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Author (real name):
Title:
The Original Caledonians. An Admired Highland Set of Quadrille with New Figures in French and English Arranged for the Piano Forte or Harp. Respectully Dedicated to the Scontch Nobility and Gentry
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
November 1, 2015
Source:
english.bib:3427
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1821?
Publisher:
Bedford Musical Repository
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
URL:
Note:
According to Paul Cooper the second edition of these quadrilles is advertised in “The Morning Post” for Feburary, 21st, 1822. Dated circa 1821 by archive.org, though Goucher College library provided information says that provided copy is of later edition (between 1825 and 1827) and 1821 is the date of the first edition
Author (real name):
Title:
A Guide to the Ball Room, Containing a Selection of the Most Fashionable Quadrilles, Waltzes, Country Dances and Gallopades; with Observations on the Art of Dancing Selected from Various Authors of Distinguished Characters; and an Explanation of Terms Used in Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 25, 2015
Source:
english.bib:6190
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1830
Publisher:
W. Brooke and Sons
Place of publication:
Lincoln
Keywords:
etiquette, minuet, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, waltz, longway, quadrille: caledonians, galop
URL:
Title:
A Guide to the Ball Room: Being a Complete Compendium of the Etiquette of Dancing with the Figures of All the Quadrilles, Gallopades, Mazourkas, Polonaises, etc. etc. Beautifully Embellished
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 5, 2016
Source:
english.bib:6764
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1842?
Publisher:
Charles Mitchell
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
37
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, spanish dance, cotillon: 19th century, galop, mazurka, polonaise
URL:
Note:
Dated circa 1842 by Richard Powers. Marked as 37th thousand, which is considered to be an edition number. Richard Powers' copy includes handwritten description of “Sir Roger de Coverly” at the last page of the book
Author (real name):
Title:
The Ball-Room Polka, Polka Cotillon, and valse à deux tems
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 15, 2015
Source:
english.bib:6841
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1844
Publisher:
David Bogue
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
dance description, polka, cotillon: 19th century, waltz, waltz: deux temps, quadrille, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, circle, spanish dance, galop, mazurka, polonaise, folk dance
URL:
Note:
Pages 15, 16 are missing in the Richard Powers copy.
Title:
How to Dance the Polka! and All the Quadrilles, German Waltzes, Highland Reels, &c. &c.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
January 21, 2017
Source:
english.bib:6913
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1845?
Publisher:
Hugh Cunningham
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
dance description, polka, quadrille, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, galop, quadrille: first set, longway, waltz, folk dance, polonaise, mazurka
URL:
Note:
Dated 1845 since the publication is mentioned on p. 111 of [The Book, 1845] which is dated 1845. First works on polka in England was published in 1844 (e. g. [Coulon, 1844])
Author (real name):
Title:
Durang's Terpsichore; or, Ball Room Guide. Being a Compendium of the Theory, Practice, and Etiquette of Dancing, Embracing a Description of the Cotillions: Polka and Mazurka Quadrilles; and ad Essay on Waltzing; with All the Other Popular Miscellaneous Dances of the Day
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 5, 2016
Source:
american.bib:3868
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1847
Publisher:
Fisher & Brother
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: contredanse, longway, quadrille: caledonians, spanish dance, polka, quadrille: london polka quadrille, mazurka, galop, polonaise, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, redowa, waltz: cellarius, sequence, cotillon: 19th century, virginia reel, rustic reel
URL:
Title:
A Guide to the Ball Room and Illustrated Polka Lesson Book: Being a Complete Compendium of the Etiquette of Dancing with the Figures of All the Quadrille, Galopades, Polonaises, Waltzes, New Mazourkas, Redova Valse, Valse a Deux Tems, Valse Mazourka, or la Cellarius Polka, etc. etc.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 5, 2016
Source:
english.bib:7077
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1848?
