The Nordic Minuet

Foreword

1. Introduction

PART I: DEFINING AND SITUATING THE MINUET IN HISTORY AND RESEARCH

2. Situating the Minuet

3. The Minuet as Part of Instrumental and Dance Music in Europe

PART II: REFERENCES AND NARRATIVES

4. Nordic Dancing Masters during the Eighteenth Century

5. The Minuet in Sweden - and its Eastern Part Finland - during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and in Sweden after 1800

6. The Minuet in Finland after 1800 

7. The Minuet in Norway

8. The Minuet in Denmark 1688-1820

PART III: SOURCES ABOUT THE DANCE FORM AND HOW THEY WERE CREATED

9. Historical Examples of the Forms of the Minuet

10. The Minuet in the Theatre

11. Collecting Minuets in Denmark in the Twentieth Century

12. Collecting Minuets among the Swedish-speaking Population in Finland

13. Minuet Music in the Nordic Countries

PART IV: THE MINUET AS MOVEMENT PATTERNS

14. Nordic Forms of the Minuet

15. Minuet Structures

16. New Perspectives on the Minuet Step

PART V: POST REVIVAL - THE LATE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES

17. Minuet Memories and the Minuet among the Swedish-speaking Population in Finland today

18. Minuet Constructions and Reconstructions

19. New Forms and Contexts of the Minuet in the Nordic Countries

EPILOGUE

20. Some Reflections on the Minuet

List of Illustrations

List of Videos

Map of Locations

About the Authors

Index