Balli di ieri e balli d'oggi.
Contributors: Giovannini, Fr.; Franceschini, Giovanni.
Edition: 2. ed. riveduta e ampliata, con 70 figure dimostrative, grafici e brani musicali e uno studio sulla igiene ed estetica della danza di Giovanni Franceschini.
Series: Manuali Hoepli
Publisher: U. Hoepli
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Milano
Language: ita
Number of pages: 375
Subjects: Dance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.; Notation for Dance.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Balli di ieri; Balli d'oggi
Description: This manual utilizes line drawings, foot patterns, and photographs to describe numerous dances. Part one includes the waltz, polka mazurka, cotillion figures, quadrilles and two step. The costumes on the figures of the line drawings indicate the directions date from the 1890s. Originally published in 1905, part two of this second edition includes dances popular during the ragtime era (c.1910 to World War I). Instructions include Tango Brasiliano, Tango Argentine, Maxixe Brasiliana, one step, and animal dances such as the Grizzly Bear and Turkey Trot.
Notes: Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images.
At head of title: Gavina-Giovannini.
"Per maggiore comodità del pubblico abbiamo compendiato in un unico volumetto i due manuali Balli di ieri [di P. Gavina] e Balli di oggi [di F. Giovannini]"--Pref.
"Brani di musica": p. [341]-347.