Advanced Historical Dances

The present volume concludes Melusine Wood's studies of characteristic dances from past ages, this final sheaf being intended for the more advanced student, since many of the dances comprise certain difficulties of style and technique. The contents range from the eighteenth to the nineteenth centuries and discuss in detail the following dances with full directions for their performance

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
The Minuet
The Minuet (Kellom Tomlinson)
The Minuet (Rameau)
The French Dances
La Bourr Nouvelle
The Royal George. Rigaudon-Passepied
Contredanse
Christchurch Bells (Playford)
Le Carillon d'Oxford (Feuillet)
La Marquise (de la Cuisse)
Los Petimetres y Petimetras (Minguet)
Contredanse (Gallini)
Harbour's Allemande
The Transition to Ballet
L'Aimable Vainqueur (Pécour)
Forlana (Pécour)
Chaconne for a Harlequin (Roussau)

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Revivals
Minuet (d'Egville)
Gavotte (d'Egville)