Download or read book Dances for the Civil War Ballroom written by Patri Jones Pugliese and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instruction manual for mid-19th century ballroom dances of the Civil War era. Includes the most fashionable couples and line dances for the ballroom -- Soldier's Joy, Gothic Dance, Spanish Dance, La Tempete, The Lancers Quadrille, Virginia Reel, waltz, polka, schottische, galop & the Grand March. With full explanation and calls for the different changes, as well as Etiquette of the Ballroom and A Note on Ballroom Refreshments with select recipes. 110 pages.
Download or read book Fourteen Delightful Dances for the Ballroom of the Civil War Era written by Karen C. Chartrand and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Civil War Ballroom Band Book written by Bill Matthiesen and published by . This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music book with melody lines, chord symbols and harmony lines for over 70 mid-19th century dance tunes for Civil War era ballroom re-enactments. Includes music source information, notes about how to play the music for dancing. All tunes are historically accurate and match the dances described in period dance manuals.
Download or read book Civil War Era Ballroom Etiquette and Fashion Notes written by Karen S. Chartrand and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of American Social Dancing to the Civil War written by M. Virginia Hartcorn and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Topic Theory written by Danuta Mirka PhD and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics are musical signs developed and employed primarily during the long eighteenth century. Their significance relies on associations that are clearly recognizable to the listener with different genres, styles and types of music making. Topic theory, which is used to explain conventional subjects of musical composition in this period, is grounded in eighteenth-century music theory, aesthetics, and criticism, while drawing also from music cognition and semiotics. The concept of topics was introduced into by Leonard Ratner in the 1980s to account for cross-references between eighteenth-century styles and genres. As the invention of a twentieth-century academic, topic theory as a field is comparatively new, and The Oxford Handbook of Topic Theory provides a much-needed reconstruction of the field's aesthetic underpinnings. The volume grounds the concept of topics in eighteenth-century music theory, aesthetics, and criticism. Documenting the historical reality of individual topics on the basis of eighteenth-century sources, it traces the origins of topical mixtures to transformations of eighteenth-century musical life, and relates topical analysis to other methods of music analysis conducted from the perspectives of composers, performers, and listeners. Focusing its scope on eighteenth-century musical repertoire, The Oxford Handbook of Topic Theory lays the foundation for further investigation of topics in music of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries.
Download or read book Sounds of Reform written by Derek Vaillant and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2004-07-21 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1873 and 1935, reformers in Chicago used the power of music to unify the diverse peoples of the metropolis. These musical progressives emphasized the capacity of music to transcend differences among various groups. Sounds of Reform looks at the history of efforts to propagate this vision and the resulting encounters between activists and ethnic, immigrant, and working-class residents. Musical progressives sponsored free concerts and music lessons at neighborhood parks and settlement houses, organized music festivals and neighborhood dances, and used the radio waves as part of an unprecedented effort to advance civic engagement. European classical music, ragtime, jazz, and popular American song all figured into the musical progressives' mission. For residents with ideas about music as a tool of self-determination, musical progressivism could be problematic as well as empowering. The resulting struggles and negotiations between reformers and residents transformed the public culture of Chicago. Through his innovative examination of the role of music in the history of progressivism, Derek Vaillant offers a new perspective on the cultural politics of music and American society.
Download or read book The World of the Civil War 2 volumes written by Lisa . Tendrich Frank and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering everything from the arts to food and drink, religion, social customs, and technology, this two-volume set provides an in-depth, accessible look at the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of the American Civil War. The American Civil War caused dramatic changes in every aspect of life and society, affecting combatants and noncombatants at all levels of the socioeconomic scale. The World of the Civil War: A Daily Life Encyclopedia offers an accessible and reliable reference for the major topics that defined American life during the nation's most tumultuous era. Taking a blended approach to history, this book covers the military and political history of the era and examines the social and human experiences of the war, thereby offering a comprehensive look at the Civil War era's most significant events, people, places, and experiences. The thematic organization of this encyclopedia helps readers to more readily explore related topics. The subject matter explored in some 250 entries includes religious beliefs and practices; rites of passage; soldiers' lives and experiences; rural and urban life; social structure of the Civil War era—aristocrats, landowners, and slaves; men's and women's roles and responsibilities; holidays, festivals, and other celebrations; tools, machinery, and inventions; and justice and punishment. Readers will come away with an understanding of many aspects of daily life during the Civil War era and gain appreciation for the vast differences between life today and 150 years ago.
