The Online Books Page

Polkas

Here are entered musical compositions. Works on the polka as a dance are entered under the heading Polka (Dance).

This heading is not qualified by medium of performance. For polkas for a specific medium, an additional heading is assigned for the medium of performance.

See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.

• Dance music

• Schottisches

• Second Love Schottisch (sheet music for piano; Washington: J. F. Ellis, c1870), by J. A. Rosenberger (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Princess, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• Brookes on Modern Dancing, by Laurence De Garmo Brookes (HTML and page images at LOC)
• A Collection of Ball-Dances Perform'd at Court, by John Weaver (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Dick's Quadrille Call-Book, and Ball-Room Prompter (HTML and page images at LOC)
• An Essay for the Further Improvement of Dancing, by E. Pemberton (page images and partial HTML at LOC)
• J.W. Pepper's Universal Dancing Master, Prompter's Call Book and Violinist's Guide, by Lucien O. Carpenter (page images at LOC)
• Le Gratie d'Amore (in Italian; facsimile images from 1602 and 1604 editions), by Cesare Negri (page images with commentary at pbm.com)
• The Code of Terpsichore, by Carlo Blasis (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Friendship, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Godolphin, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Northumberland, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Pastorall, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royal Ann, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royal Portuguez, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royall, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• Varietie of Lute-Lessons (London: Thomas Adams, 1610), by Robert Dowland (PDF at shipbrook.net)
• The Dancing Master (10th edition, 1698), ed. by John Playford (page images at LOC)
• Grammar of the Art of Dancing, by Friedrich Albert Zorn, ed. by Alfonso Josephs Sheafe (HTML and page images at LOC)

• For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing, by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, trans. by John Essex (HTML and page images at LOC)

• Orchesography: or, The Art of Dancing (first edition), by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, trans. by John Weaver
  • page images at pbm.com
  • Gutenberg illustrated HTML
• Orchesography: or, The Art of Dancing (second edition, 1715), by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, trans. by John Weaver (HTML and page images at LOC)

• The Art of Dancing, Historically Illustrated, by Edward Ferrero (HTML and page images at LOC)

• Northumbrian Minstrelsy: A Collection of the Ballads, Melodies, and Small-Pipe Tunes of Northumbria (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Society of Antiquaries, 1882), ed. by J. Collingwood Bruce and John Stokoe
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • 1965 reprint: multiple formats at archive.org

• Le Couvent sur l'Eau (Il Convento Veneziano): Comédie Chorégraphique, sur un Argument de J.L. Vaudoyer, par Alfredo Casella: Fragments Symphoniques pour Orchestre (musical score, with notes in French and Italian; Milan et al.: G. Ricordi, c1919), by Alfredo Casella (page images at HathiTrust; page order reversed; US access only)

• The Rite of Spring: Pictures from Pagan Russia in Two Parts (orchestral score; London et al.: Boosey and Hawkes, c1921), by Igor Stravinsky and Nicholas Roerich (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Cotillions From Cinderella: The Most Favorite Airs in Cinderella, Arranged as Cotillions (includes piano music and dance instructions for The Three Sisters, The Glass Slipper, The Chase, Cinderella, The Fairy, and the Cinderella Waltz; New York: T. Birch, c1831), by Gioacchino Rossini, ed. by C. Pons, contrib. by Mr. Parker (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Dancing Master (10th edition, 1698), ed. by John Playford (page images at LOC)

• Singing Games and Dances (New York: Association Press, c1957), ed. by David S. McIntosh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Folk Dances of Different Nations (3 volumes in 1; New York: L. H. Chalif, c1926), ed. by Louis H. Chalif (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Royall Galliarde, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)

• Elements of Music and of Fingering the Harpsichord; To Which is Added a Collection of Airs and Lessons for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte (Glasgow: Pub. for the author, ca. 1802), by Anne Gunn, contrib. by Joseph Haydn (page images at HathiTrust)

• Leaflets of the Ball Room (HTML and page images at LOC)

• The Rigadoon Royal, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)