Publisher:
Charles Mitchell
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, spanish dance, cotillon: 19th century, galop, mazurka, polonaise, folk dance, polka, waltz, waltz: deux temps, redowa, waltz: cellarius, sir roger de coverly
URL:
Note:
Dated circa 1848 by Richard Powers. Marked as “Corrected and Improved Edition”, but edition number is unknown. Page IV is numbered V in Richard Powers' copy. This might be either due to misprint or poor quality of the scans
Author (real name):
Title:
Etiquette of the Ball-room, and Guide to the New and Fashionable Dances; Containing the Steps and Figures of Quadrilles, Valses, Polkas, Galops, Mazourkas, Country Dances, etc.; with Hints and Instructions Respecting Toilet and Deportment
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 25, 2015
Source:
english.bib:7105
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1850–1854?
Publisher:
George Biggs
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, polka, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, schottische, waltz: cellarius, redowa, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, spanish dance, cotillon: 19th century, galop, longway
URL:
Note:
Title page says that the book is written by Mrs. Nicholas Handerson (Nicholas Henderson's wife), first name was found by Susan de Guardiola. Susan de Guardiola dates third edition circa 1854, book includes schottische which was introduced in Paris in late 1840s.
Title:
The Victoria Miniature Ball Room Guide
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 30, 2014
Source:
english.bib:7165
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1850?
Publisher:
Kent & Company
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: london polka quadrille, galop, polka, cotillon: 19th century, circle, sir roger de coverly, spanish dance, waltz, waltz: deux temps
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Ball Room Refinement, Containing the Principal Figure Dances; with a Descriptive Outline of the deux temps valse, and Some Strictures on Its Present Style
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 21, 2021
Source:
english.bib:7179
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1851
Publisher:
Dommenget Lewis, Kent & Company
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, spanish dance, sir roger de coverly
URL:
Note:
Dated by the library.
Author (real name):
Title:
The Ball-room Manual and Etiquette of Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 5, 2016
Source:
english.bib:7250
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1852
Publisher:
Milner and Sowerby
Place of publication:
Halifax
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, galop, mazurka, waltz, waltz: cellarius, polonaise, spanish dance, circle, folk dance, longway, waltz: deux temps, sir roger de coverly, schottische
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
The Ball-room Manual and Etiquette of Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
November 9, 2015
Source:
english.bib:7295
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1853
Publisher:
Milner and Sowerby
Place of publication:
Halifax
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, folk dance, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, galop, mazurka, waltz, waltz: cellarius, polonaise, spanish dance, circle, longway, cotillon: 19th century, waltz: deux temps, sir roger de coverly, schottische
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Etiquette of the Ball-room, and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, Containing the Steps and Figures of Quadrilles, Valses, Polkas, Galops, Mazourkas, Country Dances, etc.; With Hints and Instructions Respecting Toilet and Deportment
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 16, 2015
Source:
english.bib:7322
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1854?
Publisher:
George Biggs
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
3
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, polka, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: trois temps, schottische, waltz: cellarius, redowa, polka-mazurka, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, spanish dance, cotillon: 19th century, galop, longway, sir roger de coverly, tempete
Note:
Title page says that the book is written by Mrs. Nicholas Handerson (Nicholas Henderson's wife), first name was found by Susan de Guardiola. Susan de Guardiola dates this edition circa 1854).
Title:
The Victoria Danse du Monde and Quadrille Preceptor
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 17, 2022
Source:
english.bib:7366
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1855?
Publisher:
T. Dean & Son
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, waltz, waltz: trois temps, cotillon: 19th century, polka, redowa, schottische, waltz: deux temps, galop, sequence, mazurka, polonaise, folk dance, circle, spanish dance, tempete, longway, sir roger de coverly
URL:
Note:
Dated circa 1855 by the library.
Title:
The Ball Room Instructor, and Complete Guide to Dancing. Containing All the New & Popular Dances of the Day, Including Quadrilles, Waltzes, Polkas, Galopades, Mazourkas, Country Dances, &c., Etiquette of the Ball Room, Hints on Dress, &c. To Which is Added a Glossary of French Terms Commonly Used in Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 25, 2015
Source:
english.bib:7351
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1855?
