[Manuscript collection of dance tunes]

Format:

Manuscript

Musical score

Contributor:

Moyer, Dennis K., former owner.

Moyer, Linda, former owner.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Dance music--Scores.

Dance music.

Genre:

Quadrilles (Music)

Cotillions (Music)

Scores

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Linda and Dennis Moyer (Zionsville, Pennsylvania).

Sold at auction as part of the collection of Linda and Dennis Moyer at Pook & Pook (Downingtown, Pennsylvania), 10-11 July 2020, lot 353.

Physical Description:

1 manuscript score (66 unnumbered pages) ; 39 cm

Production:

[between 1800 and 1899]

Language Note:

Staff notation, 16 staves per page. Some pieces include brief notations of dance calls.

Summary:

This volume contains dance music in forms popular in the nineteenth century. Quadrilles and cotillions form a significant portion of the collection, which also includes waltzes, polkas, schottisches, galops and other dance forms. Most pieces are unattributed. The few composers' names that appear include Henry S. Colman (1808-1878) and J.S. Knight, both of whom published numerous pieces in the mid- to late nineteenth century.

Notes:

Ink on paper, with pages (35 cm) sewn into a fabric cover (39 cm). Pages are worn, many with tears at the edges and soiling or stains. Last 10 pages of the volume exhibit mild to moderate burn-through of the ink. Two pages have come loose, with one (possibly the original opening page) exhibiting extensive damage. Includes 1 leaf of music (12 x 26 cm) sewn into the score.

Two manuscript notes in German laid in.

Title devised by cataloger.

Cited as:

Manuscript Collection of Dance Tunes (Ms. Codex 2325). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1531344010