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QUADRILLE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-05-20
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- ride
1, record 1, English, ride
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A group of horse riders presenting synchronized performances in shows. 2, record 1, English, - ride
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride. 2, record 1, English, - ride
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The great Quadrille of the Spanish School is a sophisticated ride to music... 1, record 1, English, - ride
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Courses hippiques et sports équestres
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- reprise
1, record 1, French, reprise
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Ensemble formé de cavaliers spécialisés dans la présentation de spectacles au cours desquels ils exécutent des formations et des déplacements synchronisés au son de la musique. 2, record 1, French, - reprise
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le spectacle donné par les policiers à cheval de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada s'appelle «La cavalcade musicale du carrousel de la Gendarmerie». 2, record 1, French, - reprise
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1983-08-15
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Dance
- Organized Recreation (General)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- ballroom dance
1, record 2, English, ballroom%20dance
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- ballroom dancing 2, record 2, English, ballroom%20dancing
correct
- ballroom 3, record 2, English, ballroom
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
a social dance adapted to the modern ballroom and including couple dances in embrace position (as the fox trot, tango, two-step, waltz), face-to-face jazz dances (as the charleston), and certain folk dances (as the csardas, mazurka, polka, scottische) done usually for recreation and sometimes for exhibition. 3, record 2, English, - ballroom%20dance
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Ballroom dance. Ballroom dancing(...) is nearly always now performed by couples, dancing prescribed steps for their own pleasure either at private function or in public dance halls. Between 1820 and 1910 the popular dances were the waltz, quadrille, and polka. The Russian and eastern European nobility(...) also danced(...) such national dances as mazurkas and csardas. 1, record 2, English, - ballroom%20dance
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Danse
- Loisirs organisés (Généralités)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- danse de salon
1, record 2, French, danse%20de%20salon
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
celle qui, comme la valse ou le tango, se danse dans les réunions ou dans les dancings. 2, record 2, French, - danse%20de%20salon
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les danses de salon connurent une grande vogue, surtout à partir du début du XVIIIe s. (...) Au cours du XIXe s., dansées par couples, mazurka, polka, scottish, valse, remportèrent un très vif succès. (...) Dès le début du XIXe s., les Européens s'engouèrent pour des danses importées des Etats-Unis (cake-walk,,, fox-trot, shimmy, charleston, black-bottom) (...) 3, record 2, French, - danse%20de%20salon
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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