Best Books About Dance music: 40 Titles

The most widely held books on dance music in libraries, from Open Library's catalog of 1,125 titles on the subject. Many have free borrowable digital editions.

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English dancing master

Playford, John · 1653

16 editions
Cover of Dances of England and France from 1450 to 1600

Dances of England and France from 1450 to 1600

Mabel Dolmetsch · 1949

13 editions
Cover of New and curious school of theatrical dancing

New and curious school of theatrical dancing

Gregorio Lambranzi · 1928

12 editions
Cover of Pre-classic dance forms

Pre-classic dance forms

Louis Horst · 1937

11 editions
Cover of The ballad literature and popular music of the olden times

The ballad literature and popular music of the olden times

William Chappell · 1855

11 editions · free to read
Cover of Orchésographie

Orchésographie

Thoinot Arbeau · 1589

11 editions
Cover of Masterpieces of music before 1750

Masterpieces of music before 1750

Carl Parrish · 1951

10 editions
Cover of Sounds and scores

Sounds and scores

Henry Mancini · 1962

10 editions
Cover of Discographies

Discographies

Jeremy Gilbert · 1999

9 editions
Cover of Grammatik der Tanzkunst

Grammatik der Tanzkunst

Friedrich Albert Zorn · 1887

9 editions · free to read
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Rhythm in seventeenth-century Italian monody

Putnam Aldrich · 1966

8 editions
Cover of Porcelain

Porcelain

Moby · 2016

8 editions
Cover of Timba

Timba

Vincenzo Perna, Vincenzo Perna · 2001

8 editions
Cover of Trance Formation

Trance Formation

Robin Sylvan · 2005

7 editions
Cover of Nobiltà di dame

Nobiltà di dame

Fabritio Caroso · 1970

7 editions
Cover of William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Senta Driver · 2000

6 editions
Cover of Deutsche National-Discographie

Deutsche National-Discographie

Rainer E. Lotz · 1993

6 editions
Cover of Old English popular music

Old English popular music

William Chappell · 1893

6 editions · free to read
Cover of Gratie d'amore

Gratie d'amore

Cesare Negri · 1604

6 editions · free to read
Cover of Flamenco music and national identity in Spain

Flamenco music and national identity in Spain

William Washabaugh · 2012

6 editions
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The carole

Robert Mullally · 2011

6 editions
Cover of American Latin music

American Latin music

Matt Doeden · 2012

6 editions
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Sounding the Dance Moving the Music

Mohd Anis Nor, Kendra Stepputat · 2016

6 editions
Cover of Natural rhythms and dances

Natural rhythms and dances

Gertrude K. Colby · 1922

6 editions · free to read
Cover of Russian Sailor's Dance

Russian Sailor's Dance

R. Gliere · 2003

5 editions
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Il ballarino

Fabritio Caroso · 1581

5 editions
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Moving notation

Jill Beck · 1998

5 editions
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Metal, Rap, and Electro in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia

Stefano Barone · 2019

5 editions
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Researching Secular Music and Dance in the Early United States

Kate Van Winkle Keller, Laura Lohman · 2021

5 editions
Cover of Dance and the music of J.S. Bach

Dance and the music of J.S. Bach

Meredith Little, Natalie Jenne · 1991

5 editions
Cover of Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart

Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart

Wye Jamison Allanbrook · 1983

5 editions
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Le jeu de Robin et Marion

Adam de La Halle · 1896

5 editions
Cover of Aesthetic dancing

Aesthetic dancing

Emil Rath · 1914

5 editions · free to read
Cover of Hungarian dances

Hungarian dances

Johannes Brahms · 1898

4 editions · free to read
Cover of Last night a DJ saved my life

Last night a DJ saved my life

Bill Brewster · 2006

4 editions
Cover of Folk music & dances of Ireland

Folk music & dances of Ireland

Breandán Breathnach · 1971

4 editions
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15th century dances from Burgundy and Italy

Madeleine Inglehearn · 1981

4 editions
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Rhythm on record

Hilton R. Schleman · 1936

4 editions
Cover of Music for the modern dance

Music for the modern dance

Pia Gilbert · 1961

4 editions
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Musikgeschichte des Tanzes

Paul Nettl · 1945

4 editions

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