Yearly Archives: 2019
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Fille mal Gardée: the Gorsky pas de deux music for piano
The short version This post started out as a bit of excitement at finding that the source for the Gorsky Fille mal gardée pas de deux male ... -
Steps in a polonaise rhythm: Rasmussen’s “Experiencing Architecture”
Rhythm in architecture A few years ago I was trying to write some study materials about “rhythm,” and tied myself in knots trying to connect all ... -
Waltz offences: when to call the police
For no reason except that I love the story, here’s an interesting fact about the waltz in 19th century Innsbruck. According to Eric McKee (2014) after ... -
Historical dance resources page (Richard Powers)
Now and again I come across resources on the web that make me wonder how it was possible to have missed them all this time. Richard ... -
Drigo’s “Reveil de Flore” piano score online
Thanks to Patty Noel who alerted me to the fact that Harvard now have this available online digitally. We’d both previously searched high and low for ... -
Little Humpbacked Horse thesis online
Great to read Aaron Manela’s masters thesis “Arthur Saint-Léon’s The Little Humpbacked Horse in Context,” which is available online. Here’s the abstract: In this study I examine ...