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Books: Early Dance



Cover imageThe Almain in Britain, c.1549 - c.1675, a dance manual from manuscript sources.

Author: Payne, Ian

Published: 2003

This complete scholarly edition of the collection of manuscript choreographies associated with the Inns of Court is the... [full description]

Hardback [2899-HB] £ 55.00 Add to order


Cover imageAncient Egyptian dances.

Author: Lexova, Milada

Published: 1935, 2000

Dancing was an important part of ancient Egyptian life. This, the only work on the subject currently available in... [full description]

Paperback [0861-PB] £ 8.95 Add to order


Cover imageAnd then take hands: dances of the court of James I.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2003

A workbook prepared for use at the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society's 2003 Summer School, including performing... [full description]

Spiral bound [4931-SP] £ 6.99 Add to order


Cover imageAnd then take hands: dances of the court of James I.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2003

Music to accompany the workbook prepared for use at the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society's 2003 Summer School. Among... [full description]

CD [4934-CD] £ 4.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe art of dancing, a poem in three cantos.

Author: Jenyns, Soame

Published: 1978

A 1729 poem hymning the joys of the dance.

Hardback [3034-HB] £ 10.00 Add to order


The art of dancing, dances of the early Georgian period.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [1930-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageThe bals publics at the Paris Opera in the eighteenth century.

Author: Semmens, Richard

Published: 2004

While formal balls hosted by the royal family and by other members of the upper nobility in France became less frequent... [full description]

Paperback [2470-PB] £ 36.00 Add to order


Cover imageBelinda Quirey and Historical Dance.

Author: Wilson, David (editor)

Published: 1997

Proceedings of a conference in celebration of the life and work of Belinda Quirey, 1912 - 1996, held at Birkbeck... [full description]

Paperback [4366-PB] £ 6.00 Add to order


Cover imageCarlo Blasis' Treatise on Dance 1820 - 1830.

Author: Pappacena, Flavia

Published: 2005

The text of Blasis' Traité Elémentaire, Théorique et Pratique de l'Art de la Danse, given... [full description]

Paperback [4532-PB] £ 32.00 Add to order


Choregraphie, ou l'art de decrire la danse.

Author: Feuillet, Rauol-Auger

Published:

A facsimile reprint of the Paris 1701 edition.

Hardback [0984-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order


Choregraphie. (Facsimile of the 1700 Paris edition).

Author: Feuillet, Rauol-Auger

Published:

Hardback [2195-HB] £ 85.00 Add to order


Collezione di musica da ballo, de piu celebri autori di Parigi e di Londra.

Author: Anon

Published:

A facsimile reproduction of a collection of musical scores, mostly arranged for violin and piano or other... [full description]

Hardback [0587-HB] £ 12.95 Add to order


Commedia dell'Arte, a handbook for troupes.

Author: Rudlin, John

Published: 2001

The history and professional practice of commedia from 1568 to the present day. Indispensable for both the beginner and... [full description]

Paperback [2728-PB] £ 18.99 Add to order


Cover imageCommedia dell'arte, an actor's handbook.

Author: Rudlin, John

Published:

An entertaining and highly illuminating account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical... [full description]

Paperback [1571-PB] £ 17.99 Add to order


Cover imageCourtly dance of the renaissance.

Author: Caroso, Fabritio

Published: 1995

Julia Sutton's translation of Caroso's 'Nobilta di Dame (1600), one of the best known Italian dance manuals, offering a... [full description]

Paperback [1510-PB] £ 14.95 Add to order


Dance and instrumental diferencias in Spain vol I.

Author: Esses, Maurice

Published: 1992

The history and background of music and dance.

Hardback [2066-HB] £ 60.00 Add to order


Dance and instrumental diferencias in Spain vol II.

Author: Esses, Maurice

Published: 1994

Musical transcriptions of the works discussed in volume I of this series.

Hardback [2668-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order


Dance and instrumental diferencias in Spain Vol III.

Author: Esses, Maurice

Published: 1994

Notes in Spanish and other languages from the sources, without translations. A small paperback, despite the price.

