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Dances in A Treatise on Dancing (Saltator, 1802, Boston)

An online copy of the original may be found here.

A Treatise on Dancing

Chorus Jig (duple)Saltator 1802
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicDuple Minor
Chorus Jig (triple)Saltator 1802
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicTriple Minor
Devil's DreamSaltator 1802
Ralph Page 1967
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicDuple Minor
Gordian Knot - SaltatorSaltator 1802
George Williams 2022		no musicDuple Minor
New Century HornpipeSaltator 1802
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicDuple Minor
White Cockade - SaltatorSaltator 1802
George Williams 2022		no musicTriple Minor
The Young Widow - SaltatorSaltator 1802
George Williams 2024		Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor
Number
of dances		Number
of interpretations		Number
with music
771

This list contains all dances in the book which I have animated for a complete list of dances in the book see here.

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