Description of the Cellarius Waltz, and Mazourka Quadrille — with the Figures of the London Polka Quadrilles. London, 1845. (Original-year Cellarius step description and first-corpus original 4-figure Mazourka Quadrille + 5-figure London Polka Quadrilles.)

Dance manual/reference by London publisher (1845) — Les Russes Mazurkas sheet / description pamphlet. Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/ABBYY TXT/1845_Les_Russes_Mazurkas.txt — 53 lines OCR). Contains: (1) Origin of the Mazourka — 'the national dance of Poland; introduced into Russia when the Russians subjected Poland; the Russians dance, or rather walk, the Mazourka with a dignified air, but they lack the natural animation and graceful ease adopted by the Poles'; (2) THE CELLARIUS WALTZ — 'The difficulty in a soirée of meeting eight persons capable of perfectly dancing the figures of the Mazourka Quadrille, suggested to M. Cellarius this waltz, composed from three steps of the Mazourka, which, like the Polka, may be danced by any number of couples. The music of the Cellarius Waltz is the same as that of the Mazourka Quadrille. It is in 3/4 time, rather slow, and accentuated differently to the Waltz; the first and third beats in each bar are most dwelt on'; (3) MAZOURKA QUADRILLE 4 figures with holubiec-and-promenade pattern, chaîne anglaise double, pastorelle-style three-hand promenade with arch-back, and le boulanger finale; (4) LONDON POLKA QUADRILLES 5 figures with polka-waltz / heel-and-toe / moulinet / vis-à-vis turn pattern. Published in 1845 — same year as the Saunders/Rock's Ball-Room Hand Book; one year after Coulon's original-year 1844 Polka-mania London introduction; 5 years before the Musical Bouquet c.1860 Cellarius reprint (H-GAB-MAZ-F0158); 2 years before Durang 1847 and 5 years before Torino 1850. (1845). Imported from local collection.