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UK: Folk Dance Enterprises. Very Good/Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Sm 4to 0946247145 Dust jacket complete slight fade to spine. Light brown cloth covered boards with bright red titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 144 illustrations. xvi, 344 pages clean and tight. Nigel Allenby Jaffe was forced to abandon a promising career as a concert pianist because of spinal problems, but not before having given recitals both at home and abroad, including the Wigmore Hall, London, and having gained performer's and teacher's diplomas from the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music, and a Fellowship from Trinity College, London. He turned his attention then to studying languages and history, graduating in the latter from London University. His wife, best known in the dance world under her maiden name, Margaret Dixon-Phillip, is a dance teacher and examiner. Her especial love being folk dance, she introduced him to a new world, and, during nearly thirty years of…
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- Title Folk Dance of Europe
- Author Jaffe, Nigel S.Allenby
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- Publisher Folk Dance Enterprises, UK
- Date 1990
- ISBN 9780946247141
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Folk Dance of Europe
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FOLK DANCE OF EUROPE.
by Jaffe, Nigel Allenby. Inscribed.
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Skipton: Folk Dance Enterprises, 1990. 344 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H). B&w illustrations. Inscribed on dedication page: "To Allen and Margaret With best wishes from Nigel. 15th August, 1990". Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Ethnic and historical background; A little mythology; Circles and chains; Swords, hoops, garlands and sticks; Morris, Christians and Moors, and other battles; Guisers, hobby-animals and mummers; Couple dances and threesomes; Women's and men's dances; Weddings; Maypoles, fires and spirits; Seasonal, work and animal dances; Church, healing, ecstasy and death; Country dance and dancing masters; Conclusion; Appendices: The sun, the moon and the dance; Flamenco; Musical instruments; Leading festivals; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index. One page with a tiny corner crease, light wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has some areas of light edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, spine colour is moderately faded.. Inscribed By…
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