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Black Bottom
(Of The Swanee River) (The Original) (dance) lyrics by B G DeSylva & Lew Brown
music by Ray Henderson, 1920's song sheet music for piano, ukulele, lyrics; includes
directions on how to do this dance; modern printing ("World Of Song" Series, Chappell, 1926) Numbers on cover,
very good.
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2OT6827 AU$15.00
Boomps-A-Daisy! (a new old-fashioned party
dance) -words & music by- Annette Mills; vintage 1930s song. Original sheet music
for piano, ukulele, accordion, lyrics; no dance directions; introduced by Monsieur Pierre and
Miss Doris Lavelle; cover cartoon of a vaudeville couple doing the
dance (Chappell, Sydney, 1939) Very good.
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3WMP6757 AU$15.00
Boomps-A-Daisy (a new old-fashioned party dance)
-words & music by- Annette Mills. Vintage 1930s song. Original sheet music for piano, ukulele and accordion
with chords and words. Includes dance directions printed on the rear cover. Steps introduced by Monsieur Pierre
and Miss Doris Lavelle (Chappell & Co, Sydney, 1939) Name written on front cover. Covers are grubby.
Fold taped. Music is good. (2)
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3WMP6757B AU$10.00
Charleston
(The New Charleston) from "Runnin' Wild", words & music by
Cecil Mack & Jimmy Johnson, vintage 1950s arrangement of the 1923 song, sheet music for piano with
words; includes description of the basic dance steps by Victor Silvester
(Chappell & Co, Sydney, 1950 arrangement) Stamps and foxing on cover, a few
small tears in fold and edges, corners creased, else good.
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5OT8835 AU$15.00
Cruising Down The River (The Dance With A
Kiss) (The Cruising Waltz), words & music by Eily Beadell & Nell
Tollerton, vintage 1940s song, sheet music for piano, guitar, banjo, piano
accordion, with chords and words; includes dance directions printed on
rear page; recorded by Accordion Serenaders and by Organ, Dance
Band and Me (J Albert & Son, Sydney, 1945) Middle page taped in, stamps on
cover, else very good.
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4OT11433 AU$10.00
Russian Sabre Dance, music from the ballet
"Gaianeh"
by A Khatchaturian, sheet music for classical piano solo, arranged by Harry
Dexter (W H Paling Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1948) 3 pages. Very good.
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PC13236 AU$8.00
The Chestnut Tree ('Neath
The Spreading Chestnut Tree) (Novelty Singing Dance) words & music by
Jimmy Kennedy, Tommie Connor & Hamilton Kennedy, vintage 1930s song, sheet
music for piano, ukulele, piano accordion, banjo, guitar with chords, tab boxes
and lyrics; includes figure diagram dance instructions; as sung by
His Majesty King George VI at his Boys' Camp at Southwold; photograph
of His Majesty singing this song in front of an audience of men and boys on
cover (J Albert, Sydney, 1938) Name and a few marks on cover, edge wear with a few small tears,
else good. (2)
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3OT10129 AU$15.00
The Chestnut Tree ('Neath
The Spreading Chestnut Tree) (Novelty Singing Dance) words & music by
Jimmy Kennedy, Tommie Connor & Hamilton Kennedy, vintage 1930s song, sheet
music for piano, ukulele, piano accordion, banjo, guitar with chords, tab boxes
and lyrics; includes figure diagram dance instructions; as sung by
His Majesty King George VI at his Boys' Camp at Southwold; photograph
of His Majesty singing this song in front of an audience of men and boys on
cover with another small round photograph of C L Heimann (Peter Maurice, London, 1938)
Light edge wear with a few small tears, name written at top of 2nd music page,
corners creased, small tears in fold, else good.
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3OT10130 AU$15.00
The Chestnut Tree ('Neath
The Spreading Chestnut Tree) (Novelty Singing Dance) words & music by
Jimmy Kennedy, Tommie Connor & Hamilton Kennedy, vintage 1930s song, sheet
music for piano, ukulele, piano accordion, banjo, guitar with chords, tab boxes
and lyrics; includes figure diagram dance instructions; as sung by
His Majesty King George VI at his Boys' Camp at Southwold; photograph
of The Weintraubs on cover (J Albert, Sydney, 1938)
Light edge wear with a few small tears, name written on cover, rear cover and
edges of music soiled, corners creased, else good.
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3OT10131 AU$15.00
The Hokey Pokey
(Cokey Cokey), words & music by Kimmy Kennedy,
vintage 1940s song, sheet music for piano, ukulele, with chords, chord diagrams
and words; includes dance directions on rear cover (J Albert & Son,
Sydney, 1942) In fair condition: cover soiled, name on cover, edge wear with
small tears and chips, corners creased, however music and dance directions are
good.
