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

An online copy of the original may be found here.

Table of Contents

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Chase the Squirrel		Elias Howe 1858	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

F

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
French Four French Four Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts Duple Minor French Four ~ Howe Elias Howe 1858 George Williams 2021 Duple Minor

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Half Moon		Elias Howe 1858		Triple Minor
Highland Reel		Eugene Coulon 1844 Elias Howe 1858		Three Face Three
Hunt the Squirrel - Howe		Elias Howe 1858	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

L

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Lady of the Lake		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
The Triumph Lady's Triumph ~ Howe Preston 1793 Elias Howe 1858 Duple Minor
Lamplighter's Hornpipe Lamplighter's Hornpipe ~ Duple Elias Howe 1858 Cracking Chestnuts Duple Minor Lamplighter's Hornpipe ~ Triple Elias Howe 1858 Holden et al 1956 Cracking Chestnuts Triple Minor

O

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Old Zip Coon		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Rory O'More ~ Contra		Elias Howe 1858 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Sackett's Harbor		Elias Howe 1858 Ralph Page ~1984 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Speed the Cable		Elias Howe 1858 Ralph Page ~1984 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Speed the Plough Speed the Plough ~ Chestnuts Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts Duple Minor Speed the Plough ~ Howe Elias Howe 1858 Duple Minor

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Tom Pete Tom Pete ~ Howe Joseph Binns Hart ~1819 Elias Howe 1858 Four Face Four La Tempete ~ Howe Joseph Binns Hart ~1819 Elias Howe 1858 Four Face Four Tom Pete ~ Howe Joseph Binns Hart ~1819 Elias Howe 1858 Four Face Four
The Triumph Lady's Triumph ~ Howe Preston 1793 Elias Howe 1858 Duple Minor

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Washington Quickstep		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor

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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