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Allenby Jaffé, Margaret

National dance / Margaret Allenby-Jaffé. - Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire : The Crowood Press, 2006. - 192 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-190) and index.

PART ONE : 1. History and Development -- 2. The Importance of Style -- 3. The Language of Music -- 4. The Development of Costume -- 5. What Became of the Animals? -- 6. Folk Dance in Education and Its Teaching -- PART TWO - COUNTRY BY COUNTRY : 7. Austria -- 8. The Balkans -- 9. The Baltic countries -- 10. Belgium -- 11. The Celtic influence -- 12. Czech Republic/Slovakia -- 13. England -- 14. Finland -- 15. France -- 16. Germany -- 17. Hungary -- 18. Italy -- 19. The Netherlands -- 20. Poland -- 21. Portugal -- 22. Russia -- 23. Scandinavia: Denmark/Sweden/Norway -- 24. Spain -- 25. Switzerland -- APPENDICES: EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE DANCES : I. Denmark -- II. Switzerland -- III. Netherlands -- IV. Sweden -- V. Portugal -- VI. Russia.

ISBN: 1861267819 (pbk.) 9781861267818

LCCN: 2006494118

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA643389 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013455748 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Folk dancing--History.--Europe

LC Class. No.: GV1643 / .A43 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 793.3194 / ALL