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Author (real name):
Title:
An Analysis of Country Dancing Wherein are Displayed All the Figures Ever Used in Country Dances, in a Way so Easy and Familiar, that Persons of the Meanest Capacity May in a Short Time Acquire (without the Aid of a Master) a Complete Knowledge of that Rational and Polite Amusement to Which are Added Instructions for Dancing Some Entire New Reels Together with the Rules, Regulations, and Complete Etiquette of the Ball Room
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 14, 2013
Source:
english.bib:2210
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1808
Publisher:
W. Calvert
Place of publication:
London
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
The Treasures of Terpsichore; or, a Companion for the Ball-room. Being a Collection of All the Most Popular English Country Dances, Arranged Alphabetically, with Proper Figures to Each Dance Together with All the New Dances for 1809
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 25, 2014
Source:
english.bib:2223
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1809
Publisher:
W. Calvert
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
The Supplement to the Treasures of Terpsichore Containing All the Most Fashionable English Country Dances For The Year 1811 with Various Proper Figures Adapted to Each Dance Bing a Continuation to "The Treasures of Terpsichore"
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
May 2, 2013
Source:
english.bib:2251
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1811
Place of publication:
London
URL:
Note:
LOC copy is bound together with [Wilson, 1816].
Author (real name):
Title:
An Analysis of Country Dancing wherein All the Figures Used in that Polite Amusement Are Rendered Familiar by Engraved Lines Containing also Directions for Composing Almost Any Number of Figures to One Tune, with Some Entire New Reels Together with the Complete Etiquette of the Ball-room
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 14, 2013
Source:
english.bib:2237
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1811
Publisher:
J. S. Dickson
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
3
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Four New Country Dances Composed for No. 38 New Series of La Belle Assemblee
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 22, 2015
Source:
english.bib:2264
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1812
Place of publication:
London
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Twenty Four Country Dances with Figures for the Year 1813, Adapted for the Violin, German Flute or Oboe
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 22, 2015
Source:
english.bib:2716
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1813
Publisher:
Button, John Whitaker
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
Le Sylphe, an Elegant Collection of Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1815. Adapted for the German Flute, Violin, Flageolet or Oboe
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 29, 2014
Source:
english.bib:2276
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1815
Publisher:
Button, Whitaker and Bradnell
Place of publication:
London
Author (real name):
Title:
Button & Whitaker's Selection of Dances, Reels and Waltzes for the Piano Forte, Harp, Violin or German Flute
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
November 13, 2013
Source:
english.bib:2730
Entry type:
Multivolume book
Date of publication:
1815
Place of publication:
London
Number of volumes:
18
URL:
Note:
Issues are numbered through, not all the issues are available. Numbers 21–29 in the series (no online copy of these numbers is known) are published by Thomas Wilson according to Paul Cooper.
Author (real name):
Title:
A Description of the Correct Method of Waltzing, the Truly Fashionable Species of Dancing, that from the Graceful and Pleasing Beauty of the Movements has obtained an Ascendancy over Every Other Departments of that Polite Branch of Education. Part I. Containing a Correct Explanatory Description of the Several Movements and Attitudes in German and French Waltzing
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 21, 2013
Source:
english.bib:2317
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1816
Publisher:
Sherwood, Neeley and Jones
Place of publication:
London
Part:
1
URL:
Note:
Only part 1 is available. Part 2 is announced to be prepared for press. No signs of part 2 was printed can be found
Author (real name):
Title:
The Treasures of Terpsichore or a Companion for the Ball-room Being a Collection of All the Most Popular English Country Dances, Arranged Alphabetically, with Proper Figures to Each Dance
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 25, 2014
Source:
english.bib:2303
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1816
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
2
URL:
Note:
LOC copy is bound together with [Wilson, 1811].
Author (real name):
Title:
A Companion to the Ball Room Containing a Choice Collection of the Most Original and Admired Country Dance, Reel, Hornpipe, & Waltze Tunes, with a Variety of Appropriate Figures, the Etiquette and a Dissertation on the State of the Ball Room
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 26, 2020
Source:
english.bib:2289
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1816
Publisher:
Button, Whittacker & Company
Place of publication:
London
URL:
Note:
The British Library copy contains completely unrelated foldout of The Quadrille & Cotillion Panorama bound at the end of the book.
Author (real name):
Title:
The Quadrille Instructor Containing Directions for Dancing a Variety of New Quadrilles as Introduced at the Assemblies of the Nobility and also at the Author's Balls & Assemblies, the Figures Described in French and English, Clearly Illustrated by Diagrams Showing the Various Situations & Evolutions of Each Version in the Dance with the Appropriate Steps and the Time they Occupy in the Performance, Adapted to Original Music, and Arranged for the Piano Forte, Harp, or Violin
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 22, 2015
Source:
english.bib:2332
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1817?
Publisher:
Button, Whitaker & Comp.
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
2
URL:
Note:
Announcement can be found in May 1817 issue of “The New Monthly Magazine”. First edition was announced in the February 1817 issue of “The New Monthly Magazine”.
Author (real name):
Title:
Le Sylphe, an Elegant Collection of Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1818 Adapted for the German Flute, Violin, Flagolet or Oboe
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
August 18, 2013
Source:
english.bib:2347
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1818
Publisher:
Button, Whitaker and Company
Place of publication:
London
Keywords:
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
The Ecossoise Instructor, in Which All the Figures in This New Species of Dancing Are Clearly Explained by Diagrams
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 23, 2013
Source:
_problems.bib:0667
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1818
Place of publication:
London
Note:
Only pages with the figures are present. Title page, music and schemas are missing.