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4OT8767 AU$8.00
Waltz from the ballet
"Naila" -by- Leo Delibes, sheet music for piano arranged by Ernst von Dohnányi (circa 1900
Rozsavolgyi & Co) Oversize. 14 pages, name on cover, spine repaired with staples,
page ends brittle, music is clear.
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O119 AU$7.00
Aragonaise from
the ballet Le Cid by J Massenet, sheet music for piano solo arr by William Conrad
(Belwin) in good condition.
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Pavlova compiled
by Walford Hyden for piano with b/w photographs of Pavlova in
each roles, with notes, for piano. Contents are: Noël
(Christmas); Prelude in A major (Chopiniana); Valse in C sharp minor
(Chopiniana); Valse Brillante (Chopiniana); Melodie (Californian
Poppy); Mazurka (Au Bal); Pas de Deux (Faust); Variation
(Faust); Divertissemente; Invitation to the Dance; Romance (La
Nuit); Dance Russe; Fantasie-Impromptu (Autumn Leaves);
Nocturne (Autumn Leaves); Valse Caprice
(undated, circa 1950, Chappell) softcover, 80pp, cover is sad - worn &
soiled - spine taped - however pages are good & the photographs are
wonderful
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DC0139 AU$15.00
Valse des Fleurs from the ballet
'Casse-Noisette' (Nutcrackers) music by Tchaikovsky, sheet music arr by E
Marham Lee for piano (1943 Chappell) in excellent condition. (3)
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DC0162 AU$8.00
The English
Country Dance, Vol. II by Cecil J Sharp, a
graded series compiled at the request of the English Folk Dance Society;
contains the description of the dances together with the tunes arranged for
piano: Ribbon Dance; Goddesses; The Mary and Dorothy; If all
the World were Paper; Haste to the Wedding
(Novello, circa 1940) softcover book, 27pp, name on cover, cover
soiled, spine worn, light foxing, pages are very good.
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DC2334 AU$10.00
The Queen Elizabeth Waltz (Coronation Waltz) -composed by-
Victor Silvester & Ernest Wilson. Sheet music for piano solo. Includes full dance instructions and steps (J Albert & Son,
Sydney, 1953) Name written on cover. Fold taped. Tear on edge now taped. foxing. Music is good.
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DC14656 AU$6.00
The Twist -words & music by-
Hank Ballard. Recorded by Chubby Checker on H.M.V. Record EA4399. Vintage 1950s
song. Original sheet music for piano with chords and words. Dance instructions for
The Twist on rear cover. Photograph of Chubby Checker on the cover (J Albert & Son,
Sydney, 1959) Covers are grubby. A few small tears on lower edge. Corners creased.
Else good. (2)
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5OT13591 AU$15.00
Vltava (The
Moldau) (or 'My Country') No. 1, Ballet by F Smetana, choreography by
Edourd Borovansky, presented in Australia and New Zealand 1944-45 by
Edouard Boronvansky, Laurel Martyn as 'The Spirit of Vltava' arranged
by F Harrington Miller for piano, illustrated with photographs of the
dancers by
Hugh P Hall (Allan & Co, 1945) oversize, good softcover book, 15pp, name on
cover.
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DC2465 AU$25.00
The Story Of The Ballet
Told In Music For Children, easy piano arrangements by Harry Dexter. Contents are:
Psyche; The Fairy Queen; Les Petits Riens; Invitation to the Dance; Coppelia and Sylvia;
Tschaikowsky's Ballets; Carnival, Pavlova (Keith Prowse, London, 1951) Used
softcover book, 31pp, cover is missing, pages are good.
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Ballet Album,
sheet music book for classical piano (Allan & Co, Melbourne, no date) Used softcover book,
65 pages. Covers are grubby, spine worn with a few small tears, corners creased, pages are very good.
Contents are:
Dance de la Poupee, from "Coppelia" (Delibes); Dance of the Flutes, from "Nutcracker Suite" (Tschaikowsky);
Dance of the Hours, from "La Gioconda" (Ponchielli); Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, from "Nutcracker
Suite" (Tschaikowsky); Dance of the Swans (Tschaikowsky); Dance of the Little Swans (Tschaikowsky); Dutch
Dance (Blore); Entracte No. 2, from "Rosamunde" (Schubert); Gavotte (Gossec); Gavotte in A (Gluck);
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms); March of the Toys (Tschaikowsky); Mazurka, from "Coppelia" (Delibes);
Mignon Gavotte (Thomas); Minuet, from "Don Juan" (Mozart); Minuet (Boccherini); Minuet in G No. 2 (Beethoven);
Naila Waltz, from "La Source" (Delibes); Papillon (Breton); Rosamunde Ballet No. 1 (Schubert); Scarf Dance, from
"La Source" (Delibes); The Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Tschaikowsky); The Swan Lake, scene from the ballet
(Tschaikowsky); The Swan Lake, waltz from the ballet (Tschaikowsky); Theme, from "Invitation to the Dance"
(Weber); Trepac, from "Nutcracker Suite" (Tschaikowsky); Valse des Fleurs, from "Nutcracker Suite"
(Tschaikowsky); Valse Lente, from "Coppelia" (Delibes); Violetta Polka (Strauss).
