NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTRE FOR HISTORICAL DANCE LIBRARY page Main categories: Dance 1 Dress 46 Music 80 Reference 100 Social history & manners (inc. theatre history) 102 [Revised April 2006 - added to 2008] DANCE: books (p. 1), journals & serials (p. 22) , lantern slides (p. 33), microfiche (p. 33), microfilm (p.33), miscellaneous papers (p. 34), offprints (p.35), photocopies of sources (p.41), photographs (p. 43), teaching aids and suggested reconstructions(p. 44), videos (p. 45) Books [290 items] A. Bibliographies and dictionaries 1 B. General history (including folk dance) 2 C. Ancient & medieval (to 1445) 8 D. Early Renaissance (1445-1535) 8 E. Late Renaissance (1535-1620) 11 F. Seventeenth century (1620-1700) 13 G. Eighteenth century (1700-1800) 15 H. Nineteenth century (1800-1900) 18 I. Twentieth century (1900-2000) 19 J. General technical (dance notation, education, health) 20 A. Bibliographies and dictionaries [8 items] BEAUMONT, Cyril W. A Bibliography of Dancing. New York & London: Benjamin Blom, Inc., reprinted 1963. (hb) [Belinda Quirey estate] A French-English Dictionary of Technical Dance Terms used in Classical Ballet (3rd, newly revised and enlarged, edition of original publication of 1931). London: C. W. Beaumont, 1939, reprinted 1944. (hb) [Gift of Victor Bignell] D’ALBERT, Charles. The Encyclopædia of Dancing (revised edition) [1st ed.. 1914-15; 2nd ed. 1920]. London: T. M. Middleton & Co. (publishers of ‘The Dancing Times’), n.d. (hb) [Gift of Victor Bignell] 1 DE HOOP, Loes, & PLIESTER, Freek. Handlist of the dance collection (handlists of manuscripts and early prints in the music library of the Haags Gemeentemuseum, vol. 1. The Hague: Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1982. ISBN: 90 6730 002 0 (pb). DESRAT, G. Dictionnaire de la danse [reduced facsimile of original printing of Paris, 1895]. Hildesheim & New York: Georg Olms, 1977. ISBN: 3 487 06327 1 (hb). [Gift of Victor Bignell] MAGRIEL, Paul David. A Bibliography of Dancing: a list of books and articles on the dance and related subjects. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1936; reprinted, Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1966. (hb) [Ex Reference Library, Greenwich. Gift of Victor Bignell] NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Performing Arts Desk Reference. New York: Macmillan for The New York Public Library, 1994. ISBN: 0 671 79912 6 (hb). SOTHEBY & CO Catalogue of Books, Drawings, Prints and Music relating to the Ballet and Dancing. London: Sotheby & Co., 1968. (pb) [Gift of Victor Bignell] B. General history (including folk dance) [98 items] ADSHEAD, Janet. (ed.) Dance – a multicultural perspective (Report of the Third Study of Dance Conference, University of Surrey, 5-9 April 1984). Guildford: University of Surrey, 1984. No ISBN given. (pb). [Belinda Quirey estate] ADSHEAD-LANSDALE, Janet, & LAYSON, June. (edd.) Dance History: an introduction [revised and updated ed. of Dance History: a methodology for study (London: Dance Books Ltd, 1983)]. London & New York: Routledge, 1994. ISBN: 0 415 09030 X (pb). ALFORD, Violet. Dances of France. III. The Pyrenees (Handbooks of European National Dances, 21, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1952. (hb) ANDERSON, Jack. Dance [1st paperback ed. of 1974 original from Europa Verlag]. New York: Newsweek Books, 1979. ISBN: 0 88225 277 1 (pb). An ANTIQUARY. The Dance: historic illustrations of dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd, 1911. (hb) ARMSTRONG, Lucille. Dances of Portugal (Handbooks of European National Dances, 4, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1948. (hb) Dances of Spain. I. South, Centre and North-West (Handbooks of European National Dances, 12, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dacing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1950. (hb) Dances of Spain. II. North-East and East (Handbooks of European National Dances 16, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1950. (hb) BEAUMONT, Cyril W. A Short History of Ballet. London: C. W. Beaumont, 1933. (hb) [Gift of Victor Bignell] Ballet Design past and present. London: The Studio Ltd, 1946. (hb) 2 BECK-FRIIS, Regina, BLOMKVIST, Magnus, & NORDENFELT, Birgitta. Dansnöjen genom tiden. 1. Västeuropeiska danser från medeltid och renässans. Stockholm: Akademilitteratur, 1980. ISBN: 91 7410 058 0 (hb). BELL, Elizabeth Turner. Fifty Figure and Character Dances for Schools. