La frayeur de Gonnesse : contre-danse franc̜oise
By Landrin, active approximately 1760-1785, author, engraver, New York Public Library, former owner. DSI, Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI. Published 1783. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
"A.P.D.R."--Avec pivilège du Roi Contra-dance instruction manual with dance notation, a description of the dance figures, and music (dance tune without harmony or figured bass) for bass and violin. Title page includes a picture of a man running or dancing near a flying balloon. Possibly a reference to Jacques Alexandre Charles' balloon, "The Globe," which landed at Gonesse, France, August, 27, 1783, and frightened the villagers Facsimile reproduction NASMRB facsimile copy mq1688316 has red stamps of former owner: "N.Y. Public Library Picture Collection" on recto, at foot of the t.p., and "Property of the New York Public Library Picture Collection" on verso. Also stamped "Exhibitions" with "#45" (in pencil) on verso NASMRB has another facsimile copy (4 sheets) with descriptive captions in Italian at the bottom of each page. NASMRB also has a sheet with a negative image of the recto of th
- Author
- Landrin, active approximately 1760-1785, author, engraver, New York Public Library, former owner. DSI, Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI
- Date
- 1783
- Publisher
- A Paris : Chez Landrin, m[ai]tre de danse ét m[archan]d de musique au petit marché St. Germain au Dauphin ; Mlle. Cast
- Language
- fre
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
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