Historical Dance Bibliography

Robert Morris Crompton

Theory and Practice of Modern Dancing, Being an Authentuc and Practical Treatise, Embracing a New and Improved Method of Teaching the Art, Giving Full Explanations of the Steps and Figures of the Latest and Most Fashionable Dances of the Ball-Room; with a Technical Glossary, and Simplified Rules for the Guidance of Beginners and Advanced Pupils

English

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July 16, 2015

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Book

1901?

Willcocks & Company Limited

London

dance education, dance description, galop, polka, schottische, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, waltz: sautese, mazurka, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: polo, cotillon: 19th century, longway, sir roger de coverly, sequence, folk dance

There are no pages 6–9; pagination jumps straight from 4–5 to 10–11, while text remains continuous. Most of the book can be dated circa 1890. Crompton's “Guide to Modern Dancing” is advertised in the June 8, 1891 issue of the periodical “Dancing”. However, the typeface of the titles changes at page 84, and the end of this book is believed to be added material and the edition is of later time. It includes “King Edward’s Lancers” (pages 90–91), and there is no reason to have anything devoted to king Edward before his accession in 1901. A similar edition with different contents past page 84 can be found [Crompton, 1891?].