Question 1

What is Jig, Clog, and Breakdown Dancing Made Easy, with Sketches of Noted Jig Dancers about?

Accepted Answer

One of the earliest printed step-by-step notations of American vernacular percussive dance, with named performers — a primary document of the pre-blues social-dance vocabulary. Free.

Question 2

Is Jig, Clog, and Breakdown Dancing Made Easy, with Sketches of Noted Jig Dancers free to read?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Jig, Clog, and Breakdown Dancing Made Easy, with Sketches of Noted Jig Dancers is public domain and can be read or downloaded in full.

Question 3

Who wrote Jig, Clog, and Breakdown Dancing Made Easy, with Sketches of Noted Jig Dancers?

Accepted Answer

Jig, Clog, and Breakdown Dancing Made Easy, with Sketches of Noted Jig Dancers was written by Anon. (Ed. James Fisk), published in 1873 by Robert M. De Witt. The author writes from inside the tradition it documents.

Jig, Clog, and Breakdown Dancing Made Easy, with Sketches of Noted Jig Dancers

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Documents these traditions