Title: Potpourri françois des contre-danse ancienne tel quil se danse chez la Reine ..
First published: 1760
Description: This is a collection of twelve contredanses, figure-dances performed by four couples and popular during the last half of the eighteenth century. Unlike other published accounts that describe a single figure for each dance, all the dances in this collection contain a series of figures, demonstrating a closer relationship with nineteenth-century quadrilles. Although this collection contains no floor patterns, the figures for each dance are described in text and appropriate music is provided.
Subjects: Country-dance, Country-dances, Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals, Early works to 1800, Handbooks, manuals, Handbooks, manuals, etc, Music for Dance, Country dancing
Places: France
LC classification: GV1649 .L36 1760