Dances in Cracking Chestnuts (David Smukler and David Millstone, 2008)

Table of Contents

• Duple Minor
  • Duple Minor proper
  • Duple Minor improper
• Triple Minor
  • Triple Minor proper
  • Triple Minor with the 1s improper
• Quadruple Minor
  • Four Face Four
  • Tempest
• Sicilian Circles

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Calais Sally		Traditional 1808 Ralph Page 1969 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Careless Sally ~ Calais		Traditional 1808 Ralph Page 1969 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Chorus Jig (duple)		Saltator 1802 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Christmas Hornpipe		Elias Howe 1862 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Dandies' Hornpipe ~ Duple		Traditional ~1820 Ralph Page 1968 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
The Fisher's Hornpipe ~ Chestnut, Duple		John Griffiths 1788 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
French Four		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Genet's Recall ~ Duple		Traditional 1799 Ralph Page ~1965 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Hull's Victory ~ (Swing)		Essex Manuscript ~1830 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Hull's Victory ~ (Symmetric)		Essex Manuscript ~1830 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Lamplighter's Hornpipe ~ Duple		Elias Howe 1858 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
New Century Hornpipe		Saltator 1802 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Petronella ~ Contra		Nathaniel Gow 1820 David Smukler 2005 Cracking Chestnuts	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Petronella ~ Contra Variants		Nathaniel Gow 1820 David Smukler 2005 Cracking Chestnuts	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Queen Victoria		Traditional ~1870 Ralph Page ~1950 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Rory O'More ~ Contra		Elias Howe 1858 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Speed the Plough ~ Chestnuts		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor

Duple Minor improper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Devil's Dream		Saltator 1802 Ralph Page 1967 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Lady of the Lake		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Lady Walpole's Reel		Elias Howe 1862 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Soldier's Joy ~ Chestnuts		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Washington Quickstep		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor

Triple Minor

Triple Minor proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Boston March		Traditional (date unknown) Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
British Sorrow		Saltator 1807 Ralph Page ~1950 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Careless Sally		Traditional 1808 Ralph Page 1969 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Chorus Jig (triple)		Saltator 1802 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Dandies' Hornpipe ~ Triple		Traditional ~1820 Ralph Page 1968 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
The Doubtful Shepherd ~ Contra		Thompson 1780 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Elegance and Simplicity		Ladies and Gentlemen's Companion 1803 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Genet's Recall ~ Triple		Traditional 1799 Ralph Page ~1965 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Huntsmen's Chorus ~ Proper		Elias Howe 1862 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Jamie Allen ~ Proper		Elias Howe 1862 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Jimmy Allen ~ Proper		Elias Howe 1862 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Lamplighter's Hornpipe ~ Triple		Elias Howe 1858 Holden et al 1956 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Market Lass		Anonymous 1792 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Megunticook Reel		H. G. O. Washburn 1863 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Money Musk ~ Contra 24bars		Werner/Preston 1785 Traditional Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Money Musk ~ Contra 32bars		Werner/Preston 1785 Thomas Hillgrove 1857 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
My Heart's Desire		Traditional (date unknown) Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Old Zip Coon		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
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
Ways of the World		Vermont Manuscript ~1795 Ralph Page Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
The Young Widow ~ Smukler		John Griffiths 1788 David Smukler 2005 Cracking Chestnuts	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

Triple Minor with the 1s improper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Huntsmen's Chorus ~ Improper		Elias Howe 1862 David Kaynor Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Jamie Allen ~ Improper		Elias Howe 1862 David Kaynor Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Jimmy Allen ~ Improper		Elias Howe 1862 David Kaynor Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor

Quadruple Minor

Four Face Four

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Portland Fancy ~ 32bar		Elias Howe 1862 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Four Face Four

Tempest

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Tempest ~ Holden #1		Washburn 1855 Rickey Holden 1956 Cracking Chestnuts		Tempest

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