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Book/Printed Material The ball-room manual of contra dances and social cotillons, with remarks on quadrilles and Spanish dance

About this Item

Title

  • The ball-room manual of contra dances and social cotillons, with remarks on quadrilles and Spanish dance

Summary

  • The publisher of this tiny manual (called a "vest pocket edition") notes that of the many books available to the dancing public, few contain "the good old contra dances of our ancestors." To remedy the situation, the manual gives figures for fifty-six English country dances, group dances consisting of figures performed by a column of men facing a column of women.

Names

  • Cottrell, George W., -1895, publisher
  • Quimby, William Henry, 1831-1857
  • Washburn, Harrison Gray Otis, 1811-1866, publisher
  • Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Belfast, Me., H. G. O. Washburn; Boston, G. W. Cottrell, 1863.

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Introduction signed: W. H. Q.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.
  • -  LAC ael 2022-03-24 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC nsk 2022-03-01 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-07-09 review
  • -  LAC sba 2022-03-02 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC seg 2022-02-25 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-07-03 update (1 card)
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2019-07-17
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2022-03-10

Medium

  • iv, [5]-30, ii p. 8 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1767 .B3

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca05001785

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).

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Cottrell, George W., -1895, Publisher, William Henry Quimby, Harrison Gray Otis Washburn, and Miniature Book Collection. The ball-room manual of contra dances and social cotillons, with remarks on quadrilles and Spanish dance. Belfast, Me., H. G. O. Washburn; Boston, G. W. Cottrell, 1863. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001785/.

APA citation style:

Cottrell, G. W., Quimby, W. H., Washburn, H. G. O. & Miniature Book Collection. (1863) The ball-room manual of contra dances and social cotillons, with remarks on quadrilles and Spanish dance. Belfast, Me., H. G. O. Washburn; Boston, G. W. Cottrell. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001785/.

MLA citation style:

Cottrell, George W., -1895, Publisher, et al. The ball-room manual of contra dances and social cotillons, with remarks on quadrilles and Spanish dance. Belfast, Me., H. G. O. Washburn; Boston, G. W. Cottrell, 1863. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca05001785/>.