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Up a double, Siding, Arming
Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances in Complete Ball-Room Hand Book (Elias Howe, 1858, Boston)

An online copy of the original may be found here.

Table of Contents

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper

Chase the SquirrelElias Howe 1858Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
French Four ~ HoweElias Howe 1858
George Williams 2021		no musicDuple Minor
Hunt the Squirrel - HoweElias Howe 1858Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Lady's Triumph ~ HowePreston 1793
Elias Howe 1858		no musicDuple Minor
Lamplighter's Hornpipe ~ DupleElias Howe 1858
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicDuple Minor
Rory O'More ~ ContraElias Howe 1858
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicDuple Minor
Speed the Plough ~ ChestnutsElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicDuple Minor
Lady's Triumph ~ HowePreston 1793
Elias Howe 1858		no musicDuple Minor
French FourElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicDuple Minor

Duple Minor improper

Speed the Plough ~ HoweElias Howe 1858no musicDuple Minor
Lady of the LakeElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicDuple Minor
Washington QuickstepElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicDuple Minor

Triple Minor

Triple Minor proper

Half MoonElias Howe 1858no musicTriple Minor
Lamplighter's Hornpipe ~ TripleElias Howe 1858
Holden et al 1956
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicTriple Minor
Old Zip CoonElias Howe 1858
Smukler & Millstone ~2008
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicTriple Minor
Sackett's HarborElias Howe 1858
Ralph Page ~1984
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicTriple Minor
Speed the CableElias Howe 1858
Ralph Page ~1984
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicTriple Minor

Quadruple Minor

Four Face Four

Tom Pete ~ HoweJoseph Binns Hart ~1819
Elias Howe 1858		no musicFour Face Four
La Tempete ~ HoweJoseph Binns Hart ~1819
Elias Howe 1858		no musicFour Face Four
Tom Pete ~ HoweJoseph Binns Hart ~1819
Elias Howe 1858		no musicFour Face Four

Trios

Three Face Three

Highland ReelEugene Coulon 1844
Elias Howe 1858		no musicThree Face Three
Number
of dances		Number
of interpretations		Number
with music
16161

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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