Esperance Morris Book vol 1 - online book

A Manual of Morris Dances Folk-Songs and Singing Games

With Instructions, Diagrams, Sheet Music and Lyrics.

By MARY NEAL, Published By J. CURWEN & SONS Ltd London, Circa 1910

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The Espérance Club, and the Maison Espérance dressmaking cooperative, were founded in the mid-1890s by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and Mary Neal in response to distressing conditions for girls in the London dress trade. Mary Neal had become fascinated by the folk songs and dances being collected by Cecil Sharp, and invited some traditional dancers to teach morris dancing to the young women of the Espérance Club. Thus was born the Espérance Morris, which inspired a modern London women's side, New Esperance Morris.

IN this edition it will be noted that the instructions for the dances have been somewhat elaborated. Originally they were intended chiefly as a reminder to those who have already learned the steps and the dances, as it was felt then, as it is felt now, that the dances should be learnt in the first instance from a teacher who had had them direct from a traditional dancer. But so many are unable to learn in this direct way, and especially is this the case in America and the Colonies, that Miss Warren has added considerably to the matter she contributed to the first volume. I have just returned from a tour in the United States, and Miss Warren is still there, training dancers and giving displays.
MARY NEAL.

Esperance Morris Book vol 1, Index
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Title Cover Printers Mark BERKSHIRE DANCERS. WHOSE TRADITION GOES BACK TO 1700 Title Page Dedication CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION MORRIS ON RIGS 0' MARLOW MAID 0' THE MILL SHEPHERD'S HAY BEAN-SETTING MORRIS DANCES AT RED HOUSE, ASCOT CHAPTER I. SET TO MUSIC - 0101 Page - 0102 CHAPTER II. THE DANCES - 0103 Page - 0104 Page - 0105 CHAPTER III. THE MORRIS STEP - 0106 CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE DANCES - 0107 RIGS 0' MAR LOW (Stick Dance). - 0108 JOCKEY TO THE FAIR {Morris Jig). - 0109 Page - 0110 ABINGDON DANCES - 0111 CHAPTER V. THE FOLK-SONGS - 0112 CHAPTER VI. THE GAMES. - 0113 LONDON BRIDGE - 0114 CHAPTER VII. COSTUMES - 0115 CHAPTER VIII. ENTERTAINMENTS - 0116 THE MORRIS DANCES - 0117 MERRIE ENGLAND ONCE MORE - 0118 MORRIS ON - 0119 RIGS 0' MARLOW - 0120 COUNTRY GARDENS - 0121 JOCKEY TO THE FAIR - 0122 Page - 0123 THE MAID O' THE MILL - 0124 PRINCES ROYAL - 0125 SALLY LUKER - 0126 CONSTANT BILLY - 0127 REPEAT CUES FOR THE ACCOMPANIST - 0128 THE FOLK-SONGS - 0129 MY LADY GREENSLEEVES - 0131 A WASSAIL, A WASSAIL - 0132 Page - 0133 TWENTY EIGHTEEN - 0134 THE PROPOSAL - 0135 Page - 0136 Page - 0137 Page - 0138 Page - 0139 LITTLE SIR WILLIAM - 0140 LAVENDER CRY - 0141 THE BARKSHIRE TRAGEDY - 0142 Page - 0143 THE GAMES - 0145 WIGAMY, WIGAMY, WATERHEN - 0147 OLD ROGER'S DEAD - 0148 Page - 0149 LOOBY LOO - 0150 Page - 0151 LONDON BRIDGE - 0152 WHEN I WAS A SCHOOL GIRL - 0153 HERE WE COME UP THE GREEN GRASS - 0154 Page - 0155 HERE COME THREE DUKES - 0156 APPENDIX I. SOME OPINIONS OF THE DANCES - 0157 Page - 0158 APPENDIX II. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS - 0159 Page - 0160 Page - 0161 Page - 0162 APPENDIX III. SPECIMEN PROGRAMME OF FOLK SONGS, MORRIS DANCES AND CHILDREN'S SINGING GAMES. - 0163 APPENDIX IV - 0164 FIRST LIST OF PRESS NOTICES - 0165 The Growth and Future of Morris Dancing - 0166 BRIEF LIST OF Morris and Country Dances, Folk Songs, Singing Games - 0167 Page - 0168 Page - 0169 Page - 0170 Page - 0171 Page - 0172

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