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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:
Mon pauvre amour. Valse boston pour piano
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
August 10, 2017
Source:
russian.bib:6287
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1870–1915?
Publisher:
Léon Idzikowski
Plate number:
L2582I
Place of publication:
Киев
Keywords:
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
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:
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:
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:
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:
Title:
Abhandlung über Gesellschafts-Tänze nebst Beschreibung der Arlequinaden
Language:
German
Id:
Added to database:
January 17, 2021
Source:
german.bib:3778
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1889
Keywords:
dance description, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, waltz: boston, polka, polka-mazurka, schottische, sequence, quadrille, sir roger de coverly, minuet
URL:
Note:
Dated 1889 in Google Books catalogue. Dated between 1880 and 1890 by HathiTrust.
Author (real name):
Title:
Il ballo. Storia della danza. Balli girati - Contradanze - Cotillon - Danze locali - Feste da ballo - Igiene del ballo
Language:
Italian
Id:
Added to database:
February 2, 2015
Source:
italian.bib:0932
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1898
Publisher:
Ulrico Hoepli
Place of publication:
Milano
Series:
Manuali Hoepli
Keywords:
research, dance education, dance description, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, waltz: sautese, waltz: boston, polka, polka-mazurka, galop, sequence, quadrille, quadrille: lancers, quadrille: first set, cotillon: 19th century, minuet, gavotte, mazurka, redowa, folk dance
URL:
Note:
Gavina's manual is a tough bibliographical nut. This edition lists P. Gavina as the author. The third edition of Gavina's part [Gavina, Giovannini, 1914] lists G. Gavina as the author. Catalogo dei 500 manuali Hoepli lists F. Gavina as the author. URL is accessible only from USA.
Author (real name):
Title:
Руководство для изучения танцев
Language:
Russian
Id:
Added to database:
October 14, 2014
Source:
russian.bib:7243
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1899
Publisher:
Типо-литография В. А. Вацлика
Place of publication:
Санкт-Петербург
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, polonaise, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, waltz: boston, polka, polka-mazurka, galop, mazurka, quadrille, quadrille: first set, sequence, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Quand l'amour meurt... Valse boston
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
September 2, 2016
Source:
russian.bib:7330
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1900–1910?
Publisher:
A. Seywang
Plate number:
A565S
Place of publication:
Moscou
Series:
Compositions diverses pour le piano
Keywords:
URL:
- /books/cremieux_1900/pdf/1 (42.3 MB)
Note:
Dated approximately
Author (real name):
Title:
Новый салонный танец „Бостон” (Вальс). Nouvelle danse de salon „Boston”
Language:
Russian
Id:
Added to database:
April 21, 2016
Source:
russian.bib:3064
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1901
Publisher:
Музыкальный магазин «Северная лира»
Plate number:
С1088Л
Place of publication:
Санкт-Петербург
Keywords:
URL:
Note:
No traits of Boston step can be found in description. Keyword was added due to title match
Author (real name):
Title:
Руководство для изучения танцев
Language:
Russian
Id:
Added to database:
July 15, 2017
Source:
russian.bib:7480
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1902
Publisher:
Типо-литография А. Лейферта
Place of publication:
Санкт-Петербург
Edition:
2
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, polonaise, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, waltz: boston, polka, polka-mazurka, galop, mazurka, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, sequence, schottische, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
Transcription:
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:
Самоучитель настоящего венского вальса
Language:
Russian
Id:
Added to database:
April 2, 2016
Source:
russian.bib:7583
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1903
Publisher:
Типография Ш. А. Фридланда
Place of publication:
Могилёв губернский
Keywords:
URL:
- /books/borsuk_1903/pdf/1 (3.6 MB)
Note:
Courtesy of the National Library of Russia
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:
Tańce salonowe. Praktyczny przewodnik dla tancerzy i wodzirejów uwzględniający tańce najnowsze i najmodniejsze
Language:
Polish
Id:
Added to database:
June 13, 2016
Source:
polish.bib:0408
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1904
Publisher:
Jan Fiszer
Place of publication:
Warszawa
Keywords:
dance description, polonaise, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: trois temps, waltz: boston, redowa, polka, polka-mazurka, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, mazurka, cotillon: cracovienne, cotillon: 19th century, schottische, sequence, cake-walk
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Мольба. Prière. Valse boston
Language:
Russian
Id:
Added to database:
September 16, 2016
Source:
russian.bib:7836
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1905–1914?
