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Book/Printed Material A treatise on the art of dancing

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Title

  • A treatise on the art of dancing

Summary

  • Originally published in 1762 and reissued in 1765, this work borrows heavily from previously published materials, including the works of Locke, Goldini, and especially John Weaver's 1712 An Essay towards a history of dancing. Gallini (1728-1805) presents a history of dance, arguments for learning the art of dance, and a discourse on the minuet. Especialy interesting are Gallini's comments on European and non-European dance, and discussion includes practices in Britain, Spain, Naples, the peasants of Tirol, Russia, Turkey, China, Africa, and the Americas.

Names

  • Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea, 1728-1805

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for the author and sold by R. Dodsley, M.DCC.LXXII [1772]

Headings

  • -  Dance--Early works to 1800
  • -  Dance--History--Early works to 1800
  • -  Dance History and Theory
  • -  Theatrical Dance

Notes

  • -  ESTC N13982

Medium

  • 2 p. l., [ix]-xvi, [17]-292 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1601 .G17
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item G-015, Reel 74 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02013080

Online Format

  • image

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Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing. [London: Printed for the author and sold by R. Dodsley, M.DCC.LXXII, 1772] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02013080/.

APA citation style:

Gallini, G. (1772) A Treatise on the Art of Dancing. [London: Printed for the author and sold by R. Dodsley, M.DCC.LXXII] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02013080/.

MLA citation style:

Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing. [London: Printed for the author and sold by R. Dodsley, M.DCC.LXXII, 1772] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/02013080/>.