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Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances by Elias Howe

Elias Howe

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Arkansas TravellerElias Howe 1858
George Williams 2022
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Beaux of Oak HillElias Howe 1862
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
no musicDuple Minor
Beaux of Oak Hill ~ HoweElias Howe 1862no musicTriple Minor
Le Carillon de DunkerqueElias Howe 1862no musicSquare
Chase the SquirrelElias Howe 1858Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Christmas HornpipeElias Howe 1862
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicDuple Minor
The Dashing White Sergeant - HoweElias Howe 1862
Rickey Holden 1953
no musicDuple Minor
The Devil's Dream - BurchenalElias Howe 1858
Elizabeth Burchenal 1918
no musicDuple Minor
French FourElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicDuple Minor
French Four ~ HoweElias Howe 1858
George Williams 2021
no musicDuple Minor
Half MoonElias Howe 1858no musicTriple Minor
Hunt the Squirrel - HoweElias Howe 1858Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Huntsmen's Chorus ~ ImproperElias Howe 1862
David Kaynor
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
Huntsmen's Chorus ~ ProperElias Howe 1862
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
Jamie Allen ~ ImproperElias Howe 1862
David Kaynor
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
Jamie Allen ~ ProperElias Howe 1862
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
Jimmy Allen ~ ImproperElias Howe 1862
David Kaynor
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
Jimmy Allen ~ ProperElias Howe 1862
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
Lady of the LakeElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicDuple Minor
Lady Walpole's ReelElias Howe 1862
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicDuple Minor
Lamplighter's Hornpipe ~ DupleElias Howe 1858
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicDuple Minor
Lamplighter's Hornpipe ~ TripleElias Howe 1858
Holden et al 1956
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
The Merry Haymakers ~ BurchenalElias Howe 1858
Elizabeth Burchenal 1918
no musicDuple Minor
The Merry Haymakers ~ HoweElias Howe 1858
George Williams 2022
no musicDuple Minor
Mountain HornpipeElias Howe 1862
George Williams 2021
no musicTriple Minor
Old Zip CoonElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
Portland Fancy ~ 32barElias Howe 1862
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicFour Face Four
Portland Fancy ~ 48barElias Howe 1862
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
no musicFour Face Four
Portland Fancy ~ HoweElias Howe 1862
George Williams 2021
no musicFour Face Four
Rory O'More ~ ContraElias Howe 1858
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicDuple Minor
Sackett's HarborElias Howe 1858
Ralph Page ~1984
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
Six Handed Reel - HoweElias Howe 1862
George Williams 2025
no musicTriple Minor
Soldier's Joy ~ ChestnutsElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicDuple Minor
Speed the CableElias Howe 1858
Ralph Page ~1984
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicTriple Minor
Speed the Plough ~ ChestnutsElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicDuple Minor
Speed the Plough ~ HoweElias Howe 1858no musicDuple Minor
Washington QuickstepElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts
no musicDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
31312

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