Recüeil de dances contenant un tres grand nombres, des meillieures entrées de ballet de
By Feuillet, Raoul-Auger, 1659 or 60-1710, Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729. Published 1704. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Engraved throughout "Airs des dances contenuës en ce recüeil, qui sert de table à ce volume": 16 p. at end This treatise includes six solo dances for women; eight for men; and seventeen duets for a man and a woman, two women, or two men, all choreographed by French dancer and choreographer, Guillaume-Louis Pecour (c. 1653-1729). Feuillet notes that several of the dances were performed by some of the most famous theatrical dancers of the time including Marie-Thérèse Subligny, Claude Ballon, and Michel Blondy. Many of the dances originated in the operas of Jean-Baptiste Lully including Ballet des Fragments, Persée, and Cadmus et Hermione as well as Trancrède and L'Europe Galante by André Campra. The dances are notated in a system first published by Feuillet in 1700 and based on tract drawings that trace the
- Author
- Feuillet, Raoul-Auger, 1659 or 60-1710, Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729
- Date
- 1704
- Publisher
- A Paris, Chez le sieur Feüillet
- Language
- fre
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
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