The prompter
Subtitle: containing full descriptions of all the quadrilles, figures of the German cotillon, etc. Designed for the assistance of the pupils of Wm. B. De Garmo ...
Publisher: Raymond & Caulon, Printers
Published: 1865
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: German (Dance) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Quadrille (Dance) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: Like many other nineteenth-century dance manuals, much of the material in The prompter comes from previously published materials. The treatise opens with a brief discussion of etiquette and continues with figures for quadrilles. Additionally, the manual discusses "Le quadrille Français," De Garmo's terminology for English country dances, and gives eighty-seven figures for the cotillon, a popular group dance that takes the form of a series of party games.
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