Paperback [3033-PB] £ 35.00 Add to order


Cover imageDance and the music of J. S. Bach.

Author: Little, Meredith & Natalie Jenne

Published: 1991, 2001

French dance practices in the cities and courts where Bach lived and worked, and a discussion of the dance forms which... [full description]

Hardback [0038-HB] £ 39.95 Add to order

Paperback [0038-PB] £ 21.50 Add to order


Dances for mortals and majesty, 1581.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1998

Paperback [1971-PB] £ 7.50 Add to order


Dances from the courts of Europe, volume I, Mediaeval to 15th century.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1999

Background, music, and performing instructions. A basic understanding of the technical details of historical dance is... [full description]

Spiral bound [1880-SP] £ 22.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe dances of Shakespeare.

Author: Hoskins, Jim

Published: 2005

The dances of Shakespeare offers a brief introduction to the performance of the entire repertory of dance styles... [full description]

Paperback [4641-PB] £ 10.99 Add to order


Cover imageDancing at the dawn of agriculture.

Author: Garfinkel, Yosef

Published: 2003

As the nomadic hunters and gatherers of the ancient Near East turned to agriculture for their livelihood and settled... [full description]

Hardback [0333-HB] £ 35.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe dancing master.

Author: Rameau, Pierre

Published: 2003

Pierre Rameau's Le Maître à Danser is the standard work on the technique of eighteenth century... [full description]

Paperback [1712-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Danzare et sonare, 15th century Italian dances.

Author: Cruickshank, Diana

Published: 1992

Eleven dances transcribed in written notation, with melody lines for the music.

Spiral bound [1762-SP] £ 4.00 Add to order


Danzarre et ballare 1: basse danze and balli of the Italian renaissance - for four or more.

Author: Cruickshank, Diana

Published:

Spiral bound [3025-SP] £ 4.00 Add to order


Danzarre et ballare 2: basse danze and balli of the Italian renaissanc

Author: Cruickshank, Diana

Published: 1989

Paperback [3026-PB] £ 4.00 Add to order


Cover imageDes ballets anciens et modernes selon les regles du theatre.

Author: Menestrier, Claude-Francois

Published: 1984

A facsimile reprint of the Paris edition of 1682. (All copies have very slightly rubbed covers.)

Paperback [0407-PB] £ 36.00 Add to order


Devices for dancing, cassette.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Cassette [1956-CA] £ 9.00 Add to order


Devices for dancing, dances from 1680 - 1700.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [1954-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Dictionnaire de danse.

Author: Compan, Charles

Published:

A reprint of the 1802 Paris edition of one of the earliest dictionaries of dance and dancing. Text in French.

Hardback [1662-HB] £ 46.00 Add to order


Cover imageDomenico of Piacenza.

Author: Wilson, D R

Published: 2006

A transcription of the manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, edited, annotated, and with an introduction by... [full description]

Spiral bound [4368-SP] £ 5.00 Add to order


Early dance vol. II, Italian renaissance, Caroso and Negri.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published:

The the first section contains written performance instructions and melody lines for dances from the treatises of... [full description]

Spiral bound [1882-SP] £ 7.00 Add to order


Early dance vol. III & IV (Combined volume).

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published:

Spiral bound [1888-SP] £ 10.00 Add to order


Early dance vol. III, Elizabethan dances, part 1.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1986

Background and performance instructions to dances mostly derived from Arbeau and Arena.

Spiral bound [1884-SP] £ 6.00 Add to order


Early dance vol. IV, Elizabethan dances part 2.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1986

Background and performing instructions for 11 Branles and 15 Almaines.

Spiral bound [1886-SP] £ 6.00 Add to order


Early dance vol. V, English Country Dances, 17th & 18th century.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1987

20 country dances, mostly from Playford's English Dancing Master.

Spiral bound [1890-SP] £ 6.00 Add to order


Early dance vol. VI, Ballroom dances of the 17th & 18th centuries.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1987

Ballroom and social dances from the Baroque period, with examples in Feuillet notation.