Publisher:
Издательство „Нева” К. В. Иванова
Plate number:
И266Н
Place of publication:
Санкт-Петербург
Keywords:
URL:
Note:
No censor's mark – 1905+, Saint Petersburg rename to Petrograd – 1914-
Author (real name):
Title:
Руководство для изучения танцев
Language:
Russian
Id:
Added to database:
June 27, 2017
Source:
russian.bib:7997
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1907
Publisher:
Русская скоропечатня
Place of publication:
Санкт-Петербург
Edition:
3
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, polonaise, waltz, waltz: trois temps, waltz: deux temps, waltz: boston, polka, polka-mazurka, galop, mazurka, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, sequence, schottische, cotillon: 19th century
Note:
Since the second edition of 1902 [Гавликовский, 1902], two new sequences (Хиавата, Коханочка) were added, number of cotillon figures expanded. Also, French-Russian dictionary of dancing terms was added.
Author (real name):
Title:
Valse boston tirée du ballet ‹Les millions d'Arlequin›
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
November 30, 2014
Source:
french.bib:11528
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1909
Publisher:
Julius Heinrich Zimmermann
Place of publication:
Leipzig, Saint Petersburg, Moscou, Riga, Londres
Keywords:
Author (real name):
Title:
Traité pratique de la danse donnant la technique détaillé mise a la portée de tous
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
August 11, 2016
Source:
french.bib:11555
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1910?
Publisher:
Librairie Garnier frères
Place of publication:
Paris
Keywords:
etiquette, polka, sequence, mazurka, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: trois temps, schottische, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, waltz: boston, minuet, cotillon: 19th century
URL:
- /books/ajas_1910/pdf/1 (34.4 MB)
Author (real name):
Author (pseudonym):
Title:
Primerose, valse boston
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
July 19, 2024
Source:
french.bib:11702
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1912
Publisher:
A. Durand & fils
Plate number:
D&F8384
Place of publication:
Paris
Keywords:
URL:
Note:
Y'Ener is one of multiple pseudonyms of René Rabey according to this Wikidata article.
Author (real name):
Title:
How to Dance the New Dances. Hesitation — Tango — One Step — Boston and Others
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
January 29, 2016
Source:
american.bib:7324
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1914
Publisher:
Forbes & Wallace
Place of publication:
Springfield
Keywords:
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Complete Dance Instructor. Modern Dances, Stage Dances, Society Dances, How to Waltz, etc., etc.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
January 29, 2016
Source:
canadian.bib:0062
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1914
Place of publication:
Montreal
Keywords:
dance description, polka, two-step, schottische, sequence, tango, waltz, one-step, animal dance, castle walk, maxixe, waltz: hesitation, waltz: boston, half and half, etiquette
URL:
Note:
Named improperly (here) due to lack of name suffix support. Actual name is Frank H. Norman Sr. FIXME
Author (real name):
Title:
Le paso doble. Le two-step. Les pas de fantaisie du tango. Pour apprendre ou se perfectionner
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
May 17, 2024
Source:
french.bib:11817
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1920–1930?
Publisher:
Éditions Nilsson
Place of publication:
Paris
Series:
Méthodes Nilsson
Keywords:
URL:
Note:
Dated by the library.
Author (real name):
Title:
Le boston double et triple boston. Pour apprendre ou se perfectionner
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
May 17, 2024
Source:
french.bib:11833
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1920–1930?
Publisher:
Éditions Nilsson
Place of publication:
Paris
Series:
Méthodes Nilsson
Keywords:
URL:
Note:
Dated by the library.
Author (real name):
Title:
Tańce salonowe. Praktyczny przewodnik dla tancerzy i wodzirejòw, uwzględniający tańce najnowsze i najmodniejsze
Language:
Polish
Id:
Added to database:
December 1, 2018
Source:
polish.bib:0524
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1921
Publisher:
Jan Fiszer
Place of publication:
Warszawa
Edition:
2
Keywords:
dance description, polonaise, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: trois temps, waltz: boston, redowa, polka, polka-mazurka, quadrille, quadrille: first set, quadrille: lancers, mazurka, cotillon: cracovienne, cotillon: 19th century, schottische, sequence, cake-walk, one-step, animal dance, animal dance: fox trot
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Dancing. Podręcznik do nauczenia się tańców bez pomocy nauczyciela wedle zasad słynnych profesorów tańca i tancmistrzów
Language:
Polish
Id:
Added to database:
March 26, 2023
Source:
polish.bib:0539
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1922
Publisher:
G. Seyfarth
Place of publication:
Lwów
Keywords:
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Les 15 danses modernes pour devenir un parfait danseur mondain. Scottisch espagnole, paso-doble, java, maxixe brésilienne, maxixe algérienne, valse hésitation, boston américain, variétés Lévitte, triboston ondulé, boston anglais, boston simple, one step, fox-tror, tango, valse
Language:
French
Id:
Added to database:
February 6, 2016
Source:
french.bib:11877
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1922
Publisher:
Imprimerie Jonathan
Place of publication:
Alger
Keywords:
dance education, dance description, etiquette, one-step, animal dance, animal dance: fox trot, tango, schottische, maxixe, waltz, waltz: deux temps, waltz: trois temps, waltz: boston, waltz: hesitation, quadrille
URL:
