Title: Brookes on modern dancing
First published: 1867
Description: The format for this manual is typical of nineteenth-century dance treatises. It begins with a short discussion on the utility of dancing, followed by a section devoted to etiquette of the ballroom and how to give balls. Descriptions of dances in this manual include quadrilles, waltz, polka, polka redowa, schottisch, polka mazurka, varsovienne, and the waltz in 5/4. The book concludes with eighty-seven cotillon figures and eight pages of ballroom dance music.
Subjects: Ballroom dancing, Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals, Dance music, Handbooks, manuals, Handbooks, manuals, etc, Music for Dance
LC classification: GV1751 .B84