoire des bals, ou Theorie-pratique des contredanses, décrites d'une maniere aisée avec des figures démonstratives pour les pouvoir danser facilement, auxquelles on a ajouté les airs notés

Other Title

  • Theorie-pratique des contredanses

Names

  • La Cuisse -- Sr. de -- 18th cent

Created / Published

  • A Paris : Cailleau [etc.], 1762-<1765 >

Headings

  • -  Country dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Country-dances (Music)
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
  • -  Notation for Dance
  • -  Music for Dance

Notes

  • -  Engraved throughout; line borders.
  • -  Imprint varies.
  • -  Vol. 1 is in 2 parts. The second part has special t.-p.: Suite du Répertoire des bals, ou recueil de contredanses. Par le s. de La Cuisse. Paris, Melle Castagnery, 1762. The same title occurs in v. 2-3, following the special t.-p. indicated below.
  • -  Vols. 2-3 have title: Suite du Répertoire des bals, ou II.eme [-3.e] volume du recueil des airs et figures des meilleures et plus nouvelles contredanses ...
  • -  The dances are in <18 > "cahiers" or <100 > "feuilles," each dance constituting a "feuille" (with special t.-p., v. 2-3). These were issued both separately and in volumes.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: pages 17-24 of v. 1 misplaced in binding.
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-07-03 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • 3 v. : front. (v. 2) fold. plates, diagrs. ; 20 cm.

Form

  • print
  • electronic resource
  • remote

Extent

  • v. <1-3 > front. (v. 2) fold. plates, diagrs. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1590 .L3
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item L-014, Reel 107 Micro film. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1983]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12029698

Online Format

  • image

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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:

La Cuisse. Le répertoire des bals, ou Theorie-pratique des contredanses, décrites d'une maniere aisée avec des figures démonstratives pour les pouvoir danser facilement, auxquelles on a ajouté les airs notés. [A Paris: Cailleau etc., -<1765 >, 1762] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/12029698/.

APA citation style:

La Cuisse. (1762) Le répertoire des bals, ou Theorie-pratique des contredanses, décrites d'une maniere aisée avec des figures démonstratives pour les pouvoir danser facilement, auxquelles on a ajouté les airs notés. [A Paris: Cailleau etc., -<1765 >] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/12029698/.

MLA citation style:

La Cuisse. Le répertoire des bals, ou Theorie-pratique des contredanses, décrites d'une maniere aisée avec des figures démonstratives pour les pouvoir danser facilement, auxquelles on a ajouté les airs notés. [A Paris: Cailleau etc., -<1765 >, 1762] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/12029698/>.