The Dance (by An Antiquary) - Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. by Anonymous
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We have have seen from the fourteenth century (figs. 35 C, 36 A, 46)
how common the bagpipe was in out-of-door dances; in the illustrations from Dürer (fig. 46) and in fig. 53 from Holtzer it has developed, and has two accessory pipes, besides that played by the mouth, and the player is accompanied by a sort of clarionet. This also appears to be the only accompaniment of the Trio (fig. 58). [Illustration: Fig. 50.--Morris dancers. From a window that was in the possession of George Tollett, Esq., Birtley, Staffordshire, 16th century.] [Illustration: Fig. 51.--Court dance. From a drawing by Callot, 1635 A.D.] In the sixteenth century certain Spanish dances were introduced into France, such as la Pavane, which was accompanied by hautboys and sackbuts. [Illustration: Fig. 52.--Comic dancers. By Callot, from the act entitled "Balli di Sfessama," 1609 A.D.] [Illustration: Fig. 53.--Country dance. From a drawing by John Evangelist Holtzer, 17th century.] [Illustration: Fig. 54.--A ball-room dance, _Le Bal Paré_, of the 18th century. From August de l'Aubin.] [Illustration: Fig. 55.--A dance in the 18th century. From a painting by Hogarth.] There were, however, various other dances of a number too considerable to describe here, also introduced. The dance of the |
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