Publisher:
H. Elliot
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, waltz, waltz: trois temps, polonaise, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: london polka quadrille, spanish dance, cotillon: 19th century, galop, folk dance, polka, waltz: deux temps, mazurka, redowa, schottische, sequence, sir roger de coverly, longway, longway: pop goes the weasel, tempete, circle
URL:
Note:
Dated 1855 by the library
Author (real name):
Title:
Diprose's Ball Room Guide to the Figures of the Most Fashionable Dances
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 15, 2015
Source:
english.bib:7425
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1857
Publisher:
Diprose & Bateman
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: lancers, mazurka, polka, schottische, galop, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, spanish dance, sequence, redowa, cotillon: 19th century, folk dance, longway, sir roger de coverly, longway: pop goes the weasel
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Le calédonien. Célèbre quadrille ecossais. Rival du quadrille des lanciers. Avec l'explication de figures importé enF France et dansé dans les salons de Boizot pere et fils, rue Saint Honoré, 247. La musique arragée pour piano
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
April 19, 2016
Source:
french.bib:10080
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1857
Place of publication:
Paris
Keywords:
URL:
Title:
Etiquette for Gentlemen, Being a Manual of Minor Social Ethics and Customary Observances
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 31, 2016
Source:
english.bib:7410
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1857
Publisher:
Knight and Son
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, polka, schottische, mazurka, polka-mazurka, sequence, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, redowa, spanish dance, sir roger de coverly, folk dance, galop
URL:
Note:
Dated Second part (nam includes a couple of pages describing the etiquette rules used in dancing together with a lot a dances described. Unfortunately, pages 7 and 8 of the second part are missing in the scan provided by Google Books
Title:
Les caledonians. Quadrilles. Din na ye hear the slogan. With the Original Figures as Produced at Paris. Now Danced at the Academies of Laurence de Garmo Brookes
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 27, 2015
Source:
american.bib:4940
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1858
Publisher:
Firth, Pond & Company
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
URL:
Title:
The Young Lady's Book. A Manual of Elegant Recreations, Arts, Sciences, and Accomplishments
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
September 12, 2016
Source:
_references.bib:0074
Entry type:
Encyclopaedia or dictionary
Date of publication:
1859
Publisher:
Henry G. Bohn
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, redowa, spanish dance, schottische, galop, polka-mazurka, sequence, sir roger de coverly, tempete
URL:
Note:
Pages 472–499 contain some articles devoted to dancing
Title:
The Home Circle: A Collection of Piano-forte Music; Consisting of the Most Favorite Marches, Waltzes, Polkas, Redowas, Schottisches, Galops, Mazurkas, Quadrilles, Dances, &c. Being a Repository of Music for Parlor and Drawing-room Recreations
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 12, 2015
Source:
american.bib:5089
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1859
Publisher:
Oliver Ditson and Company
Place of publication:
Boston
Keywords:
music, dance description, march, waltz, waltz: sautese, polka, schottische, redowa, mazurka, polka-mazurka, sequence, galop, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, folk dance, waltz: five steps, cotillon: cracovienne, spanish dance
URL:
Title:
The Caledonians as Adopted from the Highest Authorities of Paris & London, as Danced at the Academies in New-York & Brooklin, of Alled Dodworth
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 27, 2015
Source:
american.bib:0573
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1859
Publisher:
Harvey B. Dodworth
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
URL:
Note:
Goucher copy have misprinted title page bearing title of “The Caladonians” (in Lester S. Levy copy “E” is printed with the same letter as “A”, turned by 180°)
Author (real name):
Title:
Howe's Drawing-Room Dances Especially Designed for Social Evening Parties; Containing All the Popular and Fashionable Quadrilles, Cotillons, Fancy Dances, Contra Dances, &c. with Every Variety of the Latest and Most Approved Figures and Calls for the Different Changes. Music Arranged for the Piano-Forte
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
January 5, 2015
Source:
american.bib:0946
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1859
Publisher:
Oliver Ditson & Company
Place of publication:
Boston
Keywords:
music, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, redowa, polka, virginia reel, polka-mazurka, sequence, schottische, galop, longway, longway: money musk, rustic reel, tempete, longway: pop goes the weasel, spanish dance
URL:
Title:
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette: Etiquette for Ladies, Etiquette for Gentlemen, Ball-room Companion, Courtship & Matrimony, How to Dress Well, How to Carve, Toasts and Sentiments
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 20, 2018
Source:
english.bib:7483
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1860–1869?