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The Nutcracker for Piano II
-by- Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Sheet music book for
classical piano. Selection and piano score by Miklos Mohay. Ballet music (K 293,
Konemann Music Budapest, 1999) ISBN 9639155314. Used softcover book, 77 pages.
Very good. Contents are: Valse; Marche; Petit galop des enfants et entree des
parents; Scene dansante; Danse Grossvater; Valse des flocons de neige; Le Palais
enchante de Confiturembourg; Divertissement: I: Le Chocolat (Dance espagnole);
II: Le Cafe (Danse arabe); III: Le The (Danse chinoise); IV: Trepak (Dance russe);
V: Danse des Mirlitons. Valse des fleurs; Pas de deux. Valse finale.
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PC13620 AU$20.00
Folk Dances For Primer 1 To
Standard 1. Sheet music book for piano with folk dance instructions for Junior Primers, Senior
Primers and Standard One (Physical Education Branch of Department of Education, New
Zealand Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, 1971) Used softcover book, 86 pages.
Covers are creased on edges and corners. Heavy foxing and stains on edges of first few pages.
Some pages creased in corners. Text is good. Contents are:
A Wee Wee Woman; Cobbler's Dance; Helpmates; How do you do, My Partner?; Let the Feet
Go Tramp; Lubin Loo; The Muffin Man; Oats and Beans and Barley Grow; On the Bridge of
Avignon; Punchinello; Push the Business on; See Me Dance; Springtime on the Farm; This is
the Way the Lady Rides; The Train; Washing Day; The Windmill; Zoo Game; Bohemian Dance -
Annie; Captain Jinks; The Fair; Golliwogs; I See You; Jump Jim Crow; Lavender's Blue; Little
Playmate Dance with Me; The Market Gate; My Pigeon House; Paw Paw Patch; Seven Pretty
Maidens in a Ring; The Shoemaker's Dance; The Thread Follows the Needle; Will You Please
be My Partner?; Winter's Warm (Girls and Boys Come Out to Play); Yankee Doodle; Chimes of
Dunkirk; Circassian Circle; Cochin China; Come, let us be Joyful; Cumberland Long Eight (Haste
to the Wedding); Galopede; Helston Furry; Rig-a-jig-jig; Round and Round the Village; Seven
Jumps (Danish); Shoo, Fly; Skating Away.
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DC13958 AU$10.00
The Scottish Country Dance Book,
Book 1. Music arranged -by- J Michael Diack. Issued -by- The Royal Scottish Country Dance
Society. Sheet music booklet for piano with dance instructions (Patterson's Publications, London,
no date) Used softcover booklet, unpaginated. Very good. Contents are:
Petronella (Reel); The Triumph (Reel); Circassian Circle (Reel); The Nut (Jig); Meg Merrilees
(Reel); Flowers of Edinburgh (Reel); Strip the Willow -or- Drops of Brandy (Jig); Duke of Perth,
Broun's Reel -or- Pease Strae (Reel); Rory O'More (Jog); Fight About The Fireside (Reel);
Cumberland Reel (Jig); Merry Lads of Ayr (Reel).
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DC13957 AU$10.00
A History Of Classical Ballet (Jade Books,
London, 1983) ISBN 0907853676. Used hardcover book in d/j, 96 pages. Very good.
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DC15186 AU$12.00
Advanced
Square Dance Figures of the West and Southwest by Lee Owens & Viola
Ruth, A companion book to the author's 'American Square Dances of the West and
Southwest; each call timed and phrased exactly so that the movements, calls and music blend to a rhythmic, harmonious whole, in the best quadrille
tradition (First Edition, 1950, Pacific Books, CA) good softcover
book in d/j, 143pp, covered in clear contact, light foxing on endpapers.
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DC2444 AU$25.00
Ballet Panorama: An Illustrated Chronicle of Three
Centuries -by- Arnold L Haskell. With 158 illustrations from prints, drawings and photographs. Wonderful
b/w plates of ballet dancers of the past (B T Batsford Ltd, London, 3rd ed, Winter 1947-48) Used hardcover
book. No dust jacket. 120 pages. Grubby yellow cloth covers worn on edges and corners. Brown lettering
on spine. Foxing on first and last few pages and on edges of pages. Else good.
