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

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

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Additional Authors
  • Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729
  • Caverley, Thomas, -1745?
  • Shennan, Jennifer
Description
x, 102 p. : ill. (some col.), music; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Dance & music ; no. 6
Uniform Title
Dance and music series ; no. 6.
Subject
  • Dance > Early works to 1800
  • Dance notation > Early works to 1800
  • Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  • Minuet (Dance)
  • Sarabande (Dance)
  • Rigaudon (Dance)
  • Canaries (Dance)
  • Manuscripts (Books) > Facsimiles
  • Social dancing > 18th century
  • Dance notation > Systems > Feuillet
  • Dance notation, Works in > Feuillet
Note
  • Includes tunes and Feuillet notation for dances by Thomas Caverley, Louis Pécour, and Kellom Tomlinson
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102).
Contents
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
*MGRK 92-1142
ISBN
0945193319
LCCN
92002787
OCLC
  • 25245866
  • NYPG92-B72324
Author
Tomlinson, Kellom.
Title
A work book by Kellom Tomlinson : commonplace book of an eighteenth-century English dancing master : a facsimile edition / edited by Jennifer Shennan.
Imprint
Stuyvesant, NY : Pendragon Press, c1992.
Series
Dance & music ; no. 6
Dance and music series ; no. 6.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102).
Local Subject
Manuscripts (Books) -- Facsimiles.
Social dancing -- 18th century.
Dance notation -- Systems -- Feuillet.
Dance notation, Works in -- Feuillet.
Added Author
Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729.
Caverley, Thomas, -1745?
Shennan, Jennifer.
Research Call Number
*MGRK 92-1142
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