Publisher:
George Routledge and Sons
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: lancers, polka, polka-mazurka, mazurka, redowa, schottische, sequence, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, galop, cotillon: 19th century, tempete, sir roger de coverly
URL:
Note:
Dated by archive.org. Dance descriptions can be found on pages 71–112.
Author (real name):
Title:
Répertoire des quadrilles français et anglais. Lanciers, Calédonien, Américains et la description de la valse selon les principes
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
March 19, 2021
Source:
french.bib:10256
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1860
Publisher:
MM. Boizot, père et fils
Place of publication:
Paris
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, waltz, waltz: deux temps
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Ball-room Guide: A Manual of Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 5, 2016
Source:
_problems.bib:0868
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1860–1870?
Publisher:
John Cameron
Place of publication:
Glasgow
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, cotillon: 19th century, tempete, longway, longway: ecossaise, waltz, waltz: boston, waltz: sautese, polka, waltz: deux temps, waltz: cellarius, sequence, redowa, polka-mazurka, schottische, sir roger de coverly, folk dance
URL:
Note:
Richard Powers provided copy (originating from the book being held at NYPL) lacks pages 12–37, 74–78. Marked as revised edition, but edition number is unknown
Author (real name):
Title:
Etiquette of the Ball-room, and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, Containing the Steps and Figures of Quadrilles, Valses, Polkas, Galops, Mazourkas, Country Dances, etc. with Hints and Instructions Respecting Toilet and Deportment
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
May 11, 2015
Source:
english.bib:7525
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1862?
Publisher:
Benjamin Blake
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
9
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: trois temps, galop, polka, waltz: cellarius, redowa, polka-mazurka, schottische, spanish dance, cotillon: 19th century, tempete, quadrille: prince imperial, longway, sir roger de coverly
URL:
Note:
Title page says that the book is written by Mrs. Nicholas Handerson (Nicholas Henderson's wife), first name was found by Susan de Guardiola. Dated circa 1862 by Susan de Guardiola. Dated 1890 by archive.org without any reasoning specified.
Author (real name):
Title:
Teacher of Fashionable and Select Dancing, Waltses, Gallopes, Quadrilles &c.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 5, 2016
Source:
american.bib:5385
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1864
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Keywords:
dance description, dance description: short, cotillon: 19th century, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: london polka quadrille, quadrille: caledonians, mazurka, quadrille: prince imperial
URL:
Title:
Routledge's Ball-room Guide by the Author of “Etiquette for Ladies”, and “Etiquette for Gentlemen”
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 8, 2019
Source:
english.bib:7542
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1864
Publisher:
George Routledge and Son
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: lancers, polka, waltz, waltz: cellarius, mazurka, polka-mazurka, redowa, schottische, sequence, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, galop, cotillon: 19th century, spanish dance, tempete, sir roger de coverly
URL:
Note:
The publication is mentioned in The Bookseller as being published in the April 1864. In 1858 the publisher changed the firm name. Dated 1866 by archive.org, but Richard Powers dates it 1868.
Author (real name):
Title:
The Dancer's Assistant; In Which All the Most Difficult Figures in Quadrilles Are Clearly Explained by Diagrams. Together with Many Useful Remarks Essential to Those Wishing to Attain Thorough Knowledge of the Art. Also, Lucid Descriptions of the Various Round Dances Which Have Been Introduced Into the Modern Ball Room
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 25, 2020
Source:
english.bib:7557
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1865?
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, waltz, waltz: trois temps, spanish dance, galop, polka, schottische, polka-mazurka, redowa, waltz: deux temps, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial
URL:
Note:
Dated circa 1865 by the library.
Author (real name):
Title:
Assistant for A. Dodworth's Pupils
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
September 30, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0648
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1865
Publisher:
Nesbitt & Co.
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, virginia reel, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Note:
Richard Powers provided copy has blank page instead of page 6 (believed to be blank in the original), but lacks blank page in place of page 8. Blank page №8 added artifially into owned copy
Author (real name):
Title:
Lowe's Assembly Guide
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
May 11, 2015
Source:
australian.bib:0069
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1867?
