The art of dancing explained by reading and figures; whereby the manner of performing the
By Tomlinson, Kellom. Published 1735. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. The frontispiece is dated 1754 Many of the plates contain tunes for the dances which they illustrate The title page indicates the book was completed in 1724. However, the cost of the thirty-five full-page plates precluded publication until 1735. In this treatise of two parts, Tomlinson (c. 1690-1753?) sets forth the principles of Baroque dance. Book one covers description of twenty nine steps; book two discusses the minuet, including four methods of performing the minuet step
- Author
- Tomlinson, Kellom
- Date
- 1735
- Publisher
- London, Printed for the author
- Language
- eng
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
DanceMinuet (Dance)Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
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