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Dances in The Scholar's Companion and Ball-Room Vade-Mecum

1770s

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter		Music
Performers		Formation
Virginia Reel ~ HillgroveThompson ~1770
Thomas Hillgrove 1857		no musicLongways as many as will permutation: 23451

1780s

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter		Music
Performers		Formation
Money Musk ~ Contra 32barsWerner/Preston 1785
Thomas Hillgrove 1857
Cracking Chestnuts		no musicTriple Minor

1810s

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter		Music
Performers		Formation
The First SetEdward Payne 1815
Thomas Hillgrove 1857		no musicSquare
The Plain Quadrille ~ 6 CouplesEdward Payne 1815
Thomas Hillgrove 1857		no music6 Couple Rectangle
The Plain Quadrille ~ Facing CouplesEdward Payne 1815
Thomas Hillgrove 1857		no musicFacing Couples
The Plain Quadrille ~ HillgroveEdward Payne 1815
Thomas Hillgrove 1857		no musicSquare
The Plain Quadrille ~ 6 CouplesEdward Payne 1815
Thomas Hillgrove 1857		no music6 Couple Rectangle
The Plain Quadrille ~ Facing CouplesEdward Payne 1815
Thomas Hillgrove 1857		no musicFacing Couples
The Plain Quadrille ~ HillgroveEdward Payne 1815
Thomas Hillgrove 1857		no musicSquare
Quadrille Français DoubleEdward Payne 1815
Thomas Hillgrove 1857		no musicSquare

1850s

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter		Music
Performers		Formation
The Circassian Circle ~ SicilianThomas Hillgrove 1857no musicDuple Minor
Durang's HornpipeThomas Hillgrove 1857no musicTriple Minor
Pop Goes The Weasel ~ HillgroveThomas Hillgrove 1857Colin HumeDuple Minor
Pop Goes the Weasel ~ JenningsThomas Hillgrove 1857
Larry Jennings ~1983		Colin HumeDuple Minor
Rustic ReelThomas Hillgrove 1857no musicThree Face Three
The Sicilian CircleThomas Hillgrove 1857no musicDuple Minor
The Spanish DanceThomas Hillgrove 1857no musicDuple Minor
Swedish DanceThomas Hillgrove 1857no musicThree Face Three
The Tempest ~ HillgroveThomas Hillgrove 1857no musicFour Face Four
La Tempête ~ HillgroveThomas Hillgrove 1857no musicFour Face Four
The WatermanThomas Hillgrove 1857no musicTriple Minor
Number
of dances		Number
of versions		Number
with music
13132

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