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Mentel's Maxixe (La Mattchiche Bresilienne): Directions for Dancing the Maxixe (Mentel 1914)
Publisher: Louis H. Mentel (composer of Mentel's Hesitation Waltz, More Mustard One Step, Mentel's Maxixe, Mentel's Tango) / Mentel Bros. Publishing Co., Cincinnati OH; for sale at all Music Stores, or send 25 cents direct to Mentel Bros. Pub. Co. Copyright MCMXIV / 1914. One-page Maxixe directions pamphlet bound with Mentel Maxixe sheet music (5 numbered illustrations referenced). Paired with already-imported POWERS-1914-MENTEL-TANGO and POWERS-1914-MENTEL-FT (same corporate imprint). From the Richard Powers collection. Five figures: (1) Two-Step with body sway (16 counts / 8 bars), (2) Single Step / heel-advance (1 bar, done 4x), (3) Open-hold Two-Step after Castle-style hand change (16 counts / 8 bars), (4) Skating Step two-step left then right (2 bars, done 4x), (5) Mentel-specific Back-position Single Step with double-arm-circle overhead (4 bars). Midwestern pedagogy paralleling Castle 1914 Maxixe with one novel ornament (Fig 5 arm-circle) unique to Mentel.Year: 1914Family: mentel-maxCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Louis H. Mentel (composer of Mentel's Hesitation Waltz, More Mustard One Step, Mentel's Maxixe, Mentel's Tango) / Mentel Bros. Publishing Co., Cincinnati OH; for sale at all Music Stores, or send 25 cents direct to Mentel Bros. Pub. Co. Copyright MCMXIV / 1914. One-page Maxixe directions pamphlet bound with Mentel Maxixe sheet music (5 numbered illustrations referenced). Paired with already-imported POWERS-1914-MENTEL-TANGO and POWERS-1914-MENTEL-FT (same corporate imprint). From the Richard Powers collection. Five figures: (1) Two-Step with body sway (16 counts / 8 bars), (2) Single Step / heel-advance (1 bar, done 4x), (3) Open-hold Two-Step after Castle-style hand change (16 counts / 8 bars), (4) Skating Step two-step left then right (2 bars, done 4x), (5) Mentel-specific Back-position Single Step with double-arm-circle overhead (4 bars). Midwestern pedagogy paralleling Castle 1914 Maxixe with one novel ornament (Fig 5 arm-circle) unique to Mentel. (1914). Step-by-step detail available. Imported from local collection.