Vintage Dance Manuals

Ferdinando Carulli. (c. 1800). Six Contre-Danses avec les Figures et Trois Valzes. Paris. (pdf) {BNF} [Powers]

Note: Also includes music for three waltzes.

Country Dances

» La Dom Quichotte (p. 1)
» La Bouillotte (p. 2)
» La Sirene (p. 3)
» La Dulcinée (p. 4)
» La Merliflor (p. 5)
» La Gaieté (p. 6)

J. B. Hullin. (1800). Trois Quadrilles de Nouvelles Contredances. Paris. (pdf) {BNE}

Note: Includes additional dance music at the end.

Cotillions

» La Richelieu (p. 1)
» Les Petits Pates (p. 4)
» La Frivolité (p. 6)
» Zephir (p. 8)
» L'Alsacienne (p. 10)
» Les Plaisirs (p. 12)
» La Chasse Au Loup (p. 14)
» La Sultane (p. 16)
» La Sincere (p. 18)
» La Psiché (p. 20)
» La Silvie (p. 22)
» La Piemontaise (p. 24)
» L'Ingenue (p. 26)
» La Corisandre (p. 28)
» L'Impressario (p. 30)
» La Colinete (p. 32)
» La Marote (p. 34)
» La Juliete (p. 36)
» La Petite Nanete (p. 36)
» La Juliete (p. 38)
» Le Terpsichore (p. 40)
» La Volupte (p. 42)
» La Rosiere (p. 44)
» La Pastourelle (p. 46)

Thomas Preston. (1800). Twenty four Country Dances for the Year 1800 with proper Tunes and Directions to each Dance as they are performed at Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblies. London. (pdf) {vwml}

Note: All capitalizations and spelling sic. Pages are numbered between 169 and 180.

Country Dances

» Lord Duncans Fancy (p. 169)
» Helder Point (p. 169)
» Change Alley (p. 170)
» Opera Reel (p. 170)
» Bognor Rocks (p. 171)
» Bonny Charley (p. 171)
» Unas Lock (p. 172)
» Mrs. Gardner of troops Reel (p. 172)
» Sr. Sydney Smiths triumph (p. 173)
» Duncan Davidson (p. 173)
» The Round Tower (p. 174)
» Nong tong Paw (p. 174)
» Sr. Phillip Mc. Que (p. 175)
» Barham Downs (p. 175)
» Red Cross Knight (p. 176)
» Lady Portmores Reel (p. 176)
» Hilligsburghs Strathpey (p. 177)
» Prince of Wirtemburg's Waltz (p. 177)
» Surrender of Seringapatam (p. 178)
» Lord Nelson's Hornpipe (p. 178)
» Buonapartes Defeat (p. 179)
» The Laurels of 99 (p. 179)
» Mozarts Waltz (p. 180)
» Miss Mackenzie's Strasphey (p. 180)

T. Cahusac, William Cahusac. (1800). Annual Collection of Twelve Favorite Country Dances with Their Basses. For the Year 1800. With Proper Directions to Each Dance, as They Are Performed at Court, Bath and All Public Assemblys. London.

Joseph Dale. (c. 1800). Dale's Selection Of The Most Favorite Country Dances, Reels, &C. With Their Proper Figures. London. (pdf1) (pdf2) {imslp} {imslp} [Powers]

Robert Harrison. (c. 1800). [Untitled]. London. (vwml)

[Anonymous]. (c. 1800). [Untitled]. London. (vwml)

W. G. (c. 1800). Set for the Violen. London. (vwml)

Johann Heinrich Kattfuss. (1800). Taschenbuch Fur Freunde Und Freundinnen Des Tänzes. Leipzig. (pdf) {google} [Powers]

1801

J. J. Martinet. (1801). Begyndelsesgrunde i Dandsekonsten. Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen]. (pdf) {DKB}

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. (1801). Taschenbuch zum Geselligen Vergnügen für 1801. Leipzig.

