The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-17
A HISTORY OFTHE DANCE
rnE sAaABAND rs ~ JupoRrArroy
10 VIII be n Unique Feature Of the Assoeia-
ton BaIl-The Invitations Have Been
Issued-Tickets offered for Sale.

The invitations 10 the Association bali
which will take place on January 27ih. hay,
nearly all been issued and b. the latter par,
Of next week the two thousand tinted messen.
gers will have reached their destinations
The card is a unique and pretty affair. being
the outcome Of the taste and artistic IDEAS ~
both Mr.. W. L. Shepherd. the artist. and Nr
Thomas Boiling. 1t is engraved in DARK
brown shaded ink, on q white card. and a, tia
top there Is pretty bit OF scroll WORK
bearing tho name Of tho Association Be.on
this scroll is the seal o. the Assocla...
with its motto Del Grltia Virginia C0ulHa
after which are the words as follows
The honour Of your prelonco is requested
at an Assembly
b bo held
on ye twenty-seyenth day Of January. i.9
in ye roomes
Of ye Academy of Music"
The ladies' will begin sending out these ia.
yitations early this week.
The four boxes and two loges and frs. .ao
rows of seats IN dress circle will De sold AZ
suction 40 the Mozart Hair 90 O'Clock p n
Thursday. January DIST % persons present
inc invitations 20 the Association Bali. Tex
OTIS for the rest OF the house viii boz offered f,
sale at West. Johnston a. 60. s. yli east Nan
street commencing Friday morning JAM
uarv I'D. upon presentation OF Invitation
cards. which will DO returned after the oa. n
so desired.
The price of these tickets will DO AS ri.
lows. Orchestra and dress circle. -3 second
gallery. first row. -, balance. $780, Persona
holding the second gallery tickets are neither
entitled 10 supper nor the privileges ot tas
Alter purchasing tickets persons anrn
cure reserved seats at the hoN.0fee iurnt
the 18th January 10y paying twenty-five seats
extra.
goraband is a stately dance once gerg n.n
Mar i'm Spain. France and England ifs
ORIGIN and derivation have given use Cd many
surmises. Fuertes CHHiora de Ia Nusa
fsparOla, " Madrid. $500 says t.at tle Har0a
was invented IN the middle of ,ae sixteenth
century hy y dancer named Nanbmll
WHO according TO other authorizes
was a native OF either Seville
Guava0un and after whom Do was
named. Others connect 10 with tho Spanish
Serao an entertainment of dancing and >r
William Ouseley C"Orentai Collection.
l72s volume H.. page ly. mis4uoiol
Mendel. under Sarabandl IN note B..
Turkish air called 'Ser-lklaneh. or ts
ton of the house has the following Some
tunes are divided int three parts AMI as
marked khano--sani, the second part ali
khan-isals. the third part Nap
the conclusion Of several wo also .al
the Persian words ser-band. from waa.
without doubt our oaraband mas Oeen il.
rived Ina manuscript cole tom of dance.
i'm the music school at Oxford 5 Sara Sob
by Coleman entitled "SInbran. Whatever Us
origin may have been 10 is found in iuro.et
the beginning OF the sixteenth century i.t
formed in such a manner ass il ia.
der its Oriental source henif foo4
bic. This may be gathered from te
following extract from chapter $40. ot Gle
Tralodo contra los Juecos Publlcos llfei,le
eoainst public amusement ot Marina
1s93.. Among other innovations there ha, b.
neared during late years o dance and song 3D.
iacivious IN is words. so ugly ~ It's m0fa
ments. that 10 is enough To influence even
very modest people. This reputation was 3
confined 90 Spain. for Mannl III DIS poem
~ Adone' CG2j) says
Chiama ouesto sno gi0co profano
Sanayanda q tIaccona d nuoYa lhl hn1
Padre Marini. who believed In It's Spanish
origin. says that It's invention was one oi --'
DISGRACE of the nation. and other aa'a.f
Attribute its invention directly 10 Che oei
The dance was attacked by Ceryantes s.i
Cuevara and defended by LOpe 10 Vega D..
n seems to have been 80 l.
that al the end Of tho reign
Philip N. il was for a time suppressed.
was soon. however. revived IN "a purer form.
and was introduced NO tho French n 10
1858 where Richeleu wearing green lete.
knee breaches. with bells on ms .eat art
castanets in his hands danced 70 ~ otDe.
before Anne of Austria.
In England the Saraband was soon rlis-
formed into the ordinary country lat
first edition of Playiords Dancing Masiei
l65D has two examples. one % De aaA'
l0ucyays for as many as VIII J. o.. ~ Pr
Rorer de C0yerey Is now danced ani ts
other. Ads0ns Saraband, % be danced long,
yyays Tor six 10 was about tins time tlat ODD.
Sarab4nd. together with other dances i..al
it's way int the suite. of which 10 fofme RIO
slow movement placed before the coAc.-l'-s
Gigul.
Handel's noble air. Lascia chic p.aaea a
"Rinaldon is taken with NO material A.''-.
ton from a Sarahand IN hls earlier l..A
rAlmfra." I'm which the majestic f
mentioned reigns in all of its dignity.
The committee who have in charge iae AlA.
sonic Temple very kindly offered ihe itiI''
tho Association the use ot their very spa.
hall. and i'm tins admirable place me
ladies' have been fehearsing tAe ni+'
under the direction of Professor Henry
Iaube. The ladie, wish 90 return %,
did thanks to the Mas0ns for s-ch A'-i ''
slstlnce.
Ambulance Calls.
Tho CITY ambulance was called 20 l.i5 psi