Author (real name):
Title:
L'assemblée or Fountry Eight Elegant New Dances for the Year 1819, Arranged for the Piano Forte or Harp. With Single and Double Figures to Each Dance
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
May 6, 2014
Source:
english.bib:2361
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1819
Publisher:
Button, Whitaker and Company
Place of publication:
London
Author (real name):
Title:
The Complete System of English Country Dancing Containing All the Figures Ever Used in English Country Dancing, with a Variety of New Figures, and New Reels, Composed Expressly by the Author, and Elucidated by Means of Diagrams also Scientific Instructions for the Composing of Country Dances, an Etiquette of the Ball Room
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 22, 2015
Source:
english.bib:2374
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1820?
Publisher:
Sherwood, Neeley and Jones
Place of publication:
London
URL:
Note:
Comprehensive dating details can be found in article by Paul Cooper
Author (real name):
Title:
A Companion to the Ball Room Containing a Choice Collection of the Most Original and Admired Country Dances, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes, and Quadrills, with Appropriate Figures to Each, the Etiquette and a Dissertation on the State of the Ball Room
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
October 26, 2020
Source:
english.bib:2388
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1820?
Publisher:
D. Mackay
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
4
URL:
Note:
Page 128 follows page 227, page 257 follows page 250, pages 193 and 194 are separated by two unnumbered pages (these are misprints). Edition number is set by Paul Cooper with the following reasoning: this book cannot be neither first edition from 1816 (because advertisement in The Gentleman's Magazine and advertisement in The Repository of Arts say it has 232 pages and does not have any quadrilles — this book contains 257 numbered pages and contains some quadrilles), nor the second edition (the footnote of the first page of the index says that the second edition index lacked quadrilles — and the index in this book has quadrilles in the index). This is unlikely to be the third edition: in Critiques section it mentions the review of The Correct Method of German and French Waltzing published in December 1817 issue of the European Magazine; the third edition of “A Companion to the Ball Room” was published in 1817. Hence, this is assumed to be the fourth edition. Dated circa 1820 by the library which is considered as reliable dating by Paul Cooper.
Author (real name):
Title:
The Address or an Essay on Deportments, as Chiefly Relating to the Person in Dancing: Containing Instructions and Observations on the Proper Mode of Making the Bow and Courtesy, on the Taking off and Putting on the Hat, on Entering and on Leaving a Room, on Walking, on Standing, on the Use and Carriage of the Arms, on the Carriage and Motion of the Body, on the Motion and Carriage of the Head, on the Presenting of Any Thing by One Person to Another, on Affectation in Dancing, on the Execution of the Feet in Quadrilles and General Dancing, Quadrilles and Country Dance Figures, Compared as to Their Beauty and Forms, on the Deportment of the Person in Quadrille Dancing and Waltzing, on the Salutation at Meeting, and at Taking Leave, &c. Illustrated by Diagrams
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
March 14, 2014
Source:
english.bib:2403
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1821
Publisher:
W. Peart
Place of publication:
London
URL:
Note:
This is an independently issued part of [Wilson, 1820?] (An Essay on the Deportemnt starts from page 254).
Author (real name):
Title:
The Quadrille and Cotillion Panorama, Second Edition with the Addition of Nine Designs to Illustrate the Performance of the Figures
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 21, 2013
Source:
english.bib:2431
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1822
Publisher:
R. & E. Williamson
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
2
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
An Analysis of Country Dancing wherein All the Figures Used in that Polite Amusement are Rendered Familiar by Engraved Lines, Containing Also Directions for Composing Almost Any Number of Figures to One Tune, with Some Entire New Reels Together with the Complete Etiquette on the Ball-room
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
February 21, 2013
Source:
english.bib:2417
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1822
Publisher:
W. Calvert
Place of publication:
London
Edition:
4
URL:
Author (real name):
Title:
The Danciad or, Dancer's Monitor Being a Descriptive Sketch in Verse on the Different Styles and Methods of Dancing Quadrilles, Waltzes, Country Dances, &c. &c. as Practised at Various Public Balls and Assemblies; also on the Pretensions of Certain Professors and Teachers of Dancing to that Title; on the Mode of Admission to, and of Conducting Various Places, Termed Académies for Dancing; Likewise on the Nature and Quality of What Are Frequently Called Grand, Free, Select, Fancy Dress, Friendly, Characteristic, Charity, and Dress Balls. Together with Observations on the Laws Regarding Dancing, with Extracts from the Acts of Parliament Relating Thereto
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
April 25, 2012
Source:
_problems.bib:0710
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1824
Place of publication:
London
URL:
Transcription:
Note:
Last page missing (Library of Congress edition miss this page too — no other copies of this edition are known to exist). According to Paul Cooper Thomas Wilson mentions this work in his declaration to the Royal Literary Fund, saying that this is the second volume of The Danciad, and the first one was published in 1820. There are no clues indicating if the first volume ever existed.
Title:
Dancing and Dancers
Title of a paper or magazine:
Leigh Hunt's London Journal
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
May 13, 2018
Source:
_periodical.bib:3189
Entry type:
Paper or magazine article
Date of publication:
10 September 1834
Publisher:
Charles Knight
Place of publication:
London
Volume:
1
Number:
24
Pages:
185–186
URL:
Note:
Contains many references to Thomas Wilson, the dancing master.
Author (real name):
Title:
The Art of Dancing, Comprising Its Theory and Practice, in Connexion with the Ball Room, by Which Young Persons May Easily Instruct Themselves so as to Enable Them to Partake of That Healthy, Elegant, and Polite Amusement
Language:
English
Id:
Added to database:
May 13, 2018
Source:
english.bib:2445
Entry type:
Book
Date of publication:
1852
Publisher:
William Mason
Place of publication:
London
URL:
Note:
Paul Cooper considers this book to be the last one in Thomas Wilson career. Dated 1852 by the British Library and by Paul Cooper.
