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History of Dance: 15th Century
Original Sources
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| Brainard, Ingrid. Three Court Dances
of the Early Renaissance. |
1971 |
New York: Dance Notation Bureau Press. |
| Closson, Ernest. Le Manuscript
Dit des Basses Danses. |
1912; reprint
1976 |
Genève: Minkoff. |
| Cornazano, Antonio. The Book on the Art
of Dancing. Translated by Madeleine
Inglehearn and Peggy Forsyth. |
1455; 1981 |
London: Dance Books Ltd. |
| Dolmetsch, Mabel. Dances of England and
France 1450-1600. |
1949; 1976 |
London: Da Capo. 1976 edition. |
| Inglehearn, Madeleine. 15th Century
Dances from Burgundy and Italy. |
1981 |
London: Companie of Dansers, Guildhall Waits. |
| Inkeldy, Otto. A Jewish Dancing Master of
the Renaissance: Guglielmo Ebreo. |
1463; 1929 |
New York: Dance Horizons, Inc. |
| Marrocco, W. Thomas. Inventory
of 15th Century Bassedanze, Balli & Balletti. |
1450; 1981 |
New York: Congress on Research in Dance. |
| Sparti, Barbara, ed. De Pratica Seu Arte
Tripudii. On the Practice or Art of Dancing by Guglielmo
Ebreo of Pesaro. |
1993 |
Oxford: Clarendon Press. |
| Toulouze, Michel. L’Art de l'instruction
de bien dancer. |
1488; 1936 |
London: Royal College of Physicians. |
Photocopies
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| Brainard, Ingrid. The Art of Courtly
Dancing in the Early Renaissance. |
1981 |
West Newton, Massachusetts: Privately published. |
| Closson, Ernest. Le Manuscript Dit des Basses
Dances de la Biblilotheque de Bourgogne. |
1912 |
New York: Broude Bros. First published
1912 by Societé des
Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique. |
| Cornazano, Antonio. Libro dell’arte
del danzare. |
1465 |
unidentified |
| Crane, Frederick. Materials for the Study
of the 15th Century Basse Dance. |
1968 |
New York: The Institute of Medieval Music, Ltd. |
| Da Ferrara, Domenico. Liber Ballorum. |
1460 |
unidentified |
| Ebreo, Guglielmo. Dell Arte del Ballo. |
1463 |
Giovanni Ambrosia. (with music) |
| Ebreo, Guglielmo. Dell Arte del Ballo. |
1873 |
Bologne: Scelta de Cuiosita Letterarie. |
| Heartz, Daniel. Hoftanz and Basse Dance,
in Journal of American Musicological Society vol.
19, no. 1: 13-36 |
1966 |
unidentified |
| Heartz, Daniel. The Basse Dance, Its Evolution,
in Annales Musicologiques vol. 6,
(1958-63): 287-340 |
1450-1550 |
unidentified |
| Hughes, David. Instrumental Music. |
1959 |
Boston: Harvard University Press. |
| Lequet, A.E. The Art and Instruction of
Good Dancing. (Notes on Antonius
Arena; translation from French). |
1971 |
London. |
| Pisauriensis, Guglielmi Hebraei. De Practica
se Arte Tripud Vulgare Opuscuum Incipit. |
1460 |
unidentified |
| Thomas, Emma Lewis. Music and Dance
in Boccaccio's Time, in Dance Research
Journal vol. 10, no.2: 23-42. (Unfinished
translation of manuscript by Antonius Arena.) |
1978 |
unidentified |
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History of Dance:
16th Century
Original Sources
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| Arbeau, Thoinot. Orchésography.
Translated by C.W. Beaumont. |
1588; 1925 |
London. |
| Arbeau, Thoinot. Orchésography.
Translated by C. W. Beaumont. |
1588; 1968 |
New York: Dance Horizons, Inc. |
| Arbeau, Thoinot. Orchésography.
Introduction and notes by John Sutton. |
1589; 1967 |
New York: Dover Publications, Inc. |
| Caroso, Marco Fabrizio. Il Ballarino.
Facsimile of 1581 Venice ed. |
1967 |
New York: Broude Bros. |
| Caroso, Marco Fabrizio. Nobiltà di
Dame. Facsimile of 1600 Venice ed. |
1970 |
Bologna: Forni Editore. |
| Compasso, Lutio. Ballo Della Gagliarda. |
1560; 1995 |
fa-gisis Musik-und Tanzedition. |
| Dolmetsch, Mabel. Dances of England and France
1450-1600. |
1949; 1976 |
London: Da Capo. |
| Feves, Angene. Dances of a Noble Gathering: 16th
Century Court Dances from Il Ballarino. (1581). |
1985 |
Pleasant Hill, California: Consortium Antiquum, Inc. |
| Negri, Cesare. Le Gratie d'Amore.
Facsimile of 1602 Milan ed. |
reprint 1969 |
Bologna: Forni Editore. |
| Negri, Cesare. Le Gratie d'Amore.
Translation & commentary
by Yvonne Gustavia Kendall. |
1985 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilm Dissertation
Services. |
| Newman, Joel. ed. Sixteenth Century Italian Dances. |
1966 |
The Penn State Music Series, #12. (with music) |
| Playford, John. The English Dancing Master. |
1651 ed.;
reprint 1933 |
New York: Dance Horizons. |
| Pugliese, Patri J. and Joseph Casazza. Practise
for Dancing: Some Almans and a Pavan, England 1570-1650. |
1980 |
Cambridge, Massachusetts: privately published. |
| Wood, Melusine. Historical Dances 12th to 19th
Century. |
1952; reprint 1964 |
London: The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing Inc. |
Photocopies
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| Aldrich, Kenneth Richard. The Italian
Influence on Dance in the Court of Elizabeth I. |
1979 |
master’s thesis, University of Oregon. |
| Cunningham, James. Dancing in the
Inns of Court. |
1965 |
London: Jordan and Sons. |
| Jones, Pamela. Spectacle in Milan;
Cesare Negri's Torch Dances, in Early
Music. vol. 14, no. 2: 182-198. |
1986 |
Renaissance Dance Music. (with music transcriptions) |
| Sorrell, Walter. Shakespeare and the
Dance, in Shakespeare Quarterly vol.
8: 367-384. |
1957 |
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History
of Dance: 17th Century
Original Sources
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| De Laban, Juana. Institute of Court Dances of
the Renaissance and Baroque Periods. |
1972 |
New York: Committee On Research in Dance. Sponsored by
the Dance Notation Bureau. |
| De Lauze, F. Apologie de la Danse. Translated
by Joan Wildeblood. |
1623; 1952 |
London: Frederick Muller, Ltd. |
| Negri, Cesare. Le Gratie D'amore. Facsimile
of 1602 Milan ed. |
reprint 1969 |
Bologna: Forni Editore. |
| Playford, John. The English Dancing Master. |
1651 |
New York: Dance Horizons, Inc. |
Photocopies
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| Bray, Thomas. Country Dances: A Composition
Entirely New. |
1699 |
London: William Pearsons. |
| Coldwell, Charles P. Angelo
Gardano's Balletti Moderni and Its Relation to Cesare Negri's Le
Gratie d'Amore. |
1602; 1981 |
Boston: American Musicogical Society. |
| Di Esquivel Navarro, Juan. Discursos
Sobre el Arte del Danzado. |
1642; 1947 |
Madrid: Associacion de Libreros y Amigos del
Libro. |
| Hurd, Victoria. Four Dances of Early
17th Century Spain. |
1968 |
master’s thesis. |
| Jones, Pamela. The Relation Between
Music and Dance in Cesare Negri's Le Gratie d'Amore, (1602). |
1988 |
London: PhD diss., University of London. |
| L'Abbé. Ball and Stage Dances. Baroque,
English. |
unknown |
unidentified |
| Langston, Ann Lizbeth. Italian Gagliarda
Dance Movement in Four Dances from Cesare Negri's Le
Gratie d' Amore (1602). |
1988 |
master’s thesis, University
of California at Riverside. |
| Lorin, André. Luire
de Contradance. |
1688 |
Versailles. |
| Lully. Le Triomphe de L'Amour. |
1681 |
Paris: Christophe Ballard. |
| Lupi, Livio. Libro di Gagliarda, Tordiglione,
Passo e Mezzo, Canari, e Passeggi. |
1607 |
Palermo. |
| Marsh, Carol G. & Rebecca Harris-Warrick. Musical
Theatre at the Court of Louis XIV: Le Mariage de la Grosse
Cathos. 1688. |
1988 |
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Published
by the authors. |
| Menestrier. L'Avtel de Lyon. |
1658 |
Lyon: Jean Molin. |
| Menestrier. Des Ballets Anciens et
Modernes. |
1682 |
Paris: René Guignard. |
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History of
Dance: 18th Century
Original Sources
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| Bacguoy-Guédon. Méthode
pour exercer l'Oreille à la Mesure, dans l'Art de
la Danse. |
1784;
reprint 1972 |
Genève: Minkoff, Amsterdam edition. |
| Dezais, Sr. Recueil de nouvelles
Contredances. |
1712;
Reprint 1972 |
England: Gregg International Publishers, Ltd. |
| Dufort, Giambatista. Trattato del
Ballo Nobile. |
1728;
reprint 1972 |
England: Gregg International Publishers, Ltd.,
1972. |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. Chorégraphie
ou l'Art de décrire la Dance. Facsimile
of 1700 Paris Edition |
1968 |
New York: Broude Bros. |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. Chorégraphie
ou l'Art de décrire la Dance. |
1970 |
Bologna: Forni nel Giugno, editor. |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. Recueil de
Dances. |
1704; reprint 1972 |
England: Gregg International
Publishers, Ltd. |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. Recueil de
Contredances. |
1706; reprint 1968 |
New York: Broude Bros. |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. For the Further
Improvement of Dancing. Translated by John Essex. |
1710;
reprint 1970 |
London: Gregg International Publishers, Ltd. |
| Gallini, Giovanni-Andre. A Treatise
on the Art of Dancing. |
1762;
reprint 1967 |
New York: Broude Bros. |
| Gerbes, Angelika Renate. Gottfried
Taubert on Social and Theatrical Dance of the Early 18th
Century. |
1972; 1977 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan: PhD diss., University
Microfilms, Ohio State University edition. |
| Guilcher, Jean-Michel. La Contredanse
et les Renouvellements de la Danse Française. |
1969 |
Paris: Mouton & Company. |
| Harris-Warrick, Rebecca & Carol G. Marsh. Musical
Theatre at the Court of Louis XIV. |
1994 |
Great Britain: Cambridge University Press. |
| Little, Meredith Ellis & Marsh, Carol
G. La Danse Noble, An Inventory of Dances and Sources. |
1992 |
New York: Broude Bros. |
| Magri, Gennaro. Theoretical and Practical
Treatise on Dancing. Translated by Mary
Skeaping. |
1779; 1988 |
London Dance Books. |
| Malpied. Traité sur L'Art de
la Danse. |
1770;
reprint 1972 |
London: Gregg International Publishers Ltd. |
| Malpied. Traité sur L'Art
de la Danse. |
1770; reprint 1972 |
London: Gregg International Publishers, Ltd. |
| Martinet, J.J. Essai, ou Principes
Elémentaires De L'Art de la Dance. |
1797 |
Lausanne: Chez Monnier et Jaquerod. |
| Pemberton, E. An Essay for the Improvement
of Dancing. |
1711; reprint 1970 |
London: Gregg International Publishers, Ltd. |
| Pécour, Louis. Recueil de Danses
and la Nouvelle Galliarde. |
1700; reprint 1970 |
London: Gregg International Publishers, Ltd. |
| Powers, Richard. List of 19th and
Early 20th Century Danse Orchestrations. |
1991 |
Notes |
| Ralph, Richard. Life and Works of
John Weaver. |
1985 |
New York: Dance Horizons |
| Rameau, Pierre. Abrégé de
la Nouvelle Méthode. |
1700; reprint 1972 |
London: Gregg International Publishers, Ltd. |
| Rameau, Pierre. Le Maître à danser. |
1725; reprint 1967 |
New York: Broude Bros. |
| Rameau, Pierre. The Dancing Master.
Translated by Cyril Beaumont. (1931) |
1725; 1970 |
New York: Dance Horizons. 1970 edition. |
| The Tenor of Terpsichore. |
1790;
1983 |
U.S.A.: Friends of the English Regency, (c.1790-1820). |
| Tomlinson, Kellom. The Art of Dancing
and Six Dances. |
1720, 1735; 1970 |
London: Gregg International Publishers,
Ltd. and Dance Horizons., vols. I & II, 1970 edition. |
| The Black Crook. |
1866 |
assorted articles. |
| Weaver, John. Orchésography & A
Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing. |
1706; reprint 1971 |
London: Gregg International Publishers, Ltd. |
Photocopies
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| Bickham, George Jr. An Easy Introduction to Dancing. |
1738 |
London. |
| Dubois, M. Contredances Francaises. |
1774 |
Paris: J. Dezauche. |
| De la Cuisse. Le Répertoire des Bals. |
1762 |
Paris: Librairie Cailleau.
|
| Dezais. Recueil de Danses. French
Baroque. |
(c. 1713-1720) |
unidentified |
| Early American Dances. |
unknown |
Early American Dances. American Music Research Center |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. Chorégraphie ou
L'Art de décrire la Dance. |
1700 |
Paris. |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. Recueil de Danses de Bal
le Passepied Nouveau. French Baroque. |
(c. 1700-07) |
Paris. |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. Recueil de Contredances.
French Baroque. |
1706 |
Paris. |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. Danses et Contredances. |
(c.1708-12) |
unidentified |
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger. Recueil de Danses with
Malpied's Les Caractères de Contredances. |
1711 |
unidentified |
| Gallini, Giovanni-Andre. Critical Observations
on the Art of Dancing with a Collection of Cotillions of
French Dances. |
unknown |
London: published by the author. |
| Gourdoux, Daux, Jh. Principes et Notions Elémentaires
ou l' Art de la Danse pour la Ville. |
1811 |
Paris: published by the author. |
| Guillou, V. Elements & Principles of the
Art of Dancing, translated from the French. |
1817 |
Philadelphia: J. F. Hurtez, Printer. |
| Gerbes, Angelika Renate. Gottfried Taubert on
Social & Theatrical Dance of Early 18th Century. |
1972 |
PhD diss., Ohio State University. |
| Guillaume. Caractères de la Danse Allemande. |
1769 |
Paris: Chez L'auteur. |
| Isaac. New Dances for the Queen's Birthday. |
1706-1715 |
unidentified |
| Johnson, F. A Collection of New Cotillions.
Early American dances with music. |
unknown |
unidentified |
| Landrin. Contre-danse Allemande. |
c.1770 |
Paris: Chez L’auteur. |
| Magny, M. Principes de Chorégraphie. |
1765 |
Paris: Ducheane De la Chevardière. |
| Magri, Gennaro. Trattato de Ballo. |
1769 |
Napoli. |
| Marsh, Carol. French Court Dance in England: A
Study of Sources. Facsimile of the 1985 edition. |
1706-1740;
1986 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan. PhD diss., University Microfilms
International. |
| Pecour, Louis. Entrées de Ballet.
French Baroque. |
1712 |
Paris: Gaudrau. |
| Pemberton, E. Dances by A. L'Abbé. |
1715-1725 |
unidentified |
| Pemberton, E. Dances by A. L'Abbé. |
1715-1716, 1731-1733 |
unidentified |
| Roussau, F. Le. A Chacoon for a Harlequin. |
|
London. |
| Russell, Craig H. Santiago de
Murcia: Theorist & Guitarist of the Early 18th Century. |
1981 |
PhD diss. (Music) |
| Siret, M. A Set of Cotillions. |
unknown |
London. |
| Siris, M. La Camilla from Bononcini. |
1708 |
London. Amsterdam. |
| Weaver, John. A Small Treatise of Time and
Cadence in Dancing. |
1706 |
London. |
| Weeks, Clement. Early American Dances. |
1783;
1979 |
American Antiquarian Society. |
| Wilcox, Asa. Contredances. |
1793 |
unidentified |
| Wilcox, Asa. Book of Figures. |
1793;
1918 printing |
Williamsburg Early American Collection. |
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History
of Dance: 19th Century
Original Sources
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| A Guide to the Ball Room and Illustrated
Polka Lesson Book, by "a man of fashion". |
unknown |
London: C. Mitchell. |
| Carner, Mosco. The Waltz. |
1948 |
London: Max Parrish & Company, Ltd. |
| Cartier, P. Valleau. Cartier's Waltz
Instructor, Ball Room Guide and Call Book. |
1882 |
New York: DeWitt Publishing House. |
| Cellarius. The Drawing-Room Dances. |
1858 |
New York: Dinsmore and Company.
Boston: Ditson & Co. |
| Cellarius. Fashionable Dancing. |
1848 |
London: David Bogue. |
| Cellarius. La Danse des Salons. |
1849 |
Paris: published by the author. |
| Cellarius. La Danse
des Salons. Edited by Jerome Million. |
1847; 1993 |
Grenoble: Vaucanson. |
| Cleveland, C. H., Jr. Dancing
at Home and Abroad. |
1877 |
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Company. |
| Conway, E. H. Le Maître
de Danse. |
1827 |
New York: C. & Van Winkle. |
| Cootes, R. How to Dance: Ballroom
Guide. |
1870 |
London: Willey & Co. |
| Coralli, Eugene. La
Polka enseiguie sans Maître. Facsimile. |
1845 |
Paris: Chez Aubert. |
| De Garmo, William B. The Dance
of Society. |
1879 |
New York: published by the author. |
| Desrat, G. Dictionaire de la
dance. |
1895 |
Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries reines. |
| Desrat, G. Traité de
la Danse et du Cotillion. |
1880 |
Paris: H. Delarue, Libraire-Editeur. |
| Dodworth, Allen. Dancing |
1888 |
Harper & Bros. |
| Durang, John. Terpsichore or Ballroom
Guide. |
1847 |
Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother. |
| Ferrero, Edward. The Art of Dancing. |
1859 |
New York: Ferrero. |
| Gawlikowski. Guide
complet de la Danse. |
1858 |
Paris: Taride. |
| Gems of the Ballroom Call Book. |
1896 |
Chicago: E. T. Root & Sons. |
| The German: How to Give It, How to
Lead It, How to Dance It. |
1888 |
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company. |
| Gott, George C. Old Familiar
Dances with Figures. |
1918 |
Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson Company. |
| Gilbert, M. B. Round Dancing. |
1890 |
Portland. |
| Giraudet, Eugene. Traité de
la Danse. |
1891 |
Paris: published by the author. |
| Huart, Louis. Paris au Bal. |
(c. 1800) |
Paris: Aubert et Cie. |
| Henderson, Mrs. Nicholas. Soirées
Dansantes: Handbook of the Ballroom. |
1865 |
London: George Biggs/Strand. |
| Hillgrove, Thomas. Art of Dancing
or Hillgrove Ballroom Guide and Practical Dancer. |
1869 |
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald. |
| How to Dance. |
1893 |
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.
(with music) |
| Howe, Elias. American Dancing Master. |
1889 |
Boston: Howe. |
| Howe, Elias. American Dancing Master
and Ballroom Prompter. |
1889 |
Boston: Howe. Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage
Dance edition. |
| Howe, Elias. Ball-room Handbook. |
1858 |
Boston: A. Willams et Co. |
| Laborde. Cotillion. |
1850 |
Paris: Imp. Bertauts. |
| Lawson, Edward. Guide to Dancing. |
1880 |
London: George Routledge & Sons. |
| Mahler, Jacob. Original Cotillion
Figures. |
1900 |
St. Louis: Gottschalk Printing Co. |
| Masters, E. Woodworth. The Standard
Dance Album. |
1883 |
Boston: published by the author. |
| Nettl, Paul. Birth of the Waltz, in
Dance Index vol 5, no. 9. |
1946 |
New York: Dance Index-Ballet Caravan, Inc. |
| Practical Guide to the Ballroom. |
1875 |
London: C. Jeffreys. |
| Reilley, E. B. The Amateur's
Vademecum. |
1870 |
Philadelphia: J. Nicholas. |
| Richardson, Philip J. S. Social
Dances of the 19th Century in England, vols. 1 & 2. |
1960 |
London: Herbert Jenkins. |
| Robertson, George. Roberts' Manual
of Fashionable Dancing. |
1875 |
Melbourne. |
| Scott, Edward. Dancing & Dancers
or Grace & Folley. |
1888 |
London: Ward & Downey. |
| Seaton, Mr. J. The Ballroom
Manual and Etiquette of Dancing. |
1851 |
Halifax: Milner and Sowerby. |
| Selection of Favorite Quadrilles or
Fashionable French Dances. |
1820 |
London: C. Wheatstone. |
| Strobel, E. Desmond. Compilation of
Writings on the Waltz, the Cotillion, The Quadrille, the
Polka, the Escossaise. |
unknown |
unidentified |
| Vestris, Desiré. Les
Danses d'autrefois 9: de la Pavane à la Gavotte. |
unknown |
Paris: C. Marron et E. Flammarion editeurs. |
| Wehman Bros. The Way to Dance or Dancing
Without a Master. |
1890 |
New York: Wehman Bros. |
| Wilson, George E. Ballroom Guide
or Dancing Self-Taught. |
1884 |
New York: Excelsior Publishing House. |
| Wilson, Thomas. The Correct method
of German & French Waltzing. |
1817 |
London: published by the author. |
| Zorn, Friedrich Albert. The Grammar
of the Art of Dancing. Translated by Alfonso J.
Sheafe. |
1885; 1905 |
Boston: The Heintzemann Press. |
Photocopies
| AUTHOR/TITLE |
DATE |
PUBLISHER |
| Adice, G. Leopold. Théorie
de la Gymnastique de la Danse Théâtrale. |
1859 |
Paris. |
| Allan's reference Guide to the Ball-Room. |
unknown |
Glasgow: Author. |
| Analysis of the London Ballroom. |
1825 |
London: Plummer & Brewis. (with music) |
| A Treatise on Dancing and on Various Other Matters. |
1802 |
Boston Commercial Gazette. |
| Beadle's Dime Ballroom Companion & Guide to
Dancing. |
1868 |
New York: Beadle & Co. |
| Birch, Thomas. Quadrilles. Social
dance music with steps. |
unknown |
New York. |
| Brooks, L. de G. Brookes on Modern Dancing. |
1867 |
New York. |
| Cable, George W. The Dance in Place Congo. |
1886 |
From The Century Magazine. |
| Carpenter, Lucien O. Universal Dancing Master. |
1802 |
Philadelphia: J. W. Pepper & Son. |
| Castori, Louis. Tanzmeister. |
1826 |
unidentified |
| Conroy, E. H. Le Maître de Dance. |
1827 |
New York: C. & Van Winkle. |
| Contredances. Recueil (Landrin and others), vols. 1
and 2. |
(c. 1804) |
unidentified |
| DeGarmo, William B. The Dance of Society. |
1875 |
New York: William A. Pond & Company. |
| DeGarmo, Wiiliam B. The Prompter (with 1865
Turkey Trot). |
1866 |
New York. |
| Dick's Quadrille Call-Book. |
1895 |
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald. |
| Dun, Barclay. Quadrilles consisting of fifty-five
Country Dances. |
1818 |
Edinburgh: William Wilson & Co. |
| Durang, Charles. The Ballroom Bijou. |
1855 |
Boston: Fisher and Brother. |
| Durang, Charles. The Fashionable Dancer's Casket
with Tango, Etiquette, Spanish Waltz. |
1856 |
Philadelphia: Fisher and Brother. |
| Guillard, Yves. Le Quadrille Terl qu'il se dansait à ses
Origines. |
1988 |
Le Mans: La Fricassée. |
| Hammond, Sandra N. Evolution of
the Ballet Class. |
1978 |
University of Arizona. |
| Hartley, Florenc. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette. |
1860 |
Boston: G. W. Cottrell. |
| Howe, Elias. Drawing-Room Dances. |
1859 |
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Company. (with
music) |
| Howe, Elias. Fifty Contra Dances. |
c.1850 |
Boston: published by the author. |
| LaBorde. La Mazourka. |
unknown |
Paris: Chez Aubert. |
| Martine, Arthur. Handbook of
Etiquette. |
1866 |
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald. |
| Maurice, U. The Tango. |
1914 |
New York: Charles S. Pratt. |
| Narret, Charles. 6 que l'on dit pendant une Contredanse. |
1873 |
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|
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