Le Maitre a danser, qui enseigne la maniere de faire tous les differens pas de la Danse dans toute la refularite de l'Art, & de conduire les Bras a chaque Pas...nouvelle edition
by RAMEAU, Pierre
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Second edition. Although he was a dancer, Rameau is best known as the author of two important treatises. His first, Le maitre a danser, was originally published in 1725 and reissued in 1734. It is today considered one of the most eminent sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance technique. Part one focuses on the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, and bows, and it describes a large vocabulary of steps. In 1728, English dancing master and writer John Essex (ca 1680-1744) translated Rameau's work into English as The Dancing-Master: or, The Art of Dancing Explained. Leslie, p. 439 ("Other editions of Le Maitre a Danser of 1734 and 1748 sometimes have a different number of plates").
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- Le Maitre a danser, qui enseigne la maniere de faire tous les differens pas de la Danse dans toute la refularite de l'Art, & de conduire les Bras a chaque Pas...nouvelle edition
- Author
- RAMEAU, Pierre
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- Used
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- Publisher
- Jean Villette
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1734
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