Médéric Louis Elie Moreau de Saint Méry. (1801). De La Danse. Parme. (pdf) (djvu) (txt) {congress} {archive} {archive2} [Powers]

Ernst Mädel. (1801). Unsangsgrunde Der Tanzkunst. Ersurk. [Powers]

Johann Heinrich Kattfuss. (1802). Choregraphie Oder Vollständige Und Leicht Falssiche. Leipzig. (pdf) {google} [Powers]

Saltator. (1802). A Treatise on Dancing. Boston: The Commercial Gazette. (pdf) {Powers} [Enge] [Powers]

Note: Also includes descriptions of many of the individual steps that make up these and other dances.

Solo Dances

» The Hornpipe [general description] (p. 72)

Couple Dances

» Congo Minuet (p. 73)
» Minuet Grave, Pavade (p. 73)
» The Courant (p. 75)
Fancy Dances

» A Fancy Dance [for four] (p. 76)
» A Fancy Dance [for six] (p. 76)

Stage Dances

» Ballett d'Action (p. 77)
» An Emblem (p. 77)

Cotillions

» Marshal Cotillion (p. 80)
» Constitution (p. 81)
» Village Maid (p. 81)
» Aurora (p. 81)
» Alliance (p. 82)
» Miss Greene's Favorite (p. 82)
» The Prisoner (p. 82)
» La Chantelle (p. 82)
» Little Wood (p. 83)
» Fancy Cotillion (p. 83)

Country Dances

» Fisher's Hornpipe (p. 86)
» New Century Hornpipe (p. 86)
» College Hornpipe (p. 87)
» Ricket's Hornpipe (p. 87)
» Mrs. Aftley's Hornpipe (p. 87)
» Durang's Hornpipe (p. 87)
» Money Musk (p. 87)
» Corn Planter (p. 88)
» Catch Fleeting Pleasures (p. 88)
» Drops of Drink (p. 88)
» Chorus Jig (p. 88)
» Lady Barlet's Whim (p. 88)
» Cognac (p. 88)
» Hay Maker (p. 88)
» Malling the Wad (p. 89)
» New Century (p. 89)
» Haunted Tower (p. 89)
» Wish to Please (p. 89)
» Dainty Divy (p. 89)
» Democratic Rage (p. 89)
» Humors of Priest House (p. 89)
» Maid in the Pump Room (p. 90)
» Hob or Knob (p. 90)
» Catherine's Ramble (p. 90)
» White Cockade (p. 90)
» No Friend to Poverty (p. 90)
» Fife Hunt (p. 90)
» La Brilliant (p. 90)
» Marchioness (p. 91)
» Pickerings Remove (p. 91)
» Rickett's Ride (p. 91)
» Hollow Drum (p. 91)
» Devil's Dream (p. 91)
» Young Widow (p. 91)
» Tartan Plad (p. 92)
» Stranger (p. 92)
» I Left My Sweet Girl Behind Me (p. 92)
» Gordian Knot (p. 92)
» Elegance and Simplicity (p. 92)
» Eliza (p. 92)
» New Jersey (p. 92)
» Fly (p. 93)
» Graunt's Jig (p. 93)
» Lucy's Birth Night (p. 93)
» Orange Tree (p. 93)
» Poor Girl (p. 93)
» Lord Gardner's Reel (p. 93)
» Banks of Flowers (p. 93)
» Jack's Alive (p. 94)
» Irish Wash Woman (p. 94)
» La Belle Catherine (p. 94)
» Constancy (p. 94)
» Grove (p. 94)
» President (p. 94)
» Rural Felicity (p. 94)
» Mc Intosh's Favorite (p. 95)
» Seasons (p. 95)
» Races (p. 95)
» Harlequin's Gambol (p. 95)
» Sicilian Peasant (p. 95)
» Oyster River (p. 95)
» Good Girl (p. 96)
» Lasses of Glasgow (p. 96)
» Heathen Mythology (p. 96)

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. (1802). Taschenbuch zum Geselligen Vergnügen. Leipzig. (pdf) (hathi) {MN}

Игнатий фон Гельд. (1802). Усовершенствованная школа для семиструнной гитары. Санкт-Петербург.

