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A handbook of traditional Scottish dance / George S. Emmerson.

Title
A handbook of traditional Scottish dance / George S. Emmerson.
Author
Emmerson, George S.
Publication
Oakville, Ont. : Galt House Publications, c1995.

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Description
vi, 178 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Dance > Scotland
  • Folk dancing, Scottish
  • Danse > Écosse
  • Danse folklorique écossaise
  • Scotland > Social life and customs
  • Écosse > Moeurs et coutumes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. Historical survey of Scottish dance -- ch. 2. Scotch reels and twasums -- ch. 3. The "classical" Highland dances -- ch. 4. Folk dances and reels of the Highlands and the Isles -- ch. 5. Dramatic folk jigs of the Highlands and Islands -- ch. 6. Scottish dancing on the eighteenth-century London stage -- ch. 7. Eighteenth and nineteenth century taste and style in Scottish social dancing -- ch. 8. Highland dance -- public competitions -- ch. 9. Jig, hornpipe, Scottish measure and Jack Tar hornpipe -- ch. 10. The country dance -- appendix. Highland reel steps by Francis Peacock.
ISBN
0969065361
LCCN
cn^95900771^
OCLC
  • 35182494
  • SCSB-12620121
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library