Historical SourcePublic Domain
Description of 'The Quake' (Geo. R. Puckett, San Francisco 1908)
Publisher: George Robert Puckett, Instructor of Dancing, 159 Church St., San Francisco, California. Principal of California's Largest, America's Grandest Academy. Dance composed and arranged by G. R. Puckett; music composed by Charles A. Wegener. Copyright MCMVIII (1908) by G. R. Puckett. Schottische-time composed social dance published as a description-pamphlet together with special sheet music, sold at 75¢ per copy direct from the author. Single-figure composed exhibition/social dance explicitly labeled 'Schottische' on the score. From the Richard Powers collection (1908_Quake.txt, 32 lines). Represents the late-1900s San Francisco dancing-school pamphlet tradition — parallel to regional studio-issued composed-dance pamphlets by Dodworth (NYC), Gilbert (Portland), and G. Wilson (Chicago).Year: 1908Family: puckettCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by George Robert Puckett, Instructor of Dancing, 159 Church St., San Francisco, California. Principal of California's Largest, America's Grandest Academy. Dance composed and arranged by G. R. Puckett; music composed by Charles A. Wegener. Copyright MCMVIII (1908) by G. R. Puckett. Schottische-time composed social dance published as a description-pamphlet together with special sheet music, sold at 75¢ per copy direct from the author. Single-figure composed exhibition/social dance explicitly labeled 'Schottische' on the score. From the Richard Powers collection (1908_Quake.txt, 32 lines). Represents the late-1900s San Francisco dancing-school pamphlet tradition — parallel to regional studio-issued composed-dance pamphlets by Dodworth (NYC), Gilbert (Portland), and G. Wilson (Chicago). (1908). Imported from local collection.