Download or read book In Circling Camps written by Joseph An. Altsheler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from In Circling Camps: A Romance of the Civil War They Were dancing in the ballroom, and the music the light ow of an Austrian waltz - rippled through the halls, the careless notes Of the melody, played on such a night, returning to me with a sinister echo. Yet the touch Of foreboding was faint, and I felt that it was alike folly and bad taste to be sad when others laughed. And I hear that he has turned back, said Varian, in cool, precise tones. A President without a nation or a nation without a President, which is it - either or both? Now, being elected President, which no one de nies, why does not Lincoln come to claim his own? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Dance a While written by Anne M. Pittman and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tenth Edition of Dance a While continues the 65-year legacy of a textbook that has proven to be the standard of all recreational dance resources. The authors have poured decades of experience and knowledge onto its pages, providing a wealth of direction on American, square, contra, international, and social dance. Each chapter is packed with expertly written instruction, coupled with clear and detailed diagrams and informative history, to provide students with well-rounded training on over 260 individual dances. The book also contains a music CD to allow for convenience when practicing outside of the classroom, helping to make it an invaluable resource for students of dance at all levels.
Download or read book Sontag Polka written by Peno Y. Densari and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Diamond Schottische written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fashionable Dancer s Casket Or The Ball room Instructor written by Charles Durang and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dance manual for the Civil War era dancer. This reproduction of a famous nineteenth-century guide to Civil War dance includes illustrations and step-by-step instructions that are perfect for the modern reenactor, historian, or anyone who is interested in the history of dance.
Download or read book The Art of Dancing written by Edward Ferrero and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing written by Thomas Hillgrove and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York dancing master Hillgrove acknowledges that he has "availed himself of all the books from which he might elicit any valuable information." Indeed, very little of the manual is original. Divided into six parts, Hillgrove's manual discusses the benefits of dance, dress, deportment and etiquette in the ballroom and the supper room. The second part focuses on positions of the feet and bows and courtesies, and provides exercises for the feet and legs. The third and fourth parts discuss the quadrille and provide many figures; the fifth part is devoted to round dances such as the waltz, polka, schottisch, galop, and polka mazurka. The last section focuses on more quadrille figures and other group dances such as the "Virginia Reel," "Money Musk," and "College Hornpipe."
Download or read book American Dance written by Margaret Fuhrer and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive, beautiful book ever to be published on dance in America. "We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance." Groundbreaking choreographer Martha Graham deeply understood the power and complexity of dance--particularly as it evolved in her home country. American Dance, by critic and journalist Margaret Fuhrer, traces that richly complex evolution. From Native American dance rituals to dance in the digital age, American Dance explores centuries of innovation, individual genius and collaborative exploration. Some of its stories - such as Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling or Alvin Ailey founding the trailblazing company that bears his name - will be familiar to anyone who loves dance. The complex origins of tap, for instance, or the Puritan outrage against "profane and promiscuous dancing" during the early years of the United States, are as full of mystery and humor as Graham describes. These various developments have never before been presented in a single book, making American Dance the most comprehensive work on the subject to date. Breakdancing, musical-theater dance, disco, ballet, jazz, ballroom, modern, hula, the Charleston, the Texas two-step, swing--these are just some of the forms celebrated in this riveting volume Hundreds of photographs accompany the text, making American Dance as visually captivating as the works it depicts.