[Anonymous]. (1802). Contre Dançes Français. Madrid Ms. (pdf) {BNE}

Thompson. (1802). Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1802 With Figures to Each as They Are Performed at Court, Bath & All Publick Assemblys. London. (pdf) {Folkopedia}

Mikołaj Janicki. (c. 1803). Sześć Tańcow Polskich z Dwoch Duettow z Opery Sarginoy Innych Pięknych Aryi Zkomponowane na Frote Piano. Bydgoszcz Ms. (UMK)

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. (1803). Taschenbuch zum Geselligen Vergnügen für 1803. Leipzig.

Thomas Preston. (1803). Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1803 with Proper Tunes and Directions for Each Dance as They are Performed at Court, Bath and All Public Assemblies. London. (pdf) {Folkopedia} [Powers]

Jean-Georges Noverre. (1803). Lettres sur la Danse, sur les Ballets et les Arts, Volume I. Saint-Pétersbourg. (pdf) (djvu) {archive}

Jean-Georges Noverre. (1803). Lettres sur la Danse, sur les Ballets et les Arts, Volume II. Saint-Pétersbourg. (pdf) (djvu) {archive}

Jean-Georges Noverre. (1803). Lettres sur la Danse, sur les Ballets et les Arts, Volume III. Saint-Pétersbourg. (pdf) (djvu) {archive}

Jean-Georges Noverre. (1803). Lettres sur la Danse, sur les Ballets et les Arts, Volume IV. Saint-Pétersbourg. (pdf) (djvu) {archive}

Médéric Louis Elie Moreau de Saint Méry. (1803). De La Danse. Parme. (pdf) {BNE} [Powers]

Note: Different title page and page layout from Méry (1801).

Gray. (1803). Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1803 Adapted for the Violin, German Flute, Oboe &c. with Figures. London. (pdf) (djvu) {archive}

Bland, Weller. (1803). Twenty Four Favorite Country Dances, Hornpipes & Reels with Their Proper Figures for the German Flute or Violin as Performed at Court, & All Public Assemblies. London. (pdf) {imslp}

Note: Missing pages 5-6.

Fentum. (1803). A Favourite Collection of Country Dances for the Year 1803 with Proper Tunes & Directions to Each Dance, as They Are Performed at Court, Bath and All Publick Assemblys. London.

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. (1804). Taschenbuch zum Geselligen Vergnügen für 1804. Leipzig.

J. H. Gourdoux-Daux. (1804). Notions Élémentaires sur l'Art de la Danse. Paris.

J. H. Gourdoux. (1804). Principes ... Sur L'Art De La Danse (English Translation By Ellis Rogers). Paris. [Powers]

Thomas Preston. (1804). Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1804 with Proper Tunes and Directions for Each Dance as They are Performed at Court, Bath and All Public Assemblies. London. (pdf) {Folkopedia}

Thompson. (1804). Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1804 With Figures to Each as They Are Performed at Court, Bath & All Publick Assemblys. London. (pdf) {Folkopedia}

Guglielmo Piatti. (1805). Collezione di Musica a Ballo. Firenze [Florence].

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. (1805). Taschenbuch zum Geselligen Vergnügen. Leipzig. (hathi)

Franz Anton Roller. (1805). Erstes Toiletten-Geschenk für Damen. Leipzig. (UD)

Note: Dance descriptions on pages 55 to 84.

