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Second Part of the Musician's Companion: Containing 36 Setts of Cotillions Arranged with Figures, and a Large Number of Popular Marches, Quick-Steps, Waltzes, Hornpipes, Contra Dances, Songs, &c. &c. Several of Which are in Three Parts — First, Second, & Bass, for the Flute, Violin, Clarionett, Bass-Viol, &c. Containing in All over 400 Pieces of Music, More that 100 of Which are Original
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
November 10, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0865
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1843
Publisher:
Charles H. Keith
Place of publication:
Boston
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Third Part of the Musician's Companion: Containing 40 Setts of Cotillions Arranged with Figures, and a Large Number of Popular Marches, Quick-Steps, Waltzes, Hornpipes, Contra Dances, Songs, &c. &c. Several of Which are in Three Parts — First, Second, & Bass, for the Flute, Violin, Clarionett, Bass-Viol, &c. Containing in All over 500 Pieces of Music, More that 150 of Which are Original, or Have Never Before Been Published in This Country
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
November 10, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0878
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1844
Publisher:
Charles H. Keith
Place of publication:
Boston
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
First Part of the Musician's Companion: Containing 18 Setts of Cotillions Arranged with Figures, and a Large Number of Popular Marches, Quick-Steps, Waltzes, Hornpipes, Contra Dances, Songs, &c. &c. Several of Which are in Three Parts — First, Second, & Bass, for the Flute, Violin, Clarionett, Bass-Viol, &c. Also, Several New and Popular Pieces in 6 and 8 Parts, for a Brass Band, viz. E♭ Bugle, B♭ Bugle, B♭ Post Horn, B♭ Cornopeon, Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, First Orphecleide, Second Orphecleide, &c. Containing in All over 300 Pieces of Music, More that 100 of Which are Original
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
November 10, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0891
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1850
Publisher:
Oliver Ditson
Place of publication:
Boston
Edition:
2
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Second Part of the Musician's Companion: Containing 36 Setts of Cotillions Arranged with Figures, and a Large Number of Popular Marches, Quick-Steps, Waltzes, Hornpipes, Contra Dances, Songs, &c. &c. Several of Which are in Three Parts — First, Second, & Bass, for the Flute, Violin, Clarionett, Bass-Viol, &c. Containing in All over 400 Pieces of Music, More that 100 of Which are Original
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
November 10, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0905
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1850
Publisher:
Oliver Ditson
Place of publication:
Boston
Edition:
2
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Third Part of the Musician's Companion: Containing 40 Setts of Cotillions Arranged with Figures, and a Large Number of Popular Marches, Quick-Steps, Waltzes, Hornpipes, Contra Dances, Songs, &c. &c. Several of Which are in Three Parts — First, Second, & Bass, for the Flute, Violin, Clarionett, Bass-Viol, &c. Containing in All over 500 Pieces of Music, More that 150 of Which are Original, or Have Never Before Been Published in This Country
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
November 10, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0919
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1850
Publisher:
Oliver Ditson
Place of publication:
Boston
Edition:
2
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Howe's Complete Ball-room Hand Book, Containing Upwards of Three Hundred Dances, Including All the Latest and Most Fashionable Dances, Waltz, Polka, Mazurka, Schottische, Gallopade, Common, and Polka Redowa, Quadrilles or Cotillons, Varsovianna, Gorlitza, Madrilliane, Eletezka, Espagnole, Two, Three and Five Step Waltzes, &c, &c. Also, Common Waltz and Polka Contra Dances, May-day, Christas and New-Years Dances. With Elegant Illustrations and Full Explanation and Every Variety of the Latest and Most Approved Figures, and Calls for the Different Changes, and Rules on Deportment and the Toilet and the Etiquette of Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 18, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0933
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1858
Publisher:
Ditson & Company
Place of publication:
Boston
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
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Author (real name):
Title:
American Dancing Master and Ball-room Prompter Containing About Five Hundred Dances, Including All the Latest and Most Fashionable: Danish Dance, La tempete, Varsovienne, Esmeralda, Gorlitza, Swedish Dance, La madrillaine, Cushion Dance, Minuette, Five, Three, and Two Step Waltzes, Cellarius Waltz, Common Waltz, Polka, Schottische, Mazourka, and Polka Redowa Quadrilles, Also, Common Waltz and Polka Contra Dances, Four and Six Handed Reels, May Day and New Year's Dances, Fancy Fances, Ancient and Modern, etc., etc. To Which is Prefixed First Lessons in Dancing, the Five Positions, etc. With Elegant Illustrations, and Full Explanation and Every Variety of the Latest and Most Approved Figures, and Calls for the Different Change, and Rules on Deportment and the Toilet, and the Etiquette of Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 18, 2013
Source:
american.bib:0960
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1862
Publisher:
Cambridge, Miles & Dillingham
Place of publication:
Boston
