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The Dance of Society — SECOND EDITION (De Garmo, 1876)
Publisher: William B. De Garmo / Published by W. B. De Garmo, New York, 1876 — SECOND EDITION. Source: archive.org identifier dancesocietyacr00garmgoog (Harvard College Library copy — Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell, 1918). Fills the 1876 gap in the De Garmo edition lineage already in corpus: LOC-1865-DEGARMO (1st Prompter), LOC-1866-DEGARMO (2nd Prompter), LOC-1875-DEGARMO (Dance of Society 1st ed.), LOC-1879-DEGARMO-3RD (3rd ed., 102-figure Cotillon), and LOC-1884-DEGARMO (4th ed.). De Garmo's 2nd edition is a revision of the 1875 text and precedes the expanded 3rd edition of 1879 which added the 102-figure Cotillion and De Garmo's own Menuet de la Cour (distinct from Coulon's). Structure: Preface; Introduction; Etiquette of the Ball Room; Quadrilles (Position in Quadrille, The Quadrille, Variety Figures: Basket, Star, Sociable, Gavotte, Minuet, March, Cheat, Jig, Jig Figure No. 2); The Lancers; The Caledonians; Le Prince Imperial; Le Quadrille Français (as danced in Paris); Le Quadrille Français (as danced in London); Les Variétés Parisiennes; Les Menus Plaisirs; Contra Dances (Spanish Dance, Sicilian Circle, Sir Roger de Coverley/Virginia Reel); Miscellaneous (Technical Terms, Five Positions in Society Practice, Bow, Courtesy, Quadrille Steps, Special Practice, Choregraphy & Orchesography); Le Menuet de la Cour — Coulon; Le Menuet de la Cour — De Garmo; Round Dances: General Principles, Polka, Polka-Redowa, Polka-Mazurka, La Varsoviana, Schottische, Le Galop, La Valse à Deux Temps, Le Galop à Trois Pas, Danish Dance, La Esmeralda, La Redowa, La Valse à Trois Temps (Waltz), La Sauteuse (Hop Waltz), The Glide Waltz; Time and its Accentuation.Year: 1876Family: degarmo-2ndCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by William B. De Garmo / Published by W. B. De Garmo, New York, 1876 — SECOND EDITION. Source: archive.org identifier dancesocietyacr00garmgoog (Harvard College Library copy — Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell, 1918). Fills the 1876 gap in the De Garmo edition lineage already in corpus: LOC-1865-DEGARMO (1st Prompter), LOC-1866-DEGARMO (2nd Prompter), LOC-1875-DEGARMO (Dance of Society 1st ed.), LOC-1879-DEGARMO-3RD (3rd ed., 102-figure Cotillon), and LOC-1884-DEGARMO (4th ed.). De Garmo's 2nd edition is a revision of the 1875 text and precedes the expanded 3rd edition of 1879 which added the 102-figure Cotillion and De Garmo's own Menuet de la Cour (distinct from Coulon's). Structure: Preface; Introduction; Etiquette of the Ball Room; Quadrilles (Position in Quadrille, The Quadrille, Variety Figures: Basket, Star, Sociable, Gavotte, Minuet, March, Cheat, Jig, Jig Figure No. 2); The Lancers; The Caledonians; Le Prince Imperial; Le Quadrille Français (as danced in Paris); Le Quadrille Français (as danced in London); Les Variétés Parisiennes; Les Menus Plaisirs; Contra Dances (Spanish Dance, Sicilian Circle, Sir Roger de Coverley/Virginia Reel); Miscellaneous (Technical Terms, Five Positions in Society Practice, Bow, Courtesy, Quadrille Steps, Special Practice, Choregraphy & Orchesography); Le Menuet de la Cour — Coulon; Le Menuet de la Cour — De Garmo; Round Dances: General Principles, Polka, Polka-Redowa, Polka-Mazurka, La Varsoviana, Schottische, Le Galop, La Valse à Deux Temps, Le Galop à Trois Pas, Danish Dance, La Esmeralda, La Redowa, La Valse à Trois Temps (Waltz), La Sauteuse (Hop Waltz), The Glide Waltz; Time and its Accentuation. (1876). Imported from local collection.