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1921. (hb) BLAND, Alexander. A History of Ballet and Dance in the Western World. London: Barrie & Jenkins Ltd., 1976. ISBN: 0 214 20283 6 (hb). [Belinda Quirey estate] Also: second copy (reprinted 1978). BÖHME, Franz M. Geschichte des Tanzes in Deutschland, 2 vols.[4th facsimile reprint of original Leipzig printing of 1886]. Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1996. ISBN: 3 487 01487 4 (hb). BREUER, Katharina. Dances of Austria (Handbooks of European National Dances, 1 (2nd ed.), published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1950. (hb) BUCKMAN, Peter. Let’s Dance: social, ballroom and folk dancing. London: Paddington Press Ltd, 1978. ISBN: 0 7092 0046 3 (hb). [Gift of Victor Bignell] Also paperback edition, London: Penguin Books Ltd, 1978. ISBN: 0 14 00.5325 5. [Belinda Quirey estate] BUDAY, George. Dances of Hungary (Handbooks of European National Dances, 11, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1950. (hb) CHARBONNEL, Raoul. La Danse: comment on dansait, comment on danse. Paris: Garnier Frères Éditeurs, n.d. [before 1820]. (hb) [Presented to Cecil Sharp Library, June 1953]. [Belinda Quirey estate] CLARKE, Mary, & CRISP, Clement. Ballet in Art: from the Renaissance to the Present. London: Ash & Grant Ltd, 1978. ISBN: 0 904069 16 8 (hb). The History of Dance. London: Orbis Publishing, 1982. ISBN: 0 85613 270 5 (hb). [Belinda Quirey estate] COHEN, Selma Jeanne. (ed.) Dance as a Theatre Art: source readings in dance history from 1581 to the present [reprint of American edition of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., New York, 1974]. London: Dance Books Ltd, 1977. ISBN: 0 903102 31 5 (pb). CROSFIELD, Domini. Dances of Greece (Handbooks of European National Dances, 3, 2nd ed., published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1950. (hb) CUTTING, John. History and the Morris Dance: a look at morris dancing from its earliest days until 1850. Alton, Hants: Dance Books, 2005. ISBN: 1 85273 108 7 (pb). DAVIES, Sir John. The Poetical Works of Sir John Davies … London: T. Davies, 1773 (leather bound). [Gift of Victor Bignell] DICKINS, Guillermina. Dances of Mexico (Traditional Dances of Latin America, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish, n.d. [1953?] (hb). EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF DANCE HISTORIANS. Dance History: the teaching and learning of dance history (proceedings of a conference held at the Royal Opera House, London, 3-5 November 2000). ISBN: 0 9534942 1 7 (comb-bound). 3 FORREST, John. Morris and Matachin: a study in comparative choreography (CECTAL Publications, no. 4). London: The English Folk Dance and Song Society / Sheffield: The Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, 1984. No ISBN given (pb). The History of Morris Dancing, 1458-1750 (Studies in Early English Drama, 5). Cambridge: James Clarke & Co Ltd / Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. ISBN: 0 227 67944 X (pb). FRANKS, A. H. Social Dance: a short history. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1963. (hb). [Belinda Quirey estate]. FYFE, Agnes. Dances of Germany (Handbooks of European National Dances, 19, published under the auspicres of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1951. (hb) GALANTI, Bianca M. Dances of Italy (Handbooks of European National Dances, 14, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1950. (hb) GRINDEA, Miron & Carola. Dances of Rumania (Handbooks of European National Dances, 23, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1952. (hb) GROVE, Mrs Lilly, FRGS, et al. Dancing (The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) [limited edition on large paper, no. 117 out of 250]. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1895. (leather spine and corners, armorial bearings stamped on front) [Gift of Victor Bignell] Also cheap reissue of original edition of 1895. London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1907. (hb) GWYNN WILLIAMS, W. S. Welsh National Music and Dance (Curwen Edition 8335). London: J. Curwen & Sons Ltd, [1933?]. (hb). HEIKEL, Yngvar, & COLLAN, Anni. Dances of Finland (Handbooks of European National Dances, 2, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association). London: Max Parrish & Company, 1948. (hb) HORST, Louis. Pre-Classic Dance Forms. Originally published New York: The Dance Observer, 1937; republished New York: Dance Horizons, Incorporated, 1968 (reprinted 1979). SBN: 87127 021