"Dance music" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Ivan sat down and played tunes on the dulcimer—sad enough tunes. You would not play dance music if you thought you were going to ...
— Old Peter's Russian Tales • Arthur Ransome
... said. "Dance music? Yes. Stop; I'll ask our hostess. By the way, Mrs Trevor," he said, turning to the tall, sad-looking lady at whose side he was sitting, "let me introduce to you the greatest man in our corps, the brave little fellow who ...
— Our Soldier Boy • George Manville Fenn
... little, laws were established, not arbitrarily, but laws resulting from a long experience, and during all the sixteenth century admirable music was written, though deprived of melody, properly speaking. Melody was reserved for dance music which, in fact, was perfectly written in four and even in five part scores, as I have been able to convince myself in hunting for dance music of the sixteenth ...
— On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music • Camille Saint-Saens
... dance music at Roble had ceased, and the quiet of the December night was broken by only the patter of raindrops and the sound of singing in the Mayfield distance, punctuated by sharp whoops, Jimmy had got Pellams back to the Knockery pretty ...
— Stanford Stories - Tales of a Young University • Charles K. Field
... coming-out for one of their own daughters, and their house was en fete. An awning protected the porch, red cloth carpeted the steps, a marquee filled the lawn, and a stringed band from Birkshaw had been engaged to play the latest dance music. ...
— A Popular Schoolgirl • Angela Brazil
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