Spiral bound [1892-SP] £ 12.00 Add to order


Early dance vol. VIIa, Late 18th century & 19th century ballroom dances.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1993

Performing instructions for 34 dances. As throughout this series, a basic knowledge of historical dance procedures in... [full description]

Spiral bound [1894-SP] £ 12.00 Add to order


Early dance vol. VIII, Glossary of 18th & 19th century dance terms.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1993

An alphabetical glossary of dance terms, for use with volume VIIa in the same series.

Spiral bound [1896-SP] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageEducation and Early Dance.

Author: Wilson, David (editor)

Published: 1999

Proceedings of a conference held at the Royal Society of Arts, London, on 27 February 1999: a series of papers on the... [full description]

Paperback [4365-PB] £ 6.50 Add to order


Cover imageThe eloquent body: dance and humanist culture in fifteenth-century Italy.

Author: Nevile, Jennifer

Published: 2004

A history and analysis of court dancing during the Renaissance, within the context of Italian Humanism. Each chapter... [full description]

Hardback [4822-HB] £ 28.95 Add to order


Cover imageThe English Dancing Master.

Author: Playford, John

Published: 1984

Playford's The Dancing Master was one of the most popular dancing manuals of its day, first published in 1651... [full description]

Paperback [2669-PB] £ 8.00 Add to order


Cover imageEtudes Choregraphiques (1848, 1855, 1861).

Author: Bournonville, August

Published: 2005

Three works, from three different periods in the great Danish choreographer's life, published under the overall title... [full description]

Hardback [4531-HB] £ 60.00 Add to order


Cover imageExcellent new dances, dances of court and country c. 1699.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1999

Performing instructions (some assuming knowledge of Feuillet dance notation) and melody lines for 18 country dances and... [full description]

Spiral bound [2048-SP] £ 10.00 Add to order


Cover imageExcellent new dances. The Broadside Band, Copenhagen Baroque Band. [2 cassette set.]

Published:

Music to accompany the book of the same name.

Cassette [2526-CA] £ 22.00 Add to order


Cover imageExcellent new dances. The Broadside Band, Copenhagen Baroque Band. [2 CD set.]

Published:

Music from c. 1699 to accompany the instruction book of the same name, performed by The Broadside Band and the... [full description]

CD [4558-CD] £ 21.99 Add to order


The extraordinary Dance Book T B. 1826.

Author: Anon

Published: 1999

A facsimile of a hand-written, illustrated manuscript, discovered in New Zealand, given written and notated... [full description]

Hardback [1899-HB] £ 39.00 Add to order


Famed for dance, essays on the theory and practice of theatrical dancing in England, 1660 - 1740.

Author: Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle & Selma Jeanne Cohen

Published: 1960, 1980

Includes essays on Josias Priest, John Weaver, and Hester Santlow.

Hardback [2225-HB] £ 18.95 Add to order


The fashionable dancer's casket.

Author: Durang, Charles

Published: 1997

A facsimile reproduction of a famous nineteenth-century guide to American Civil War dances, etiquette, and deportment,... [full description]

Paperback [0747-PB] £ 6.95 Add to order


Cover imageFifteenth century dances from Burgundy and Italy.

Author: Inglehearn, Madeleine

Published: 1981

Performing instructions for twelve dances. A basic knowledge of historical dance technique is assumed. An accompanying... [full description]

Paperback [0625-PB] £ 4.50 Add to order


Fifteenth-century dance and music. Twelve transcribed Italian treatises and collections in the tradition of Domenico da Piacenza. Vol. 2: choreographic descriptions with concordances of variants.

Author: Smith, A. William

Published: 1996

Hardback [1439-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order


Fifteenth-century dance and music. Twelve transcribed Italian treatises and collections in the tradition of Domenico Piacenza. Vol. 1: treatises, theory, and music.

Author: Smith, A. William

Published: 1996

Hardback [1436-HB] £ 52.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe First Refinement, dances of the early 19th century. Various performers. [3 CD set.]

