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Dance Music

Box 1 contains collections and single sheets mixed together of mostly undated 19th and early 20th century dance music, some of which has directions for dancing. Box 2, also arranged A-Z by title, is similar to the contents of Box 1, but almost all the items have instructions for dancing. Box 3 contains dance music with instruction filed by composer. Many of the items have wonderful lithographs, including illustrations of dancers such as Fanny Elssler and Marie Taglioni.
Number of Boxes: 3
Number of Items: approximately 250
Filed by: title/composer
Date Range: 19th and early 20th century, although items are generally not dated

Related Areas:
Color Lithographs | Dance Folios | Endicott Lithographs
Contact: hay@brown.edu

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