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Constantine Carpenter's New Edition for 1879, Philadelphia (Etiquette, Glides, Waltzes, Galops, Quadrilles, etc.)
Publisher: Constantine Carpenter, Teacher of Etiquette and Dancing / N.W. Cor. Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA. 'New Edition for 1879'. Source: Richard Powers collection; 17-page Philadelphia Academy pocket pamphlet (identifier POWERS/1879_C.Carpenter.PDF). A full Philadelphia-school mid-Reconstruction-era ballroom manual opening with a Chesterfield 'Letters to his Son' epigraph on graceful deportment and organized around 10 named quadrille/lancer compositions plus a Figures-of-the-German index of 20 parlour-cotillion figures. Content: (1) Plain Quadrille — 5 figures (right-and-left/galop + forward/cross/galop + right-hand-across/square + leave-lady-in-centre + turn-corners/cross/galop); (2) French Lancer Quadrille — 5 figures with galop transitions and three square-formation figures; (3) New Polka Quadrille — 5 introductions + 5 figures with little-waltz codas; (4) Mazourka Quadrille — 5 figures with cross-hands and little-waltz passes; (5) Schottische Quadrille — 5 figures with 16-bar waltz passes + cross-hands side transitions; (6) Polacca Quadrille — 5 figures with polacca-step cage figure and grand-square open/close; (7) Double Lancers — 8-couple 5-figure variant with gallop-through-centre passes; (8) Polka Quadrille — 5 figures + Finale with double-waltz passes and heel-and-toe step; (9) London Lancers — 5 figures with double-waltz and cross-hands to side couples; (10) Caledonian Quadrille — 5 figures with grand chain and march-down-centre passes; (11) Figures for Plain Quadrille — Coquette, Basket, New Year, Tempete alternate-finale variants; (12) Figures of the German — The Course / Cushion / Trio Circles / Course Assises / Handkerchief / May Pole / Broken Ring / Columns / Ophidian / Bouquette / Pyramid / Favours / Triangle / Basquette / Serpent / Chairs / Mirror / Scarfs / Buff / Fan; (13) 'Loomis Lanciers' — 5-figure set taught by Prof. Loomis, appended. Distinct from the antebellum POWERS-1864-CARPENTER manuscript (D.L. Carpenter) and the later H-REG-QUAD-F0419 Ferrero 1859 Philadelphia pedagogy. Fills the 1875-1880 Philadelphia Academy gap alongside LOC-1876-DEGARMO-2ND and LOC-1879-DEGARMO-3RD (W.B. De Garmo, New York) and LOC-1879-SAUSE (M. Judson Sause, New York).Year: 1879Family: ccarpenterCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Constantine Carpenter, Teacher of Etiquette and Dancing / N.W. Cor. Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA. 'New Edition for 1879'. Source: Richard Powers collection; 17-page Philadelphia Academy pocket pamphlet (identifier POWERS/1879_C.Carpenter.PDF). A full Philadelphia-school mid-Reconstruction-era ballroom manual opening with a Chesterfield 'Letters to his Son' epigraph on graceful deportment and organized around 10 named quadrille/lancer compositions plus a Figures-of-the-German index of 20 parlour-cotillion figures. Content: (1) Plain Quadrille — 5 figures (right-and-left/galop + forward/cross/galop + right-hand-across/square + leave-lady-in-centre + turn-corners/cross/galop); (2) French Lancer Quadrille — 5 figures with galop transitions and three square-formation figures; (3) New Polka Quadrille — 5 introductions + 5 figures with little-waltz codas; (4) Mazourka Quadrille — 5 figures with cross-hands and little-waltz passes; (5) Schottische Quadrille — 5 figures with 16-bar waltz passes + cross-hands side transitions; (6) Polacca Quadrille — 5 figures with polacca-step cage figure and grand-square open/close; (7) Double Lancers — 8-couple 5-figure variant with gallop-through-centre passes; (8) Polka Quadrille — 5 figures + Finale with double-waltz passes and heel-and-toe step; (9) London Lancers — 5 figures with double-waltz and cross-hands to side couples; (10) Caledonian Quadrille — 5 figures with grand chain and march-down-centre passes; (11) Figures for Plain Quadrille — Coquette, Basket, New Year, Tempete alternate-finale variants; (12) Figures of the German — The Course / Cushion / Trio Circles / Course Assises / Handkerchief / May Pole / Broken Ring / Columns / Ophidian / Bouquette / Pyramid / Favours / Triangle / Basquette / Serpent / Chairs / Mirror / Scarfs / Buff / Fan; (13) 'Loomis Lanciers' — 5-figure set taught by Prof. Loomis, appended. Distinct from the antebellum POWERS-1864-CARPENTER manuscript (D.L. Carpenter) and the later H-REG-QUAD-F0419 Ferrero 1859 Philadelphia pedagogy. Fills the 1875-1880 Philadelphia Academy gap alongside LOC-1876-DEGARMO-2ND and LOC-1879-DEGARMO-3RD (W.B. De Garmo, New York) and LOC-1879-SAUSE (M. Judson Sause, New York). (1879). Imported from local collection.