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Musician's Omnibus, No. 1. Containing 850 Pieces of Music, Consisting of 100 Duets for Two Flutes, Two Violins, &c. 200 Scotch Airs, 200 Irish Airs, Quadrilles, Fancy and Contra Dances, with the Calls and Figures, Polkas, Schottisches, Waltzes, Quicksteps, Marches, Hornpipes, Songs, &c. For the Violin, Flute, Clarionette, Fife, Cornet, Flageolet, &c.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 27, 2019
Source:
american.bib:0987
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1863
Publisher:
Elias Howe
Place of publication:
Boston
Part:
2
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Musician's Omnibus, No. 3. Containing 1000 Pieces of Music, Consisting of 100 Duets for Two Flutes, Two Violins, &c. 30 Sets of Quadrilles with Calls and Figures, 200 German Waltzes, 300 Scotch and Irish Airs, Contra and Fancy Dances, Polkas, Mazurkas, Hornpipes, Minuetts, Redowas, Schottisches, Varsoviennas, Marches, Quicksteps, Songs, &c. For the Violin, Flute, Clarionet, Fife, Cornet, Flageolet, &c.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 27, 2019
Source:
american.bib:1001
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1863
Publisher:
Elias Howe
Place of publication:
Boston
Part:
3
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Musician's Omnibus, No. 1. Containing the Whole Camp Duty, Calls and Signals Used in the Army and Navy; Forty Sets of Quadrilles, (Including Waltz, Polka and Schottische), with Calls; and an Immense Collection of Polkas, Schottisches, Waltzes, Matchs, Quicksteps, Hornpipes, Contra & Fancy Dances, Songs, &c. for the Violin, Flute, Cornet, Clarionet, &c. Containing over 700 Pieces of Music
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 27, 2019
Source:
american.bib:0973
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1863
Publisher:
Elias Howe
Place of publication:
Boston
Part:
1
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Musician's Omnibus, No. 4. Containing 50 Full Sets of Walzes, 40 Sets of Quadrilles; Galops, Polkas, Polka Redowas, Mazurkas, Schottisches, Marches, Quicksteps, Hornpipes, Jigs, Contra and Fancy Dances. Including the Very Latest and Best Compositions of Gung'l, Strauss, C. Faust, Parlow, Hermann, Godfrey, &c., &c. For the Violin, Flute, Clarionet, Fife, Cornet, Flageolet, &c.
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 27, 2019
Source:
american.bib:1015
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1863
Publisher:
Elias Howe
Place of publication:
Boston
Part:
4
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
American Dancing Master and Ball-room Prompter Containing about Five Hundred Dances, Including All the Latest and Most Fashionable: Danish Dance, La tempete, Varsovienne, Esmeralda, Gorlitza, Swedish Dance, La madrillaine, Cushion Dance, Minuette, Five, Three, and Two Step Waltzes, Cellarius Waltz, Common Waltz, Polka, Schottische, Mazourka, and Polka Redowa Quadrilles, Also, Common Waltz and Polka Contra Dances, Four and Six Handed Reels, May Day and New Year's Dances, Fancy Fances, Ancient and Modern, etc., etc. To Which is Prefixed First Lessons in Dancing, the Five Positions, etc. With Elegant Illustrations, and Full Explanation and Every Variety of the Latest and Most Approved Figures, and Calls for the Different Change, and Rules on Deportment and the Toilet, and the Etiquette of Dancing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 18, 2013
Source:
american.bib:1029
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1866
Publisher:
Cambridge, Miles & Dillingham
Place of publication:
Boston
URL:
Note:
Edition number is uncertain. Identical by content to [Howe, 1862]
Author (real name):
Title:
Howe's Fifty Contra Dances. Hornpipes, Reels, Jigs, &c. with Calls and Figures. Arranged for the Piano or Organ
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
July 22, 2015
Source:
american.bib:1056
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1870–1895?
Publisher:
Elias Howe
Place of publication:
Boston
Keywords:
music, dance description, longway, longway: money musk, redowa, circle, longway: pop goes the weasel, tempete, sir roger de coverly, spanish dance, polka-mazurka, sequence
URL:
Note:
Elias Howe didn't published his books himself up to 1870 or so. Elias Howe died in 1895
Author (real name):
Title:
Howe's Duets for Piano, and Violin, or Flute
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 18, 2013
Source:
american.bib:1084
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1873
Place of publication:
Boston
Series:
Howe's Duets
Serial number:
8
URL:
Compiler:
Elias Howe
Title:
Howe's 500 Irish Melodies Ancient and Modern. Including About 200 Tunes Taken Down by P. M. Joyce, During Several Years' Tours Through Ireland, from the Playing of Harpists, Violinists, Flutists, and the Singing of the Peasantry, and First Published in Dublin in 1873. Arranged for the Violin, Flute, Clarionet, Cornet, or Any Treble Instrument
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
May 18, 2019
Source:
american.bib:1146
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1880–1898?
Publisher:
Elias Howe, William H. Howe
Place of publication:
Boston, Chicago
URL:
Note:
According to the library note, Elias Howe was operating at this address between 1880 and 1898. These tunes were reprinted from other collections, so the pagination varies. Inscription at top of title page says To page the book, with pen or pencil, write the pages from 1 to 56.
Author (real name):
Title:
The Pocket Ball-room Prompter, Containing Calls for the Different Changes and Figures to All the Principal Quadrilles, Cotillons, Country Dances and Fancy Dances of the Day
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 18, 2013
Source:
american.bib:1201
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1886
Publisher:
O. Ditson & Co.
Place of publication:
Boston
URL:
