The Royal Quadrille Preceptor
By Z.T. Purday. Published 1837. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
Zenas Purday (previously of Goulding & Co) was the successor to William Hodsoll at 45 High Holborn, London. He sold music and musical instruments there between 1830 and (at least) 1859. This publication is his 1837 Royal Quadrille Preceptor , much of the contents are likely to be derived from his 1831 Fashionable Quadrille Preceptor . The book is around three inches in height, it was presumably intended for dancers to carry with them to events in order to recall the figures for the various fashionable dances contained therein. The contents are the dance figures (but no music) for: The first to sixth set of Quadrilles Lancers (Duval's) Les Lanciers The Mazurka Royal Devonshire Mazurkas La Gallopade Gallopade Quadrilles Waltz Cotillon The Polonaise Caledonians [Quadrilles] Echo of the Bands [Quadrilles] Water Witch [Quadrilles] Le Nobiliare [Quadrilles] Royal Blue Jackets [Quadrilles] Walt
- Author
- Z.T. Purday
- Date
- 1837
- Language
- eng
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
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