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Enhanced By The Dance: A Guide To An Informed Interpretation Of Piano Literature Inspired By Nineteenth-Century Social Dances, Alicia Williams
Enhanced By The Dance: A Guide To An Informed Interpretation Of Piano Literature Inspired By Nineteenth-Century Social Dances, Alicia Williams
B.A. in Music Senior Capstone Projects
The social dances of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries consisted mainly of French court dances. Spread through the influence of King Louis XIV of France, the highly technical aristocratic dances reigned. The French Revolution, however, effectively extinguished all but the minuet when simpler dances took their place.
The social dances of the nineteenth century concentrated on pleasurable experience. While the minuet and other French court dances involved no more than the touching of the hands, the new couple dances allowed dancers to be in a close embrace. Participatory group dances were likewise revolutionary in that a person’s place or rank …
Timothy True, Senior Piano Recital, Timothy M. True
Timothy True, Senior Piano Recital, Timothy M. True
Junior and Senior Recitals
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