The Morris Book
by Cecil J. Sharp
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About this eBook
- Author
- MacIlwaine, Herbert C.
- Title
- The Morris Book, Part 1 A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Michael Ciesielski and Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Morris dance
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 12926
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12926
- Release Date
- July 17, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE MORRIS BOOK — BY
- 2.CECIL J. SHARP — TO OUR FRIENDS AND PUPILS
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.INTRODUCTION.
- 6.HISTORICAL. — MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. — DRESS. — BELLS. — HANDKERCHIEFS. — STICKS. — OTHER PARAPHERNALIA.
- 7.MORRIS DANCE TUNES. — NOTES ON MORRIS TUNES. — "HOW D'YE DO?" — "RIGS O' MARLOW." — "COUNTRY GARDENS." — "SHEPHERD'S HEY." — "CONSTANT BILLY." — "BLUE-EYED STRANGER." — "BLUFF KING HAL." — "MORRIS OFF."
- 8.THE DANCE. — THE MORRIS STEP. — DIAGRAMS OF MORRIS STEPS. — WITH NOTATION MARKS ADDED. — STEPS USED IN 6-TIME (i.e., COMPOUND 2). — WITH NOTATION MARKS ADDED. — POSITIONS, AND CHANGE OF POSITION. — EVOLUTIONS. — DOWN-AND-BACK; AND UP-AND-BACK. — THE CHAIN. — CROSS-OVER. — BACK-TO-BACK. — GO-AND-COME. — THE RING. — STEPS IN FOREGOING EVOLUTIONS. — THE JUMP. — THE HANDS. — THE CALL. — LENGTH OF DANCES.
- 9.SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR VARIOUS DANCES. — BEAN-SETTING (STICK DANCE). — TO FORM RING. — DIBBING. — COUNTRY GARDENS (HANDKERCHIEF DANCE). — CONSTANT BILLY (STICK DANCE). — RIGS O' MARLOW (STICK DANCE). — BLUFF KING HAL. — HOW D'YE DO (CORNER DANCE). — SHEPHERD'S HEY. — STICK-TAPPING. — HAND-CLAPPING. — ON HOLDING STICKS.
- 10.NOTATION. — MORRIS OFF. — THE END.
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