E. C. Mädel. (1805). Die Tanzkunst Für Die Elegante Welt. Erfurt. [Powers] [WorldCat]

Thomas Preston. (1805). Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1805 with Proper Tunes and Directions for Each Dance as They are Performed at Court, Bath and All Public Assemblies. London. (pdf) {Folkopedia}

Gray. (1805). Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1805 Adapted for the Violin, German Flute, Oboe &c. with Figures. London. (pdf) {Folkopedia}

Thompson. (1805). Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1805 With Figures to Each as They Are Performed at Court, Bath & All Publick Assemblys. London. (pdf) {Folkopedia}

Francis Peacock. (1805). Sketches Relative To the History and Theory, but More Especially to the Practice Of Dancing. Aberdeen. (pdf) (djvu) (txt) {congress} {archive} {abdn} [Powers]

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. (1806). Taschenbuch Zum Geselligen Vergnügen. Leipzig. (pdf) {google} [Powers]

Franz Anton Roller. (1806). Zweites Toiletten-Geschenk für Damen. Leipzig. (UD)

Note: Dance descriptions on pages 111 to 130.

D. [Dietrich] A. [Alexander] V. [Valentin] Ivensen. (1806). Terpsichore, Ein Taschenbuch Für Freunde Und Freundinnen Des Tanzes In Liv-, Kur- und Ehstland [Printed Version]. Riga. (pdf) {Riga} [Powers]

Note: Page 143 is mis-numbered page 134.

D. [Dietrich] A. [Alexander] V. [Valentin] Ivensen. (1806). Terpsichore, Ein Taschenbuch Für Freunde Und Freundinnen Des Tanzes In Liv-, Kur- und Ehstland [Handwritten Version]. Riga.

A. Lefebvre. (1806). L'Ami des Jeunes Gens. 1er Recueil. Paris.

[Anonymous]. (1807, March). Cotillions & Country Dances Boston. (pdf) {Powers} {Yuriy Chernyshov transcription} [Powers]

A. Lefebvre. (c. 1807). 2me Recueil De Contredanses Nouvelles, Waltz Et Allemandes. Lyon. (pdf) {Powers} [Powers]

Contredanses

» No. 1 (p. 2)
» No. 2 (p. 3)
» No. 3 (p. 4)
» No. 4 (p. 5)
» No. 5 (p. 8)
» No. 6 (p. 9)
» No. 7 (p. 10)
» No. 8 (p. 11)

Saltator. (1807). A Treatise on Dancing and on Various Other Matters, Which Are Connected with That Accomplishment and Which Are Requisite to Make Youth Well Received, and Regulate Their Behavior in Company, Together with a Lessons, the Figures of Country Dances, and Cotillons. Boston. [Powers] [WorldCat]

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. (1807). Almanach und Taschenbuch Zum Geselligen Vergnügen. Leipzig. (pdf) {google} [Powers]

Franz Anton Roller. (1807). Drittes Toiletten-Geschenk für Damen. Leipzig. (UD)

Note: Dance descriptions on pages 101 to 153.

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. (1808). Taschenbuch Zum Geselligen Vergnügen. Leipzig. (pdf1) (pdf2) (pdf3) {google} {BSB} {MN} [Powers]

Franz Anton Roller. (1808). Viertens Toiletten-Geschenk für Damen. Leipzig.

Note: Dance descriptions on pages 39 to 58.

Joseph Koslovsky. (c. 1808). Trois Polonoises, Trois Ecossaises et Une Quadrille. Saint Petersbourg.

J. T. Buckingham. (1808). A Selection Of Cotillions And Country Dances. Boston. [Powers] [WorldCat]

Thomas Wilson. (1808). An Analysis of Country Dancing Wherein are Displayed All the Figures Ever Used in Country Dances. London. (pdf) (djvu) (vwml) {congress} {archive} [Powers]

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. (1809). Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen. Leipzig. (pdf1) (pdf2) (pdf3) {google} {BSB} {MN} [Powers]

Willard Blanchard. (1809). A Collection of the Most Celebrated Country Dances and Cotillions. Windsor, VT. [Powers] [WorldCat]

Thomas Wilson. (1809). The Treasures Of Terpsichore; or, a Companion for the Ball-room. London. (vwml) [Powers]

Button, John Whitaker. (1809). Twenty Four Country Dances with Figures for the Year 1809, Adapted for the Violin, German Flute or Oboe. London. (vwml)

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