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Victoria Danse du Monde, and Quadrille Preceptor — For This Present Season. Dean and Son, St Dunstan's Buildings, Fleet Street, London, c.1872.
Publisher: Dean and Son, St Dunstan's Buildings, Fleet Street, London (publisher); H.T. Fisher, Manufacturing Stationer, Fisher's Library, 1 Clapham Park Road, Clapham S. (printer/distributor). c.1872. Mid-Victorian English ballroom guide. From the collection of Richard Powers. Notable for extensive Layland-attributed compositions (Mr. Layland of Blackfriars Road): Polka Contre, Waltz Quadrille, Omni Dance/Waltz/Country Dance, Mescolanzes 4-figure decomposition; Le Viennois Quadrille (Austrian Empire 5-figure); Swiss Dance (3-line column formation); Cellarius Valse; La Napoléonienne (composed for the marriage fête of the French Emperor); L'Impériale (Galop+Mazurka+Redowa Parisian compound); La Hongroise (introduced by H. Kendon); Swiss Cotillon (4-figure); Long Live the Queen (L. D'Egville composition to old 'Tank' tune); The Trio (3-person dance, 3-figure); Royal Wedding Dance (4-figure to Quaker's Wife with Rule Britannia march). Quadrille canon: Paine's First Set, Parisian Quadrille (half-quadrille variant), Lancers (Hart's Set), Caledonians, Prince Imperial, Mazourka Quadrille.Year: 1872Family: powers-c1872-victoriaCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Dean and Son, St Dunstan's Buildings, Fleet Street, London (publisher); H.T. Fisher, Manufacturing Stationer, Fisher's Library, 1 Clapham Park Road, Clapham S. (printer/distributor). c.1872. Mid-Victorian English ballroom guide. From the collection of Richard Powers. Notable for extensive Layland-attributed compositions (Mr. Layland of Blackfriars Road): Polka Contre, Waltz Quadrille, Omni Dance/Waltz/Country Dance, Mescolanzes 4-figure decomposition; Le Viennois Quadrille (Austrian Empire 5-figure); Swiss Dance (3-line column formation); Cellarius Valse; La Napoléonienne (composed for the marriage fête of the French Emperor); L'Impériale (Galop+Mazurka+Redowa Parisian compound); La Hongroise (introduced by H. Kendon); Swiss Cotillon (4-figure); Long Live the Queen (L. D'Egville composition to old 'Tank' tune); The Trio (3-person dance, 3-figure); Royal Wedding Dance (4-figure to Quaker's Wife with Rule Britannia march). Quadrille canon: Paine's First Set, Parisian Quadrille (half-quadrille variant), Lancers (Hart's Set), Caledonians, Prince Imperial, Mazourka Quadrille. (1872). Imported from local collection.