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The Ball-Room Polka, Polka Cotillon and Valse à Deux Tems — containing the Origin, Description, and Mode of Dancing the Polka, and the figures of Paine's First Set, Caledonians (1st & 2nd Sets), The Parisian, Lancers (Hart's Set), Windsor Castle, The Queen's (1st & 2nd Sets), Royal Victoria Quadrilles (Marshall's), Her Majesty's Favourite, the Circassian Circle, the Spanish Dance, La Galopade, Galopade Quadrilles, the Mazourka (Russian Cotillon), the Royal Devonshire Mazourkas, the Polonaise, the Waltz Cotillon, and the Scotch and Highland Reels. By Eugene Coulon. London, 1844.
Publisher: Eugene Coulon (Maître de Danse, 47 Marlborough Street, London / Brook Street academy). London, 1844. Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/ABBYY TXT/1844_Coulon_Polkacopy.txt — 409 lines OCR). Original-year Polka-mania London publication: Coulon was the London ballroom-dancing master who introduced the Polka into England in 1844 after his Paris visit to learn it from Cellarius, Laborde, and Coraly. Documents the first-corpus Polka step description (jump on right foot + glissade left + advance with left, three times per bar with the fourth being a repose — the original Polka mode) and the first-corpus Valse à Deux Tems step description from the original year. Pre-Mitchell (1842 Mitchell pre-dated this by 2 years, providing forward Rosetta to F0173..F0177 Mitchell Caledonians Second Set), pre-Lowe-Select (1838, 6 years prior), and the first-corpus Polka-mania Marlborough-Street Coulon-academy publication. Notable also for the explicit attribution narrative: Coulon credits Cellarius as 'the now far-famed Monsieur Cellarius' for the Polka's birthplace (Paris); recounts his own Marlborough Street academy being 'literally besieged by the leading members of our nobility' after his return; and relates Lord Wellington's 1844 Apsley House royal-birthday ball where the Polka was danced 'six times during the evening' (Coulon expressing mild disapproval). The work also refers to Jullien's, Pugni's, Coote's, Burgmuller's, and Linter's Polka music compositions of the era. TOC: Polka (Origin/Description/Mode); Polka Cotillon; Valse à Deux Tems; Quadrilles (preliminary remarks + 9 quadrille sets); Circassian Circle; Spanish Dance; La Galopade; Galopade Quadrilles; The Mazourka or Russian Cotillon; Royal Devonshire Mazourkas (3 figures); The Polonaise; Waltz Cotillon; Scotch and Highland Reels.Year: 1844Family: coulon-polkaCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Eugene Coulon (Maître de Danse, 47 Marlborough Street, London / Brook Street academy). London, 1844. Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/ABBYY TXT/1844_Coulon_Polkacopy.txt — 409 lines OCR). Original-year Polka-mania London publication: Coulon was the London ballroom-dancing master who introduced the Polka into England in 1844 after his Paris visit to learn it from Cellarius, Laborde, and Coraly. Documents the first-corpus Polka step description (jump on right foot + glissade left + advance with left, three times per bar with the fourth being a repose — the original Polka mode) and the first-corpus Valse à Deux Tems step description from the original year. Pre-Mitchell (1842 Mitchell pre-dated this by 2 years, providing forward Rosetta to F0173..F0177 Mitchell Caledonians Second Set), pre-Lowe-Select (1838, 6 years prior), and the first-corpus Polka-mania Marlborough-Street Coulon-academy publication. Notable also for the explicit attribution narrative: Coulon credits Cellarius as 'the now far-famed Monsieur Cellarius' for the Polka's birthplace (Paris); recounts his own Marlborough Street academy being 'literally besieged by the leading members of our nobility' after his return; and relates Lord Wellington's 1844 Apsley House royal-birthday ball where the Polka was danced 'six times during the evening' (Coulon expressing mild disapproval). The work also refers to Jullien's, Pugni's, Coote's, Burgmuller's, and Linter's Polka music compositions of the era. TOC: Polka (Origin/Description/Mode); Polka Cotillon; Valse à Deux Tems; Quadrilles (preliminary remarks + 9 quadrille sets); Circassian Circle; Spanish Dance; La Galopade; Galopade Quadrilles; The Mazourka or Russian Cotillon; Royal Devonshire Mazourkas (3 figures); The Polonaise; Waltz Cotillon; Scotch and Highland Reels. (1844). Imported from local collection.