Folk-Dances of Denmark: Containing Seventy-Three Dances Boston Music Folk-Dances Seven Denmark Collected and Described (Classic Reprint)

Music The repetitions of the music are indicated at the beginning of the description of each of the dances. The numbers in parentheses that appear in the description of the dances refer to those measures of the music which correspond with that part of the description which immediately follows the parentheses. [T his is slightly different from the method of describing the dances in the original Danish publication, in which the description precedes the numbers in parentheses indicating the corresponding measures of music] In the music for each dance the measures are numbered to correspond with the description. Formations The Front means the end of the room where the music is. Starting Position is the position one occupies at the beginning of the dance. Row Formation. Ladies and men stand opposite each other in two rows, ladies to the left, men to the right, as seen from the front, the first couple standing at the end nearest the front. Reversed Row Formation is the same as row formation, except that the ladies are on the right and the men on the left, as seen from the front. Quadrille is a set of four couples, the first couple standing with back toward the music, the second couple facing them, and the third and fourth couples to the right and left respectively as seen from the first couples position. Double Quadrille consists of eight couples, two couples on each side of the square. We speak here of first, second, third and fourth sides instead of 25614 vii couples. The positions of the sides correspond to those of the couples in the quadrille. Hand Positions and Ways of Holding Partner When nothing else is specified the position of the hand is free. In Row Formation both hands are free. In Quadrille and Double Quadrille the man holds the ladys left hand with his right and the ladys right hand is free. Ordinary Position. The man puts his right arm around the l (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don’t occur in the book.)