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Music recordings to accompany the instruction book of the same name, including dances from Denmark, France, and... [full description]

CD [3841-CD] £ 27.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe first refinement, dances of the early nineteenth century.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1997

Performing instructions and melody lines for dances from France, Scotland, and Denmark. An accompanying set of 3 CDs is... [full description]

Spiral bound [1278-SP] £ 15.00 Add to order


Fools and jesters at the English court.

Author: Southworth, John

Published: 1998

Hardback [3502-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order

Paperback [3502-PB] £ 7.99 Add to order


Cover imageFor the ballroom and the stage: dances for 18th century France and England.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2006

A workbook prepared for use at the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society's 2006 Summer School, including performing... [full description]

Spiral bound [4929-SP] £ 7.99 Add to order


Cover imageFor the further improvement of dancing: Dancing in the time of Playford 1680 - 1725 by Anne Daye AND The French style 1680 - 1725 by Jorgen Schou-Pedersen and Dorothee Wortelboer.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2002

Performing instructions for 28 dances of the period, designed to furnish a basic introduction to dancing in England at... [full description]

Spiral bound [0982-SP] £ 10.00 Add to order


From the ballroom to hell.

Author: Aldrich, Elizabeth

Published: 1991

Over 100 fascinating yet little known excerpts from dance, etiquette and beauty manuals of the 19th century.

Paperback [1419-PB] £ 20.95 Add to order


Georgian delights - dances from England around 1728.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [1958-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Le gratie d'amore.

Author: Negri, Cesare

Published:

A full size facsimile of the Milan 1602 edition.

Hardback [0686-HB] £ 90.00 Add to order


Le gratie d'amore.

Author: Negri, Cesare

Published:

A facsimile reprint of the Milan 1602 edition, somewhat reduced in size.

Hardback [0983-HB] £ 48.50 Add to order


Cover imageThe grotesque dancer on the eighteenth-century stage, Gennaro Magri and his world.

Author: Harris-Warrick, Rebecca & Bruce Alan Brown

Published: 2004

Italian ballet in the eighteenth century was dominated by dancers trained in the style known as 'grotesque' - a... [full description]

Paperback [1605-PB] £ 18.99 Add to order


A handbook for studies in 18th century English music, vol. VII: John Walsh.

Author: Burden, Michael

Published: 1996

The London publisher John Walsh and his publication of dance notations, 1705 - c.1730.

Paperback [0011-PB] £ 6.50 Add to order


Cover imageHarlequin on the moon, Commedia dell'arte and the visual arts.

Author: Lawner, Lynne

Published: 1998

The history of commedia, from its beginnings, through many transformations, to its rediscovery in the experimental... [full description]

Hardback [1758-HB] £ 38.00 Add to order


Histoire generale de la danse, sacree et prophane.

Author: Bonnet, M

Published:

A facsimile reprint of the 1724 Paris edition. Text in French only.

Hardback [2146-HB] £ 33.50 Add to order


Cover imageHistorical dances.

Author: Wood, Melusine

Published: 1952, 2006

Performing instructions, with music scores and historical notes, for 24 dances (some with variants) from the almain and... [full description]

Paperback [4752-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Cover imageIdee des spectacles anciens et nouveaux.

Author: de Pure, Michel

Published:

A facsimile reprint of the Paris edition of 1688.

Paperback [1002-PB] £ 35.00 Add to order


Il ballarino, dancing in 16th century Italy.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Previously published as Quest'arte gentile.

Spiral bound [1934-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Il ballarino.

Author: Caroso, Fabritio

Published:

A facsimile reprint of the 1581 Venice edition.

Hardback [1492-HB] £ 85.00 Add to order


Il bel danzare, cassette.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Cassette [3465-CA] £ 10.00 Add to order


Il bel danzare, dances of the courts of Europe c. 1500.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [3449-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageIn the Italian manner: dances from the royal courts of Europe c. 1600.

Author: Dennison, Hazel & Jorgen Schou-Pedersen, Dorothee Wortelboer

Published: 2007

A CD of music to accompany the eponymous book. The 22 dances are performed by Copenhagen Musicians directed by... [full description]

CD [5315-CD] £ 7.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe incomparable Hester Santlow, a dancer-actress on the Georgian stage.

