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Author (real name):
Title:
Francis's Ball Room Assistant
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 22, 2015
Source:
american.bib:2189
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1801–1810?
Publisher:
George Willig
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Series:
Francis' Ball Room Assistant
Serial number:
2
Keywords:
music, dance description, dance description: short, march, virginia reel, quadrille, quadrille: contredanse, longway
URL:
Note:
[Francis, 1801–1810?] (№4 in this series)) mentions president Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809).
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:
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:
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
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:
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:
Assistant for A. Dodworth's Pupils
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 28, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0706
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1878
Publisher:
Nesbitt & Co.
Place of publication:
New York
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, virginia reel, quadrille: lancers, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
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:
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:
Teacher of Etiquette, Fashionable Dancing, and Light Calisthenics. The Latest Waltzes, Gallops, Quadrille, &c., as Taught at Hit Academy, Second and Locust Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 12, 2016
Source:
american.bib:6144
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1884
Publisher:
Hart
Place of publication:
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, dance description: short, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: promiscuous figures, tempete, virginia reel, quadrille: lancers, mazurka
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:
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:
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
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:
Fashionable Quadrille Call Book and Guide to Etiquette
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 22, 2015
Source:
american.bib:6784
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1899
Publisher:
Charles Himmelman & Company
Place of publication:
Chicago
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, march, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, minuet, waltz, polka, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, virginia reel, longway, longway: money musk, cotillon: 19th century, tempo, tempo: malzel
URL:
Note:
This is a reissue of [Clendenen, 1895], but edition number is unknown
Author (real name):
Title:
A. B. C. Guide to Ball-room Dancing and Quadrille Call Book. Containing Complete Instructions on Square and Round Dances. The German Deportments, Positions, Waltzing, Bowing, Holding Partner, Etiquette, etc., etc.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 16, 2015
Source:
american.bib:6852
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1900
Publisher:
Alhambra Book Company
Place of publication:
Chicago, New York
Keywords:
dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, polka, waltz, cake-walk, longway, quadrille: lancers, cotillon: 19th century, spanish dance, circle, sir roger de coverly, virginia reel, sequence, schottische, galop, redowa, waltz: trois temps, polka-mazurka
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Complete Quadrille Call Book and Dancing Master. Containing a Full List of Calls for All the Latest Square Dances, Including Many of the Old Ones, with Measures of Time and Steps Required. Also a Complete Instructor and Guide to Every Known Round Dance, Figures for the German, Etiquette of the Ball-room, etc.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
June 13, 2016
Source:
american.bib:6894
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1902
Publisher:
Frederick J. Drake & Company
Place of publication:
Chicago
Keywords:
etiquette, dance description, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, longway, longway: money musk, quadrille: varietes parisiennes, cotillon: 19th century, spanish dance, circle, sir roger de coverly, virginia reel, polka, sequence, schottische, galop, polka-mazurka, redowa, waltz, waltz: boston
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
A Complete Practical Guide to Modern Society Dancing Containing a Full Description of All the Up-to-date Round Dances and Quadrilles, the Amount of Music Required, Rules on Etiquette, Advice to Dancers, How to Conduct a German, etc. Also Embracing a New and Improved Method of Teaching the Art
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 29, 2015
Source:
american.bib:6937
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1903
Place of publication:
Philadelphia
Edition:
2
Keywords:
etiquette, dance education, dance description, polka, sequence, redowa, polka-mazurka, two-step, schottische, waltz, waltz: boston, quadrille, quadrille: first set, tempete, quadrille: lancers, virginia reel, sir roger de coverly, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
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:
Author (real name):
Title:
Dance Manual 61
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
September 18, 2015
Source:
american.bib:7933
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1920–1930?
Publisher:
Zimmerman Print
Place of publication:
Cincinatti
Keywords:
music, dance description, quadrille, longway, longway: pop goes the weasel, virginia reel, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: contredanse, longway: money musk, polka, sequence, schottische, polka-mazurka
URL:
Note:
Title page is missing in archive.org provided copy. Metadata restored from WorldCat page
