Leaflets of the ball room
Subtitle: Being a sketch of the polka quadrilles, the Baden, mazurka figures &c. &c. to which is appended the music of the celebrated Redowa waltz, now first published in the United States.
Publisher: Turner & Fisher
Published: 1847
Place of publication: Philadelphia; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Ballroom dancing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Redowas.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: Compiled by a publisher and small enough to fit into a pocket, this manual gives directions for polka quadrilles, mazurka quadrilles, and "The New Redowa," all "as taught by Mr. Durang and daughter." Other dances include a waltz cotillion, gallopade quadrille, and Spanish Dance.
Notes: Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.
At head of t.-p.: "The poetry of motion."