Author: Goff, Moira

Published: 2007

In this first full-length study of the English dancer-actress Hester Santlow, Moira Goff focuses on her unusual career... [full description]

Hardback [5306-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe Italian comedy.

Author: Duchartre, Pierre

Published: 1929, 1966

One of the most famous studies of the Italian commedia dell'arte, first published in 1929 and long out of print in the... [full description]

Paperback [1990-PB] £ 22.95 Add to order


Cover imageLetters on dancing and ballets.

Author: Noverre, Jean-Georges

Published: 2004

The dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre's Letters on dancing and ballets were first published in 1760,... [full description]

Paperback [0078-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Letters on dancing and ballets.

Second hand or out of print title

Author: Noverre, Jean-Georges

Published: 1930

The first edition of Cyril Beaumont's translation, published by Beaumont in 1930. The binding is firm, but externally... [full description]

Hardback [4039-HB] £ 75.00 Add to order


Cover imageLettres sur la danse.

Author: Noverre, Jean-Georges

Published:

The dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre's Letters on dancing and ballets were first published in 1760,... [full description]

Hardback [5008-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe life and works of John Weaver.

Author: Ralph, Richard

Published: 1985

A short scholarly biography of the 18th century dancing master, followed by discussions of his theatrical productions... [full description]

Hardback [2657-HB] £ 75.00 Add to order


Cover imageA lively shape of dauncing - dances of Shakespeare's time.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1994

Dance descriptions and music scores for 18 dances, including Galliard, Tordiglione, Canaries, The Earle of Essex... [full description]

Spiral bound [3448-SP] £ 8.50 Add to order


Cover imageLouange de la Danse (In praise of the dance).

Author: de Montagut, Barthelemy

Published: 2000

A plagiarised version of de Lauze's manuscript on the history and practice of dance. De Lauze had intended to present... [full description]

Paperback [0214-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe lure of perfection, fashion and ballet 1780 - 1830.

Author: Chazin-Bennahum, Judith

Published: 2005

How ballet influenced contemporary fashion and women's body image, and how street fashions in turn were reflected by... [full description]

Paperback [0077-PB] £ 18.99 Add to order


Le mariage de la musique avec la dance.

Author: Dumanoir, Guillaume

Published: 1985

A facsimile reprint (text, of course, in French) of the 1664 Paris edition.

Hardback [2530-HB] £ 21.00 Add to order


Cover imageMasks, masques and masquerades: a living tradition.

Author: Wilson, David (editor)

Published: 2006

The proceedings of a conference held at the St Bride Institute, London, on 25 February 2006, the intention of which was... [full description]

Paperback [4969-PB] £ 5.00 Add to order


Cover imageMastro da Ballo, 1614.

Author: Santucci, Ercole

Published: 2004

A facsimile reproduction of an early 17th century manuscript dance manual by a little known Italian dancing master,... [full description]

Hardback [5145-HB] £ 60.00 Add to order


The minuet in the late eighteenth century.

Author: Inglehearn, Madeleine

Published: 1997

The Shrewsbury dancing master S. J. Gardiner and his pupils. Includes a reprint of his 'A dancing master's instruction... [full description]

Paperback [2161-PB] £ 7.95 Add to order


Cover imageMinuet to mazurka 1745 - 1845. Dances from Europe, Scotland and France & England.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2001

Instructions and music for 38 dances. Accompanying CDs are available.

Spiral bound [1575-SP] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageMusic and women of the Commedia dell'Arte in the late Sixteenth Century.

Author: MacNeil, Anne

Published: 2003

The story of the most famous commedia troupe of the late Renaissance, the Compagnia dei Gelosi, focusing in particular... [full description]

Hardback [2316-HB] £ 55.00 Add to order


Cover imageMusical theatre at the court of Louis XIV: Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos.

