The scholars companion
Subtitle: containing a choice collection of cotillons & country-dances
By: by M.J.C. Fraisier.
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by D. Bowen, at the Columbian Museum Press, for the author
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Country-dance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800; German (Dance) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Early works to 1800.
Description: Although the title of this manual would indicate a collection of cotillons (figure dances usually performed by four couples), the dances are, in fact, English country dances, performed by a column of men facing a column of women. The collection includes directions for fifty English country dances.
Notes: Evans 32146
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B⁴.
The foot of the title-page is torn off, and the date as given above is supplied in pencil.