A New Most Excellent Dancing Master

Author : Joseph Lowe
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0945193300

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A New Most Excellent Dancing Master by Joseph Lowe Pdf

In the mid-nineteenth century Joseph Lowe, dancing master of Edinburgh, taught at Queen Victoria's Court, in autumn at Balmoral and Christmas time at Windsor. The Journal is an account of these visits - of Queen Victoria practicing her Scotch steps for the Reel, of Princess Alice who danced a fetching Spanish solo, of Prince Alfred who was talented on the violin, of the Princess who turned her foot inwards while dancing, of the spirited Lady-in-Waiting who begged for extra lessons, of the children's chest expander exercises, and of how many trout Mr. Lowe caught when he took the Prince of Wales fishing. Concerts are held, balls last far into the night; the musical and dance life of the court is glimpsed through a myriad of Lowe's comments (always discreet), and a cheerful family life is portrayed. After the Prince Consort's untimely death, Mr. Lowe no longer attends the court. Archives at Windsor Castle reveal that two of his daughters continued to teach there for a decade but no journal of the period has been traced to the family collection which contains the original Lowe manuscript.

Author : Julie Klassen
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441263476

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The Dancing Master by Julie Klassen Pdf

Finding himself the man of the family, London dancing master Alec Valcourt moves his mother and sister to remote Devonshire, hoping to start over. But he is stunned to learn the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing, for reasons buried deep in her past. Alec finds an unlikely ally in the matriarch's daughter. Though he's initially wary of Julia Midwinter's reckless flirtation, he comes to realize her bold exterior disguises a vulnerable soul--and hidden sorrows of her own. Julia is quickly attracted to the handsome dancing master--a man her mother would never approve of--but she cannot imagine why Mr. Valcourt would leave London, or why he evades questions about his past. With Alec's help, can Julia uncover old secrets and restore life to her somber village...and to her mother's tattered heart? Filled with mystery and romance, The Dancing Master brings to life the intriguing profession of those who taught essential social graces for ladies and gentlemen hoping to make a "good match" in Regency England. Praise for Julie Klassen's The Tutor's Daughter "Whether you're a fan of Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte, or both, you will soon become a fan of Julie Klassen once you read this wonderful book."--GoodReads "Well-developed characters, plot twists, and attention to period detail make this a sure bet for fans of Regency novels."--Library Journal "Regency/Klassen fans will love the mystery, romance, and drama."--Publishers Weekly Discussion questions included.

Author : Mark Carroll
Publisher : Wakefield Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781862548848

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The Ballets Russes in Australia and Beyond by Mark Carroll Pdf

The Ballets Russes in Australia and Beyond draws together essays by leading international and national scholars, who explore the rich legacy of the Ballets Russes. A dazzling array of pictures brings to life the sheer vitality of the companies in a way that makes the volume indispensable to balletomanes, scholars, and those fascinated by the synergies between the creative arts in general.

Author : Margaretta Jolly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 3905 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136787430

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Encyclopedia of Life Writing by Margaretta Jolly Pdf

First published in 2001. This is the first substantial reference work in English on the various forms that constitute "life writing." As this term suggests, the Encyclopedia explores not only autobiography and biography proper, but also letters, diaries, memoirs, family histories, case histories, and other ways in which individual lives have been recorded and structured. It includes entries on genres and subgenres, national and regional traditions from around the world, and important auto-biographical writers, as well as articles on related areas such as oral history, anthropology, testimonies, and the representation of life stories in non-verbal art forms.

Author : Wendy Hilton
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 094519398X

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Dance and Music of Court and Theater by Wendy Hilton Pdf

This collection of selected writings of Ms. Hilton includes a complete facsimile of her 1981 book Dance of Court & Theater (no longer available) as well as two significant articles, and a notated triple-meter danse � deux by LouisP�cour. Book One (the facsimile) provides in-depth analysis of primary sources on dance of the baroque period.The main body of the text is devoted to mastery of the Beauchamp-Feuillet notation system,which includes the relationships of steps to music in such dance types as the menuet,gavotte, bourr�e, sarabande, passacaille, loure, gigue, and entr�e grave. Instruction is also given on style, bows and courtesies, the use of the hat, and the ballroom menuet ordinaire as given by Pierre Rameau.Book Two adds theslow Seventeenth-Century French Courante; A survey of the 56 dances extant to music by J.B. Lully with their airs and some of the more virtuosic, theatrical step-units in notation; Louis P�cour's ballroom dance Aimable Vainqueur (1701 in six pages of dance notation with a five-part score of Andr� Campra's music from Hesione (1700)and an updated bibliography.

Author : A. William Smith
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0945193572

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Fifteenth-century Dance and Music: Choreographic descriptions with concordances of variants by A. William Smith Pdf

Vol. 1: Treatises and music ; vol. 2: choreographic descriptions with concordances of variants.