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DC15653 AU$14.00
Dancing on Skates by Richard Arnold. Basic
steps for all recognised skating dances on both British & American rinks; clear line
diagrams & b/w sequence photographs show the individual steps, turns &
holds; more advanced dance sequences; features both free & figure skating,
including Original Set Piece dances
(1985 David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK) ISBN 0715386786. Used hardcover book in d/j,
128pp, light foxing on eps, d/j chipped at corners, else in very good condition.
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DC212 AU$5.00
L'Apres-midi
d'un Faune, Vaslav Nijinsky 1912, Thirty-Three Photographs by Baron Adolf
de Meyer with an Essay by Jennifer Dunning and Contributions by
Richard Buckle and Ann Hutchinson Guest. Photographs from
Nijinsky's first choreographic work, taken at the time of the ballet's premiere
for a limited edition album published in Paris at the outbreak of World War I;
of the 250 albums originally printed, only 6 copies survive today; this volume
reproduces these 33 photographs in their original sizes (Dance Books, London, 1983) ISBN
0903102781. Large format softcover book, 130 pages, in AS NEW condition.
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DC8313 AU$85.00
Live! Directions to the dances presented in the Dancing Circles folk dance workshops
(1988 Dancing Circles, Somerset, UK) softcover booklet, 28pp, in excellent condition.
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DC2444 AU$5.00
Modern Ballroom Dancing:
History and Practice by Victor Silvester (Stanley Paul & Co, London, reprint,
1985) ISBN 0091498015 /0-09-149801-5. Used softcover book, 249 pages. Light
foxing on edges of pages, else very good.
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DC12784 AU$15.00
Modern Dance: Building and Teaching Lessons -by- Aileene Lockhart & Esther E Pease.
Fourth Edition. (Wm. C Brown Co Publishers. 4th ed. 2nd printing. 1974) ISBN 0697074285. Used spiral-bound softcover book. 222 pages. Foxing
on covers and edges of pages. Covers worn and edges and around spirals. Name and date written on half title page. Pages are good.
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DC16012 AU$20.00
The Borzoi Book Of Modern Dance by Margaret Lloyd. What
is "modern dance", how does it differ from ballet and other forms of
theatrical dancing - and who made it what it is? Miss Lloyd deals with all
aspects of modern dance (as distinguished from classical ballet, tap, hoofing,
Spanish and other regional, and ballroom dancing); an unabridged republication
of the original edition published by Alfred A Knopf in 1949.
(Dance Horizons, New York, reprint, 1974) ISBN 0871270234. Used softcover book,
356 pages + index, stains in lower corner, light foxing on page edges, else good.
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DC7827 AU$10.00
The Cecchetti
Legacy, An Analysis And Description Of The Cecchetti Method Of Classical Ballet
by Ann Hutchinson Guest & Toby Bennett (Dance Books, Alton, UK, 2007) ISBN
9781852731229. Used softcover book, 378 pages. Corners curled, else very good. This book weighs 1.1 kilograms.
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The Nutcracker Ballet
by Jack Anderson. The complete history of the ballet
from the story and Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's
composition to the first performance in St Petersburg in 1892; the author
analyses the ballet by examining the various designs, sets and costumes used
throughout the years and by reviewing the interpretations of renowned
choreographers and dancers; over 150 colour and monochrome illustrations
(Books for Pleasure, Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1979) ISBN 0729601102
/0-7296-0110-2. Used hardcover book in d/j, 224 pages. D/j is creased, worn on
edges and knocked in corners. Shelfwear to edges of boards. Some marks on edges
of pages. All else is very good.
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DC12724 AU$15.00
The Victor
Book of Ballets and Ballet Music by Robert Lawrence, the
stories and descriptions of the choreography and music of 130 ballets from Giselle
and Les Sylphides to Fancy Free and Appalachian Spring;
the history of each of these ballets and their composition, including records of
first performances, the stars, etc; 200+ portraits of the greatest dancers
in their greatest roles, ballets photographed as they were being danced, of
stage sets, etc; over 400 quotations from musical scores; an
authoritative history of the ballet illustrated with old cuts; illustrated
with music and pictures throughout
(Simon & Schuster, New York, 2nd printing, 1950) good hardcover book in poor
d/j, 531pp, bookplate on fep. Weighs 1.25 kilograms.
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DC2333 AU$10.00
This Thing Called Ballet -by- George Borodin.
Wonderful b/w plates of early 20th Century ballet dancers
(Macdonald & Co Publishers, London, 1945) Used hardcover book. No dust jacket. 223 pages. Good
blue cloth covers worn on edges and corners. Gilt lettering on spine. Bookshop bookplate inside
front cover. Front free endpaper has been cut at top. Foxing on edges of pages. Else good.
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DC15654 AU$15.00
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