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A work book by Kellom Tomlinson : commonplace book of an eighteenth-century English dancing master : a facsimile edition

Title
  1. A work book by Kellom Tomlinson : commonplace book of an eighteenth-century English dancing master : a facsimile edition / edited by Jennifer Shennan.
Published by
  1. Stuyvesant, NY : Pendragon Press, c1992.
Author
  1. Tomlinson, Kellom.

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Additional authors
  1. Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729.
  2. Caverley, Thomas, -1745?
  3. Shennan, Jennifer.
Description
  1. x, 102 p. : ill. (some col.), music; 26 cm.
Series statement
  1. Dance & music ; no. 6
Uniform title
  1. Dance and music series ; no. 6.
Subject
  1. Dance > Early works to 1800
  2. Dance notation > Early works to 1800
  3. Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  4. Minuet (Dance)
  5. Sarabande (Dance)
  6. Rigaudon (Dance)
  7. Canaries (Dance)
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Kellom Tomlinson, English dancing master -- Tomlinson as illustrator and notator of dances -- Tomlinson and the London Theatre -- Tomlinson and Music -- Tomlinson's Work Book, Commentary -- Section One: A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing; Tomlinson's copy of an English translation of an original French text -- Section Two: Mr. Caverley's Slow Minuitt, Tomlinson's version compared to an alternative version published by Edmund Pemberton -- Section Three: Five dances by Louis Pecour -- Section Four: Six dances by Kellom Tomlinson -- Provenance of the Manuscript -- Preparation of the Manuscript for Publication -- Tomlinson's Work Book Facsimile -- A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing (copied from the translation by John Weaver 1706 of R.A. Feuillet's "Traite de la Cadance" 1704] -- The Slow Minuitt composed by Mr. Thomas Caverley -- [Five Dances by Louis Pecour copied from Recueil de Dances published by R.A. Feuillet in 1704] -- Sarabande pour deux hommes.
Call number
  1. *MGRK 92-1142
Note
  1. Includes tunes and Feuillet notation for dances by Thomas Caverley, Louis Pécour, and Kellom Tomlinson
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102).
Author
  1. Tomlinson, Kellom.
Title
  1. A work book by Kellom Tomlinson : commonplace book of an eighteenth-century English dancing master : a facsimile edition / edited by Jennifer Shennan.
Imprint
  1. Stuyvesant, NY : Pendragon Press, c1992.
Series
  1. Dance & music ; no. 6
  2. Dance and music series ; no. 6.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102).
Local subject
  1. Manuscripts (Books) -- Facsimiles.
  2. Social dancing -- 18th century.
  3. Dance notation -- Systems -- Feuillet.
  4. Dance notation, Works in -- Feuillet.
Added author
  1. Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729.
  2. Caverley, Thomas, -1745?
  3. Shennan, Jennifer.
LCCN
  1. 92002787
ISBN
  1. 0945193319 : $32.00
Research call number
  1. *MGRK 92-1142
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