Place of publication:
Melbourne
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: first set
URL:
Note:
Alexander Turnbull library copy should be available at separate url, but is erroneously attached to T. B.'s "Dance Book" on library website. Contains a number of cards with quadrille descriptions, which can be bound in any order or quantity. Last page of this binding contains some testimonials that allow to name author and date the item (Joseph Eager Lowe is the son of Joseph Lowe, who passed away in 1866)
Author (real name):
Title:
Youens's Dance Album and Ball-room Guide. Words and Music
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 7, 2017
Source:
english.bib:7652
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1870?
Publisher:
George Routledge and Sons
Place of publication:
London, New York
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, galop, mazurka, circle, spanish dance, cotillon: 19th century, polka-mazurka, redowa, waltz, waltz: cellarius, waltz: boston, waltz: deux temps, schottische, polka, tempete, sir roger de coverly, music
URL:
Note:
Dated circa 1870 by Richard Powers
Title:
Canadian Ten Cent Ball-room Companion and Guide to Dancing, Comprising Rules of Etiquette, Hints on Private Parties, Toilettes for the Ball-room, etc. Also, a Synopsis of Round and Square Dances. Dictionary of French Terms, etc.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 29, 2015
Source:
canadian.bib:0019
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1871
Publisher:
William Warwick
Place of publication:
Toronto
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, virginia reel, sir roger de coverly, spanish dance, tempete, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, waltz: cellarius, schottische, polka, galop, redowa, polka-mazurka, sequence
URL:
Title:
The Victoria Danse du Monde and Quadrille Preceptor
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 5, 2016
Source:
english.bib:7681
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1872?
Publisher:
Dean & Son
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, waltz, waltz: trois temps, cotillon: 19th century, polka, schottische, polka-mazurka, sequence, quadrille: prince imperial, waltz: deux temps, galop, redowa, folk dance, circle, spanish dance, tempete, longway, sir roger de coverly
URL:
Note:
Dated circa 1872 by Richard Powers.
Author (real name):
Author (pseudonym):
Title:
Home Games for Old and Young
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 29, 2018
Source:
_references.bib:0115
Entry type:
Encyclopaedia or dictionary
Date of publication:
1873
Publisher:
Lee and Shepard, Lee, Shepard and Dillingham
Place of publication:
Boston, New York
Keywords:
dance description, longway, longway: pop goes the weasel, quadrille, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: prince imperial, cotillon: 19th century, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: caledonians, sir roger de coverly
URL:
Note:
Pages 154–168 are dedicated to home dancing.
Author (real name):
Title:
Assistant for A. Dodworth's Pupils
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 27, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0663
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1873
Publisher:
Nesbitt & Co.
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, virginia reel, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, cotillon: 19th century, waltz, waltz: boston
URL:
Transcription:
Note:
LOC provided copy is slightly incomplete, lacking blank pp. 6 and 8. Blank pages added artifially into owned copy
Author (real name):
Title:
The Dance of Society: a Critical Analysis of All the Standard Quadrilles, Round Dances, 102 Figures of Le cotillon (“The German”), &c., Including Dissertations upon Time and Its Accentuation, Carriage, Style, and Other Relative Matters
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
January 22, 2014
Source:
american.bib:5734
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1875
Publisher:
William A. Pond & Company
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, spanish dance, circle, virginia reel, minuet, polka, polka-mazurka, sequence, schottische, galop, waltz, waltz: deux temps, redowa, waltz: trois temps, waltz: sautese, waltz: boston, cotillon: 19th century, music
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
De Walden's Ball-room Companion; or, Dancing Made Easy. A Collection of the Fashionable Drawing-room Dances, with Full Directions for Dancing All the Figures of “The German”
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 29, 2015
Source:
american.bib:5806
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1876?
Publisher:
Dick & Fitzgerald
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, polka, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, waltz: five steps, mazurka, waltz: cellarius, redowa, cotillon: 19th century, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, spanish dance, polka-mazurka, sequence
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Coote's Guide to Ball-room Dancing, Enabling Everyone to Become Proficient in the Art of Dancing Without the Aid of a Master
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 13, 2019
Source:
english.bib:7723
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1876?
