The Colonial Music Institute(tm)
Bringing History to Life Through Music
"An absolutely stunning book . . . and
such a wealth of information" —Marshall Barron
This collection is a must for anyone celebrating
Washington's birthday with a ball. It opens with an essay on dancing in
America in George Washington's time, from 1732–1799. A transcription of
Washington's hand-written Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour follows.
The body of the book comprises 6 minuets, 6 cotillions, 49 country dances,
3- and 4-hand reels, jigs for 1 or 2 dancers, and a fancy dance. Also included
is the music for Pompey Ran Away Negro Jig, the steps for Durang's
Hornpipe and Washington's description of an Iroquois dance. Song lyrics
are included for several tunes.
Directions for each dance include historically accurate figures, suggested
steps, and music with chords. Detailed instructions are also given for
18th-century dance technique, figures, and steps. A complete manual for
dancing the minuet is included along with many relevant paintings, prints
and woodcuts. In short, this is an illustrated and practical history of
social dance in colonial America.
The dances in this collection commemorate George Washington's life and
career. Selected chiefly from 18th-century American sources, they reflect
those he may have danced or observed. They are presented with a biographical
narrative linking to historical events dance titles such as The Brandywine,
Independence Cotillion, The Congress Minuet, Hessian Camp,
Washington's
Resignation, The New York Assembly, City of Washington, and
The New Constitution. Others are more personal: Mount Vernon,
Washington's Reel, The President and The Free Masons.
Lady
Washington and Saw You My Hero George commemorate Martha Washington.
| America with the Minuet, a country
dance
Vernon Forever, a country dance The Drummer, a country dance Away to the Camp, a country dance An Iroquois Dance Philadelphia Minuet A Minuet by the Reverd Mr. Bacon Washington's Reel, a country dance Lady Washington's Reel, a country dance Mount Vernon Fancy Dance Liberty, a country dance Boston March, a country dance Washington and Liberty, a country dance Dorchester's March, a country dance Lord Howe's Jig, a country dance Soldier's Joy, a country dance Hessian Camp, a country dance Hessian Dance, a country dance The Brandywine, a country dance Lafayette, a country dance Burgoyne's Defeat, a country dance Baron Steuben's Favorite, a country dance Saw You My Hero, George or Lady Washington, a country dance The Monmouth, or The Victory, a country dance Spirit of France, a country dance Pluckemin, a country dance Congress Minuet Stony Point, a country dance George Washington's Favorite Cotillion Military Assembly, a country dance Successful Campaign, a country dance A Trip to Virginia, a country dance British Sorrow, a country dance Yankee Doodle, a country dance The American Ladies Country Dance The Washington Country Dance The American Eagle, a country dance |
Independence Cotillion
Washington's Resignation, a country dance Virginia, a country dance Virginia Minuet Virginia Reel, a country dance Virginia Reels Virginia Jigs Cut-Out Jig Tunes for Virginia Jigs: Pompey Ran Away. Negroe Jig Sam Jones. Virginian Old Plantation Girls The New Negro The Americans Cotillion The Convention, a cotillion The New Constitution, a country dance The Rising Sun, a country dance Federal Cotillion The President [First Term], a country dance The President's March or Hail! Columbia, a country dance The New York Assembly, a country dance Boston Assembly, a country dance City of Philadelphia, a country dance City of Washington, a country dance Columbia, a country dance Durang's Hornpipe Lafayette Forever, a cotillion Fancy Minuet for General Washington Fancy Minuet for Mrs. Washington The President [Second Term], a country dance The Free Masons, a country dance The Twenty-Second of February, a country dance Mount Vernon, a country dance Washington Assembly, a country dance Washington Forever, a country dance |