Author: Harris-Warrick, Rebecca & Carol G Marsh

Published: 1994

A study of the comic mascarade Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos, composed by Andre Danican Philidor in 1688, with... [full description]

Paperback [0298-PB] £ 43.00 Add to order


Cover imageNew and curious school of theatrical dancing.

Author: Lambranzi, Gregorio

Published: 2002

A facsimile reprint of Cyril W. Beaumont's 1928 publication, translated into English by Derra de Moroda, of the classic... [full description]

Paperback [1597-PB] £ 8.95 Add to order


A new collection of dances.

Author: L'Abbe, Anthony

Published: 1991

Facsimile reproductions, in Feuillet notation, of 13 dances in the French noble style composed for performances at two... [full description]

Hardback [2328-HB] £ 72.00 Add to order


A new most excellent dancing master. [Journal of Queen Victoria's dancing teacher].

Author: Lowe, Joseph

Published: 1992

An account of the author's visits to Balmoral and Windsor to teach dancing to Queen Victoria and her children.

Hardback [0095-HB] £ 26.00 Add to order


Cover imageNew worlds, new steps - social dancing 1780 - 1900.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2004

Part 1 covers dances from Europe, including France, the Isle of Man, the Czech Republic, England, the USA and Spain... [full description]

Spiral bound [3436-SP] £ 12.00 Add to order


Nobilta di Dame.

Author: Caroso, Fabritio

Published:

A facsimile reproduction of the 1600 Venice edition.

Hardback [0997-HB] £ 58.50 Add to order


On the practice or art of dancing

Author: Ebreo, Guglielmo

Published: 1995

A translation, by Barbara Sparti, of De pratica seu arte tripudi, a 15th century dance manual.

Paperback [2032-PB] £ 29.50 Add to order


Orchesographie.

Author: Arbeau, Thoinot

Published:

A reprint of the 1888 Paris version of the 1589 first edition. This is not a facsimile of the original: the text (in... [full description]

Hardback [0995-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Cover imagePerformance and literature in the Commedia dell'Arte.

Author: Henke, Robert

Published: 2003

An exploration of the commedia dell'arte: the Italian professional theatre in Shakespeare's time. The actors of this... [full description]

Hardback [0957-HB] £ 45.00 Add to order


Playing commedia.

Author: Grantham, Barry

Published: 2000

A practical guide to the skills, characters, and history of Commedia dell'Arte through graded games and illustrated... [full description]

Paperback [0508-PB] £ 14.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe politics of courtly dancing in early modern England.

Author: Howard, Skiles

Published: 1998

The social and semiotic complexities of dancing in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England: how it changed over time... [full description]

Hardback [1589-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Princely masques and revels, cassette.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1991

Dances from the masque Oberon, the Fairy Prince, 1611, and other dances of the early 17th century.

Cassette [1968-CA] £ 9.00 Add to order


Princely masques and revels.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1991

Dances from the masque Oberon, the Fairy Prince, 1611, and other dances of the early 17th century.

Spiral bound [1966-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imagePrincely masques and revels. The Broadside Band/Jeremy Barlow.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Music for the masque Oberon, the Fairy Prince, 1611, and other dances of the early 17th century.

CD [4557-CD] £ 10.99 Add to order


Cover imagePrincipes de Choregraphie.

Author: Magny, Claude-Marc

Published:

A facsimile reproduction of the Paris edition of 1765.

Paperback [2666-PB] £ 32.00 Add to order


Recueil de contredances.

Author: Feuillet, Rauol-Auger

Published: 1968

A facsimile reprint of the 1706 Paris edition.

Hardback [2204-HB] £ 38.00 Add to order


Cover imageRecueil de danses, & La nouvelle galliarde.

Author: Pecour, Louis

Published: 1998

Facsimile reprints of the Paris 1700 scores, in Feuillet notation.

Hardback [2152-HB] £ 12.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe Restoration of Charles II: public order, theatre and dance.

Author: Wilson, David (editor)

Published: 2002

Proceedings of a conference held at Bankside House, London, on 23 February 2002, exploring the changes in dance and... [full description]

Paperback [4367-PB] £ 5.50 Add to order


Revels for 1588, cassette.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Cassette [1972-CA] £ 8.00 Add to order


Revels for 1588.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [1970-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageThe rudiments of genteel behavior.

