This manual is an extensive history of dance that incorporates many countries, cultures, and periods including Chinese, Hindu, Egyptian, Greek, ancient Gaul, European Renaissance, and Baroque. The manual also covers popular culture, peasant dance, and "foreign dance." The perspective of this manual is clearly nineteenth century, with little emphasis on historical fact. The point of view is clearly western, and this is evident in the music examples that accompany almost every country or culture's entry--all have been ...
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This manual is an extensive history of dance that incorporates many countries, cultures, and periods including Chinese, Hindu, Egyptian, Greek, ancient Gaul, European Renaissance, and Baroque. The manual also covers popular culture, peasant dance, and "foreign dance." The perspective of this manual is clearly nineteenth century, with little emphasis on historical fact. The point of view is clearly western, and this is evident in the music examples that accompany almost every country or culture's entry--all have been subjected to western notation and are arranged in late nineteenth-century grand musical style. Additionally, the text includes numerous illustrations and, no matter the country or culture, the figures are physically shaped to look like late nineteenth-century western ladies and gentlemen.
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M. Valvérane. Very Good. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 418pp. No date, circa 1890s. Numerous illustrations including 8 in color. Nombreuses illustrations, 8 en couleurs. Technique par Mme. Berthe Bernay, Notation Musicale par MM. Francis Casadesus et Jules Maugué. Blue multi-color pictorial boards, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, contents age-toned. A magnificent Victorian binding of a musical operatic scene, typical of the Belle-Époque era of Parisian night life.