Author : Gavin Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190916749

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Hearing the Crimean War by Gavin Williams Pdf

What does sound, whether preserved or lost, tell us about nineteenth-century wartime? Hearing the Crimean War: Wartime Sound and the Unmaking of Sense pursues this question through the many territories affected by the Crimean War, including Britain, France, Turkey, Russia, Italy, Poland, Latvia, Dagestan, Chechnya, and Crimea. Examining the experience of listeners and the politics of archiving sound, it reveals the close interplay between nineteenth-century geographies of empire and the media through which wartime sounds became audible--or failed to do so. The volume explores the dynamics of sound both in violent encounters on the battlefield and in the experience of listeners far-removed from theaters of war, each essay interrogating the Crimean War's sonic archive in order to address a broad set of issues in musicology, ethnomusicology, literary studies, the history of the senses and sound studies.

Author : Kate Van Winkle Keller
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1576471276

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Dance and Its Music in America, 1528-1789 by Kate Van Winkle Keller Pdf

Spanish exploration and settlement -- French exploration and settlement -- The English plantation colonies in the South -- The tobacco colonies -- New England -- The Middle Atlantic colonies.

Author : Millicent Hodson
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0945193432

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Nijinsky's Crime Against Grace by Millicent Hodson Pdf

The efforts of the three collaborators resulted in a spectacle that bore little resemblance to ballet. During the premiere at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees on May 29, 1913, Parisians were incited to riot by the strange tension of the dancing and stark contrasts of the music and decor. The premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps became a legend overnight, and the notoriety of this event began immediately to distort the significance of the work, especially Nijinsky's choreography. He declared to the London Daily Mail on July 12, 1913, "I am accused, of a crime against grace."

Author : Jennifer Thorp
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781835533383

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The Gentleman Dancing-Master by Jennifer Thorp Pdf

The Gentleman Dancing-Master: Mr Isaac and the English Royal Court from Charles II to Queen Anne considers the life and times of the dancer known as Mr Isaac, performer, teacher and creator of prestigious dances for performance at the royal court. Includes facsimiles and discussion of his surviving dances and their context.

Author : David J. Buch
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0945193335

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Dance Music from the Ballets de Cour, 1575-1651: Six allemandes ; 2: Ballet à Cheval fait pour le grand Carouselle fait a la Place Royal pour le Mariage de Louis 13 (4 airs) ; 3: Concert à Louis XIII par les 24 viollons et les 12 Grand hautbois de plusieurs airs choisy de Differens ballets, 1627 ; 4: Ballet des Nations ... ; 5: Ballet du Roy des Festes de Baccus ... 1651 by David J. Buch Pdf

David Buch's informative volume is the first modern study edition and commentary dealing with almost all of the surviving French five-part scores of dance music from the ballets de cour 1575-1651. These full scores are especiall y important since most ballets from this time are preserved only in two-part readings (melody and bass). The exception here is a newly-created five-part score for the Ballet des Nations based on an original two-part setting. Also included are the six Allemandes from 1575 to ca. 1600 a Ballet cheval of 1615 a selection of miscellaneous Entres from several ballets prepared for the Concert Louis XIII par les Viollons et lest 12 Grands hautbois of 1627 and Philidor's five-part reading of seventeen Entres from the Ballet du Roy des Festes de Baccus of 1651.

Author : Sandra Noll Hammond
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0945193327

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The Extraordinary Dance Book T B. 1826 by Sandra Noll Hammond Pdf

This facsimile edition of a hitherto unpublished manuscript reveals a beautiful workbook of impeccable penmanship by an early nineteenth-century dancing master. The title page reads Dance Book T B. 1826.Included among the more than thirty ballroom and theater dances are examples of the shauntreuse, allemande, hornpipe, quadrille, and waltz. There are also rare dances with descriptive titles such as Pas Seul, Pas Deux, Pas Trois d'Eggville, Russian Dance, Vestris Gavotte, and Cossack Dance. The importance of the manuscript to both musicians and dancers cannot be overestimated . It includes the earliest known full-length choreographed waltz for two that, through its intricate arm positions, shows the influence of the eighteenth-century contredanse allemande. Photographed in New Zealand by John Casey. The published volume unfortunately contains some miscropped images; a corrigenda leaflet can be downloaded a href="https: //boydellandbrewer.com/media/wysiwyg/431corrigenda.pdf">here/a

Author : Hannah Pakula
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-11-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780684842165

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An Uncommon Woman by Hannah Pakula Pdf

Biography of Prussian Crown Princess Vicky, Queen Victoria's eldest daughter who married Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and who gave birth to Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Author : James Panton
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810874978

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Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy by James Panton Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy provides a chronology starting with the year 495 and continuing to the present day, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is a must for anyone interested in the British monarchy.

Author : Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN66BG

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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent and Appropriate Passages in the Old British Poets by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale Pdf