Author: Nivelon, Francis

Published: 1737, 2003

Francis Nivelon was a French dancer who had a distinguished career on the English stage in the early 18th century. In... [full description]

Paperback [3940-PB] £ 9.99 Add to order


Cover imageSelva amoroso, balletti and cascarde vol. 1.

Author: Caroso, Fabritio

Published: 1991

Performing instructions (written, not notated) for 16 dances from Il ballarino and Nobilta di Dame. An... [full description]

Spiral bound [1501-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageSelva amoroso. Scaramella.

Author: Caroso, Fabritio

Published:

16 dances from Il ballarino and Nobilta di Dame, performed by Scaramella, performed on period instruments.

CD [4307-CD] £ 8.99 Add to order


Cover imageShakespeare and the dance.

Author: Brissenden, Alan

Published: 1981, 2001

Dancing was an essential part of life in Shakespeare's England, and it occurs in almost all of Shakespeare's plays from... [full description]

Paperback [0493-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Cover imageSonare et balare, dance and music of the fifteenth century.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1989

Performing instructions and melody lines for 20 dances, including La Danse de Cleves, Filles a Marier, Caterva, Corona,... [full description]

Spiral bound [0113-SP] £ 5.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe steps used in court dancing in fifteenth-century Italy.

Author: Wilson, D R

Published: 2003

Fifteenth-century Italian dance treatises were more concerned with the quality of movement in dancing and with the... [full description]

Spiral bound [3208-SP] £ 9.00 Add to order


Studi sulle arti imitatrici.

Author: Blasis, Carlo

Published:

A facsimile reproduction of the 1844 Milan edition.

Hardback [0981-HB] £ 14.95 Add to order


Cover imageThe styles of eighteenth-century ballet.

Author: Fairfax, Edmund

Published: 2003

The current notion of ballet history holds that theatrical dance of the eighteenth-century was simple, earthbound, and... [full description]

Hardback [2256-HB] £ 59.00 Add to order


Cover imageTen dances from 16th century Italy.

Author: Inglehearn, Madeleine

Published:

Dances include Laura Soave, Spagnoletta, Canario, Bianco Fiore, La Caccia d'Amore. A basic knowledge of historical... [full description]

Paperback [0622-PB] £ 5.25 Add to order


Cover imageTheoretical and practical treatise on dancing.

Author: Magri, Gennaro

Published: 1988

First published in Naples in 1779, Magri's treatise on dance technique and execution is the single most important work... [full description]

Hardback [2670-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order


A time to dance - dances in time. The study of dance history and related subjects. Volume 1 - an actor's guide, book I, an overview.

Author: Scrivener, Diana

Published: 1999

An overview of the study of social dancing, from the 11th to the 19th centuries.

Spiral bound [0146-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


To celebrate a prince.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1992

16 dances of the time of Lorenzo de Medici.

Spiral bound [1936-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Traite de l'art de la danse.

Author: Blasis, Carlo

Published: 2000

A facsimile reprint of the Milan published French text of 1820.

Paperback [0248-PB] £ 19.95 Add to order


A treatise on the art of dancing.

Author: Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea

Published:

Hardback [2363-HB] £ 44.00 Add to order


Cover imageUna Festivita della danza.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2000

Dances and music from early 16th century Italy.

Spiral bound [1802-SP] £ 8.00 Add to order


Cover imageL'uomo fisico, intellettuale e morale.

Author: Blasis, Carlo

Published: 2007

A facsimile reproduction of the 1868 Italian text edition of Blasis' work, preceded by detailed notes in both English... [full description]

Paperback [5337-PB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Cover imageWomen's work: making dance in Europe before 1800.

Author: Brooks, Lynn Matluck

Published: 2007

A collection of essays which shed new and surprising light on women's roles as performers of dance, choreographers,... [full description]

Paperback [5299-PB] £ 17.95 Add to order



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