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Author (real name):
Title:
Les russes. A Set of Mazurkas and a Set of Polkas
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 12, 2014
Source:
american.bib:3675
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1845
Publisher:
E. Ferrett & Company
Place of publication:
New York, Philadelphia
Keywords:
music, dance description, dance description: short, mazurka, quadrille, quadrille: london polka quadrille
URL:
Note:
Richard Powers' copy possess explicit dating of 1845. Title pages of the copies are slightly different, but are designed in similar style
Author (real name):
Title:
The London Polka Quadrilles with Proper Figures Arranged for the Piano Forte
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 9, 2015
Source:
american.bib:3799
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1846
Publisher:
F. D. Benteen
Place of publication:
Baltimore
Keywords:
music, dance description, dance description: short, polka, quadrille, quadrille: london polka quadrille
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
The London Polka Quadrilles with Proper Figures Arranged for the Piano Forte
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
November 16, 2015
Source:
american.bib:3813
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1846
Publisher:
A. Fiot, W. Dubois
Place of publication:
Philadephia, New York
Keywords:
music, dance description, dance description: short, polka, quadrille, quadrille: london polka quadrille
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
The London Polka Quadrilles with Appropriate Figures Arranged for the Piano Forte
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 9, 2015
Source:
american.bib:3785
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1846
Publisher:
Lee & Walker
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Keywords:
music, dance description, dance description: short, polka, quadrille, quadrille: london polka quadrille
URL:
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:
Author (real name):
Title:
The Ball-room Bijou, and Art of Dancing, Containing Its Rise and Progress, Exercises and Positions, Theatrical and Private Dancing, with Descriptions and Figures of All the Polkas, Mazurka Quadrilles, Gallopades, Waltzes, &c. To Which Is Prefixed Rules for Correct Deportment
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 12, 2014
Source:
american.bib:3975
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1848
Publisher:
Turner & Fisher
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, polka, quadrille, quadrille: london polka quadrille, mazurka, galop, polonaise, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, redowa, sequence, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Note:
Charles Durang's books are sets of excerpts, so page numeration is a mess. Page 113 follows the page 50, page 158 follows the page 155. This book is page to page identical to [Durang, 1850–1860?], but typesetting has slight differences
Author (real name):
Title:
The Ball-room Bijou and the Art of Dancing, Containing Figures of the Polkas, Mazurkas, and Other Popular New Dances: with Rules for Polite Behaviour
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 8, 2013
Source:
american.bib:4194
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1850–1860?
Publisher:
Fisher & Brother
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, polka, quadrille, quadrille: london polka quadrille, mazurka, galop, polonaise, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, redowa, sequence, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Note:
Charles Durang's books are sets of excerpts, so page numeration is a mess . Page 113 follows the page 50, page 158 follows the page 155. This book is page to page identical to [Durang, 1848], but typesetting has slight differences
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:
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:
The Fashionable Dancer's Casket, or the Ball-room Instructor. A New and Splendid Work on Dancing, Etiquette, Deportment and the Toilet
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 21, 2012
Source:
american.bib:4723
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1856
Publisher:
Fisher & Brother
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, polka, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: trois temps, schottische, polka-mazurka, redowa, sequence, waltz: five steps, galop, cotillon: 19th century, circle, spanish dance, quadrille: london polka quadrille, quadrille: lancers, mazurka, cotillon: 19th century, minuet
URL:
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:
How to Dance; A Complete Ball-room and Party Guide. Containing All the Latest Figures, Together with Old-fashioned and Contra Dances Now in General Use. Also, a Guide to Ballroom Etiquette, Toilets, and General Useful Information for Dancers
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
January 22, 2014
Source:
american.bib:5875
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1878
Publisher:
Tousey and Small
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, quadrille: lancers, waltz, waltz: trois temps, sequence, schottische, galop, redowa, polka-mazurka, cotillon: 19th century, longway, longway: pop goes the weasel, circle, rustic reel, longway: money musk, quadrille: london polka quadrille, tempete, mazurka, tango
URL:
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:
Practical Illustrated Waltz Instructor and Ball Room Guide
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
May 8, 2015
Source:
american.bib:6391
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1891
Publisher:
The New Era Printing House
Place of publication:
Lancaster
Keywords:
etiquette, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: london polka quadrille, mazurka, waltz, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, polka, redowa, waltz: glide, schottische, virginia reel, cotillon: 19th century, sequence