Publisher:
Hopwood & Crew
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, polka, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: new trois temps, galop, schottische, polka-mazurka, redowa, tempete, longway, sir roger de coverly
Note:
Dated circa 1876 by the British Library.
Author (real name):
Title:
Teacher of Fashionable and Select Dancing, Etiquette, etc. Glides, Waltzes, Galops, Quadrilles, etc.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 5, 2016
Source:
american.bib:5889
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1879
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Keywords:
dance description, dance description: short, etiquette, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, mazurka, quadrille: london polka quadrille, quadrille: caledonians, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Note:
Marked as “New Edition for 1879”, but edition number is unknown
Author (real name):
Title:
Etiquette of the Ball-room, and Guide to All the Fashionable Dances. Containing the Steps and Figures of Quadrilles, Valses, Polkas, Galops, Mazourkas, Country Dances, etc., with Hints and Instructions Respecting Toilet and Deportment
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
May 1, 2023
Source:
english.bib:7780
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1879?
Publisher:
Simpkin, Marshall and Company
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
20
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: trois temps, waltz: new trois temps, galop, polka, waltz: cellarius, redowa, polka-mazurka, schottische, spanish dance, cotillon: 19th century, tempete, quadrille: prince imperial, longway, sir roger de coverly
Note:
Title page says that the book is written by Mrs. Nicholas Handerson (Nicholas Henderson's wife), first name was found by Susan de Guardiola. Dated circa 1879 in the British Library catalogue.
Author (real name):
Title:
The Dance of Society: a Critical Analysis of All the Standard Quadrilles, Round Dances, 102 Figures of Le cotillon (“The German”), &c., Including Dissertations upon Time and Its Accentuation, Carriage, Style, and Other Relative Matters
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 17, 2018
Source:
american.bib:5929
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1879–1892?
Publisher:
William A. Pond & Company
Place of publication:
New York
Edition:
3
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, spanish dance, circle, virginia reel, minuet, polka, polka-mazurka, sequence, schottische, galop, waltz, waltz: deux temps, redowa, waltz: trois temps, waltz: sautese, waltz: boston, cotillon: 19th century, music
URL:
Note:
Dated circa 1879 by Hathitrust, but the 2nd edition is known to be copyrighted 1879, and the 5th edition is known to be copyrighted 1892, so the 3rd edition should go somewhere in the 1880-s.
Author (real name):
Title:
MS 3088
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 25, 2015
Source:
english.bib:7825
Entry type:
Manuscript
Date of publication:
1880–1890?
Place of publication:
Aberdeen
Holding library:
University of Aberdeen
Library location:
Aberdeen
Library call number:
MS 3088
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: polo, le carillon de dunkerque, polka-mazurka, sequence, circle, spanish dance, tempete, longway
URL:
Transcription:
Author (real name):
Title:
The Art of Dancing Embracing a Full Description of the Various Dances of the Present Day, together with Chapters on Etiquette, the Benefits, and History of Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 22, 2015
Source:
american.bib:5945
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1880
Publisher:
Sause's Dancing Academy
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, march, waltz, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, spanish dance, circle, virginia reel, sir roger de coverly, waltz: boston, waltz: sautese, waltz: five steps, sequence, polka, redowa, schottische, galop, waltz: deux temps, polka-mazurka, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Mrs. Charles Read's Australian Ball Room Guide
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 22, 2015
Source:
australian.bib:0136
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1880–1890?
Publisher:
George Robertson & Company
Place of publication:
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, London
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, minuet, quadrille: caledonians, spanish dance, quadrille: prince imperial, cotillon: 19th century, quadrille: polo, polka-mazurka, sequence, waltz, waltz: deux temps, circle, schottische, longway, tempete, sir roger de coverly, polka, galop, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, polonaise, waltz: hesitation
URL:
Note:
Title page is signed as written by “Mrs. Charles Read” (Charles Read's wife), but her first name is yet to be discovered. Dated by the library. Some details on publisher's career can be found in Wikipedia
Author (real name):
Title:
Practical Illustrated Waltz Instructor
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 21, 2012
Source:
american.bib:6032
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1882
Publisher:
De Witt
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, quadrille: polo, waltz, waltz: boston, waltz: five steps, sequence, polka-mazurka, galop, schottische, cotillon: 19th century, circle, spanish dance, longway, longway: pop goes the weasel
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
A Full Description of Modern Dances
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 21, 2012
Source:
american.bib:6230
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1885
Place of publication:
Brooklyn
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, waltz, waltz: boston, polka, schottische, polka-mazurka, galop, two-step, sequence, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: polo, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, circle, spanish dance, virginia reel, rustic reel, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Title:
The Ball-room Guide. A Handy Manual for All Classes of Society. With Coloured Frontispiece
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 26, 2015
Source:
english.bib:7874
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1886?
Publisher:
Frederick Warne and Company, Scribner, Welford & Armstrong
Place of publication:
London, New York
Series:
Warne's Handy Book with Coloured Illustrations
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, cotillon: 19th century, mazurka, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, waltz, waltz: trois temps, polka-mazurka, sequence, polka, redowa, schottische, waltz: cellarius, galop, spanish dance, longway, tempete, sir roger de coverly
URL:
Note:
Dated 1886 by Richard Powers. Google Books date this item 1874. Both are just assumptions
Title:
Modern Etiquette in Public and Private Including Society at Large, the Etiquette of Weddings, the Ball-room, the Dinner-table, the Toilet, &c. &c.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 22, 2015
Source:
english.bib:7890
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1887?
Publisher:
Frederick Warne and Company
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, waltz, waltz: trois temps, cotillon: 19th century, folk dance, mazurka, polka, schottische
URL:
Note:
Dated 1887 by Richard Powers and archive.org, but the reasons aren't clear. Marked as new and revised editions, but edition number is unknown
Title:
Squire's Practical Prompter; or, Ball Room Call Book in Three Parts, Giving in Full Every Variety of the Most Approved Figures and Calls for the Different Changes
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 5, 2016
Source:
_problems.bib:0900
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1887?
Publisher:
A. Squire
Place of publication:
Cincinnati
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, polka, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: caledonians, circle, longway, longway: money musk, virginia reel, longway: pop goes the weasel, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Note:
Dated circa 1887 by Richard Powers. Scans provided by Richard Powers lack pp. 20, 21 and 54
Author (real name):
Title:
Dancing and Its Relations to Education and Social Life with a New Method of Instruction Including a Complete Guide to the Cotillon (German) with 250 Figures
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 26, 2015
Source:
american.bib:0829
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1888
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Place of publication:
New York
Edition:
2
Keywords:
etiquette, music, dance description, galop, polka, sequence, polka-mazurka, schottische, redowa, waltz, waltz: sautese, waltz: boston, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: polo, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: lancers, minuet, virginia reel, polonaise, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
The Art of Dancing Embracing a Full Description of the Various Dances of the Present Day, together with Chapters on Etiquette, the Benefits, and History of Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 21, 2012
Source:
american.bib:6310
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1889
Publisher:
Belford, Clarke & Company
Place of publication:
Chicago, New York, San Francisco
Edition:
5
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, march, waltz, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, spanish dance, circle, virginia reel, sir roger de coverly, waltz: boston, waltz: sautese, waltz: five steps, sequence, polka, redowa, schottische, galop, waltz: deux temps, polka-mazurka, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Dancing as an Art and Pastime
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 22, 2015
Source:
english.bib:8025
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1892
Publisher:
George Bell and Sons
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, music, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, cotillon: 19th century, polka, schottische, polka-mazurka, sequence, galop, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: trois temps
URL:
Note:
Pages 12–21 are cut on the top. This defect is present even in original archive.org copy.
Author (real name):
Title:
Dancing as It Should Be. For Learners, Dancers and All Readers
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 13, 2017
Source:
english.bib:8040
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1893
Publisher:
Frederick Pitman
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
2
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, polka, schottische, waltz, quadrille: caledonians, galop, polka-mazurka
URL:
- /books/scott_1893_should/pdf/1 (82.4 MB)
Note:
Marked as enlarged edition, but believed to be the second edition.
grosvater keyword added due to the presence of “Norwegian Country Dance” which is similar to the grosvater of the past.
Author (real name):
Title:
Guide to Quadrille Dancing Consisting of Modern Society Dances from Many Prominent Authors
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 13, 2015
Source:
american.bib:6512
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1893
Place of publication:
Buffalo
Keywords:
dance description, sequence, schottische, quadrille, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: first set, etiquette, virginia reel, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: varietes parisiennes
Author (real name):
Title:
The Perfect Art of Modern Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 26, 2015
Source:
american.bib:6622
Entry type:
Entire paper or magazine
Date of publication:
May, 1894
Publisher:
The Batterick Publishing Company
Place of publication:
London, New York
Series:
Metropolitan Pamphlet Series
Serial number:
2
Volume:
7
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, virginia reel, tempete, galop, polka-mazurka, polka, sequence, schottische, waltz, waltz: trois temps, cotillon: 19th century, quadrille: caledonians, minuet, gavotte
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
The American Prompter and Guide to Etiquette
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 21, 2012
Source:
american.bib:6717
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1896
Publisher:
The John Church Company
Place of publication:
Cincinnati
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, march, tempo, tempo: malzel, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, mazurka, tempete, longway, circle, longway: money musk, virginia reel, cotillon: 19th century, sequence
URL:
Title:
Gems of the Ball Room Call Book for the Professional and Amateur Prompter Containing a Large Variety of Plain Quadrilles, Prairie Queens, Lancers, Waltz Quadrilles, and Fancy Quadrilles, Contra Dances, etc. Writter for and Adapted to “Gems of the Ball Room”, All Numbers; “Beauties of the Ball Room”, All Numbers; and “Favorite Dance Albums”, All Numbers; Also Other Popular Music
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 16, 2015
Source:
american.bib:6744
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1898
Publisher:
E. T. Root & Sons
Place of publication:
Chicago
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, galop, redowa, polka, waltz, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: caledonians, circle, longway, longway: money musk, spanish dance, virginia reel, tempete, longway: pop goes the weasel
Author (real name):
Title:
Theory and Practice of Modern Dancing, Being an Authentuc and Practical Treatise, Embracing a New and Improved Method of Teaching the Art, Giving Full Explanations of the Steps and Figures of the Latest and Most Fashionable Dances of the Ball-Room; with a Technical Glossary, and Simplified Rules for the Guidance of Beginners and Advanced Pupils
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 16, 2015
Source:
english.bib:8182
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1901?
Publisher:
Willcocks & Company Limited
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, galop, polka, schottische, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, waltz: sautese, mazurka, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: polo, cotillon: 19th century, longway, sir roger de coverly, sequence, folk dance
Note:
There are no pages 6–9; pagination jumps straight from 4–5 to 10–11, while text remains continuous. Most of the book can be dated circa 1890. Crompton's “Guide to Modern Dancing” is advertised in the June 8, 1891 issue of the periodical “Dancing”. However, the typeface of the titles changes at page 84, and the end of this book is believed to be added material and the edition is of later time. It includes “King Edward’s Lancers” (pages 90–91), and there is no reason to have anything devoted to king Edward before his accession in 1901. A similar edition with different contents past page 84 can be found [Crompton, 1891?].
Author (real name):
Title:
Dancing without an Instructor
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 29, 2015
Source:
american.bib:6951
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1904
Publisher:
David McKay
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, two-step, march, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: caledonians, quadrille: prince imperial, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, virginia reel, longway, longway: pop goes the weasel, spanish dance, circle, waltz, waltz: boston, waltz: glide, two-step, galop, polka, polka-mazurka, schottische, sequence, redowa, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Title:
The Pocket Guide to the Dances
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 22, 2015
Source:
australian.bib:0121
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1910–1918?
Publisher:
Cole's Book Arcade
Place of publication:
Melbourne
Keywords:
URL:
Note:
Cole's Book Arcade opened in 1883, Edward William Cole died in 1918. Dated 191-? by the library
